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Dead Man’s Cell Phone May 10-May 26
May 10, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Opens: May 10-May 26
Dates & Time: May 10 7:30pm, May 11 7:30pm, May 12 2:00pm, May 16 7:30pm, May 17 7:30pm, May 18 7:30pm, May 19 2:00pm, May 24 7:30pm, May 25 7:30pm, May 26 2:00pm
Admission: Adults: $25; Student w/ID: $10; Special Value Thursday Performance: Pay What You Can
May 10 – 26
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Diane Bailey
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 comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. A work about how we memorialize the dead – and how that remembering changes us – Dead Man’s Cell Phone is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the disconnect we experience in a digital world.
“She’s going to become her own vocabulary word,” playwright and legendary writing professor Paula Vogel has said, describing former student Sarah Ruhl’s unique voice. “There’s not anyone else like her. There are no models to refer to. Ten years from now, we’ll say, ‘It’s rather Sarah Ruhl’.”
Get tickets now to Sarah Ruhl’s thought-provoking comedy.
*Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. COVID vaccinations and N95 face masks are recommended but no longer required to see performances at the Raven. See the homepage for information on measures the Raven has implemented to improve air filtration and ventilation inside the theater.