Don't let the title of the play keep you away.
"Hysterical: A Short History of the Vibrator" is "funny and it's based on fact," assures Hilary Wright, who wrote the comedy.
"Hysterical," presented by the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Department of Theatre and Dance, and directed by Jennifer Goodlander, kicks off the 11th season of the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre's Late Night Theatre. Showtimes are 10:30 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 27 and 28, and 8 p.m. Sunday.
The play is set in Victorian London, Wright said, and is a fictitious account of the real-life circumstances that gave the world the vibrator. The story follows the physician who invents the device, and his wife, who discovers it in his office.
Tickets go on sale an hour before the play each night of the production. Prices are $7 general, $6 for students, seniors, military and UH faculty, and $3 for UHM students. 956-7655.
