Dead Man's Cell Phone
by Sarah Ruhl
April 7 – 25, 2010
Extended an EXTRA WEEK!
Wednesday - Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 2:00
Tickets on sale Monday March 8th
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When Jean reluctantly answers a stranger’s phone, she is drawn into a relationship with the phone’s owner – one full of love, mystery, and surprising connections. There’s only one catch: the man is dead.
This new play by Sarah Ruhl was called “a beguiling comedy…a hallucinatory poetic fantasy…” by the The New York Times and “an oddball comedy” by the Washington Post. It follows the incredible journey of one lonely woman who reluctantly answers a stranger’s incessantly ringing phone without realizing that the phone’s owner is dead. Despite this disadvantage, she forms a strange relationship with the man by continuing to answer his phone, eventually meeting his family and become involved with his sinister line of work.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is directed by Ron Bashford, co-chair of the Warren Wilson Theatre Department and director of some of NC Stage’s most successful productions, including Hamlet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Moonlight and Magnolias.
The all-local cast of six features Lauren Fortuna, Willie Repoley, Callan White, Vivian Smith, Catori Swan and Katie Langwell.
Sarah Ruhl has gained widespread recognition in recent years for her bold, slightly surreal plays, including The Clean House, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2004 and most recently, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play).
Produced by Immediate Theatre Project as part of the Mainstage Season. Dead Man's Cell Phone is included in subscription packages.
This new play by Sarah Ruhl was called “a beguiling comedy…a hallucinatory poetic fantasy…” by the The New York Times and “an oddball comedy” by the Washington Post. It follows the incredible journey of one lonely woman who reluctantly answers a stranger’s incessantly ringing phone without realizing that the phone’s owner is dead. Despite this disadvantage, she forms a strange relationship with the man by continuing to answer his phone, eventually meeting his family and become involved with his sinister line of work.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is directed by Ron Bashford, co-chair of the Warren Wilson Theatre Department and director of some of NC Stage’s most successful productions, including Hamlet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Moonlight and Magnolias.
The all-local cast of six features Lauren Fortuna, Willie Repoley, Callan White, Vivian Smith, Catori Swan and Katie Langwell. Sarah Ruhl has gained widespread recognition in recent years for her bold, slightly surreal plays, including The Clean House, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2004 and most recently, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play).
Produced by Immediate Theatre Project as part of the Mainstage Season. Dead Man's Cell Phone is included in subscription packages.
Special Events for Dead Man's Cell PhonePay-What-You-Can-Night, Wednesday April 7th. $6 minimum, cash only, exact change only.
Thursday Happy-Hour-and-a-Half, Thursday April 8th. Complimentary food and drink in the lobby before the production.
Friday Night Insight, Friday April 9th. Stay after the performance for a talkback with the cast.
Saturday Night Gala, Saturday April 10th. Celebrate with the cast in the lobby with a post-show gala.
Thursday Happy-Hour-and-a-Half, Thursday April 8th. Complimentary food and drink in the lobby before the production.
Friday Night Insight, Friday April 9th. Stay after the performance for a talkback with the cast.
Saturday Night Gala, Saturday April 10th. Celebrate with the cast in the lobby with a post-show gala.
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Photos by Jen Lepkowski