MAT seeks actors for February comedy

The local acting troupe is looking for thespians to help stage its February play, a comedy that explores the relationships of men and women in the 1800s and the impacts of a new therapeutic device to help relieve women of hysteria — an electric vibrator.

Andi Daniel, who is directing the production of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, " said the production has parts for four women and three men, ranging in age from 20 years old to people in their 50s.

"It's a play about … the repression of the Victorian Era and the relations that are built between the doctor and his...