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MELANCHOLY PLAY by Sarah Ruhl

Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM Flagg Building · Foggy Bottom

Hammer Auditorium. Directed by Jodi I. Kanter Music by Douglas Boyce Feeling sad has never been this sexy. Sarah Ruhl’s The Melancholy Play turns depression into an aphrodisiac and sadness into an art form. It’s a contemporary farce about a woman so beautifully blue, everyone is falling in love with her. Warning: Side effects may include sudden tree-nut transformations and unexpected laughing fits. Produced by the Corcoran Program of Theatre & Dance and the Corcoran Program of Music

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