Luther College begins performances of 'In the Next Room'

Performances of "In the Next Room" by Sarah Ruhl will begin Thursday in the Jewel Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the Luther campus.  Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday this week.  Four more performances will be given next week on the same schedule.  Due to adult themes and content, only mature audiences are encouraged to attend.

The play covers the time when physicians believed that hysteria in women (and occasionally in men) had reached epidemic proportions. The play centers on the family and the practice of Dr. Givings, a gynecological specialist hoping to find a modern solution to this supposed age old disease. This is a comedy about discovery, curiosity, love and the quest to know oneself.

Tickets for the performances are $12 for adults and can be purchased at Luther's ticket website, www.tickets.luther.edu, by calling the Ticket Office at (563) 387-1357, or by visiting the Luther Ticket Office, open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9-10:30 a.m. and 11a.m.-3 p.m.; and Tuesday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with extended hours on Thursdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.