A fascinating funny and evocative play. . . . Ruhl develops the story with the enticing blend of irreverent humor and skewed realism. . . . It s beautiful. -San Francisco Chronicle [This] breathtakingly inventive addition to Ruhl s singular body of work . . . has the potential to be a modern masterpiece. -Los Angeles Times Sarah Ruhl made her Broadway debut this fall with her latest effervescent comedy: a play about sex intimacy and equality set in the 1880s when enthusiasm for the electric light bulb gave rise to a handy new instrument to treat female hysteria. The story revolves around the medical office and home of Dr. Givings who regularly induces paroxysm in his once high-strung patient Sabrina allowing her to happily return to playing piano. Soon Sabrina falls in love with the doctor s assistant Annie and also befriends his wife Catherine who is dealing with her own neurotic misgivings about not being able to breast-feed her baby. With this new work Ruhl once again uses playful symbolism and lyrical language as she makes seemingly effortless thematic leaps--crafting a play with tremendous critical and audience appeal in her singular theatrical voice. Sarah Ruhl s plays include Dead Man s Cell Phone The Clean House (a Pulitzer Prize finalist) Passion Play and Eurydice all of which have been widely produced throughout the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship.