Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Jan 10-11,
Jan 17-19 & Jan 23-25
When a lonely woman
answers a dead stranger’s cell phone, it turns out to be a
wake-up call that sends her on a date with the dead man’s
brother, a drinking binge with his wife, a mysterious rendezvous
with his mistress, and a trip to the afterlife and back.
NOVA presents the quirky comedy Dead Man’s Cell Phone, written
by Sarah Ruhl, opening January 10, 2014.
An incessantly
ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table
who has had enough. And a dead man—with a lot of loose ends. So
begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by
MacArthur “genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist,
Sarah Ruhl, author of past Venture productions The Clean House
and In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). Dead Man’s Cell
Phone is a piece about how we memorialize the dead—and how that
remembering changes us—it is the odyssey of a woman forced to
confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the
need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.
Dead
Man’s Cell Phone will be performed at NOVA Center for the
Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Avenue, January 10-11, 17-19, and
23-25. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30
p.m. and the Sunday matinee on January 19th begins at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for adults or $15 for Students, Seniors or
Active Military (with ID). Call 406-591-9535 or visit
www.NOVAbillings.org for tickets or more information. Discounts
are available for groups of 10 or more. Call the box office for
details.
Rated PG 13+ due to some adult language and
adult content.
THE CAST
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is
directed by
Tina Scariano, and features
Catherine Bergman as Jean,
Diane Kylander as Mrs. Gottlieb,
Gustavo Belotta as Dwight,
Christie Anderson as Hermia,
Kristin Mayer as The Other Woman, and
Samuel Bergman as Gordon. Set Design is by
Amber Felker and Tamara Scheierleben is the lighting
designer.
LARRY MAYER/Gazette Staff
From left, Kristin Mayer, Gustavo Belotta, Diane Kylander,
Catherine Bergman, Samuel Bergman and Christie Anderson rehearse
for the NOVA Center staging of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.”
January 09, 2014 8:30 am • By
Jaci Webb
“Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” will be presented by
NOVA Center for the Performing Arts starting Friday and running
through Jan. 25.
When a lonely woman answers a dead
stranger’s cell phone, it sends her on a date with the dead
man’s brother, a drinking binge with his wife, a mysterious
rendezvous with his mistress, and a trip to the afterlife and
back.
The quirky comedy is directed by Tina Scariano. It
features Catherine Bergman as Jean, Diane Kylander as Mrs.
Gottlieb, Gustavo Belotta as Dwight, Christie Anderson as
Hermia, Kristin Mayer as The Other Woman and Samuel Bergman as
Gordon. Set design is by Amber Felker, and Tamara Scheierleben
is the lighting designer.
An incessantly ringing cell
phone rings in a quiet café and a stranger at the next table has
had enough. So begins the play by Sarah Ruhl, a Pulitzer Prize
finalist who has also written works staged previously at Venture
Theatre, “The Clean House” and “In the Next Room (or The
Vibrator Play).” The play is about how we memorialize the dead —
and how that remembering changes us. It is the odyssey of a
woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality,
redemption and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed
world.
The show is rated the equivalent of PG-13 due to
some adult language and adult content.
“Dead Man’s Cell
Phone” will be performed at the playhouse at 2317 Montana Ave.,
on Jan. 10-11, 17-19, and 23-25. The Thursday, Friday and
Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinee
on Jan. 19 begins at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for adults or
$15 for students, seniors or active military (with ID). Call
406-591-9535 or visit www.NOVAbillings.org for tickets or more
information. Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.
