On Our Stages

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By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Dave Steakley

July 10 - August 17
Whisenhunt Stage
Wilde Party Night - July 24, 2008

The Clean House is a fresh comedy about love, the power of a good joke and the virtues of a really clean house! Matilde, a Brazilian housekeeper, is keen to stretch her funny bone, but can’t muster any elbow grease for her domestic duties. Her employers’ house isn’t in order, and neither are their personal lives. In pursuit of the perfect joke, Matilde ignores the boss' household dirt, only to be swept away by an affair of the heart. Delicious language, seriously funny characters, and twists you won’t see coming combine for a play that hits you where you live.

“Intelligent and thoughtful . . . a sharply funny, moving work!”
– Washington Theater

Starring Lauren Lane
(of TV’s The Nanny with Fran Drescher & ZACH's The Vagina Monologues)

with .. Barbara Chisholm (of ZACH’s Present Laughter), Tom Green (of ZACH’s Keepin’ it Weird), Smaranda Ciceu and Alicia Kaplan.