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The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl

  • Birmingham Festival Theatre 1901 11th Avenue South Birmingham, AL, 35205 United States (map)

Directed by Rebecca Jones

2003-2004 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Winner, 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Finalist. A romantic comedy about loss, love, change and redemption, The Clean House is both whimsical and touching. A serious career-oriented doctor, Lane, has hired a quirky Brazilian maid. The only problem is that the maid, Matilde, hates to clean. Instead, she longs to be a comedienne. Lane is deserted by her husband, Charles, who leaves her for his mistress, Ana, a passionate, older Brazilian woman upon whom he recently performed a mastectomy. Sarah Ruhl's enchanting play reminds us that there is humor and beauty to be find in life's most unlikely messes.

Earlier Event: March 15
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
Later Event: March 17
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl