Event

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Theater Company of Lafayette Presents
"Dead Man's Cell Phone" by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Vonalda Utterback

An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead manwith a lot of loose ends.

So begins "Dead Man's Cell Phone," a wildly imaginative comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl.

Gordon is dead, but his cell phone lives on. After Jean answers his ringing phone she finds herself constructing fictionsor rather, confabulations-to comfort the grieving. Ensnarled in Gordon's past, her adventures fill her lonely life to the brim, including a martini binge with his wife, a mysterious rendezvous with his mistress, and a disconcerting dinner with his family-not to mention an assignation in the afterlife.

This imaginative and dark-edged comedy, directed by Theater Company of Lafayette veteran Vonalda Utterback, is the captivating odyssey of a woman forced to confront her assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technology obsessed world.

[Parental Advisory: Recommended for mature audiences due to adult language and situations]

Meet the wonderful cast:

Dean Espitaller (Gordon)
Erica Jo Young (Jean)
Jay Miller (Dwight)
Joe Illingworth (ensemble)
Katherine Myers (Hermia)
Krystal Jakosky (Carlotta/The Stranger)
Madge Montgomery (Harriett Gottlieb)