Dead Man's Cell Phone
Dead Man's Cell Phone
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Beth Kattelman
October 28 - November 6
Blackbox Theatre
The performance runs two hours including a 15-minute intermission.
Setting
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Cast
Jean
Sarah London
Gordon
Kobe Thompson
Dwight
Colin Barberic
Mrs. Gottlieb
Abigail Hindman
Hermia
Asia Aaron
Other Woman/Stranger
Sabine Smaili
Ensemble
Claire Booker
Kyra Hunter
Gretchen Knuth
Grey Lynsky
Klaire Weinroth
Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the New York Premiere of Dead Man's Cell Phone Off-Broadway in 2008.
Originally produced June 2006 by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC. Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director; Kevin Moore, Managing Director.
Dead Man's Cell Phone was commissioned by Playwrights Horizons with funds provided by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Commissioning Program.
Dead Man's Cell Phone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please silence your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. In consideration of those seated around you, please refrain from texting during the performance.
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)'s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Department Chair
E.J. Westlake
Artistic Director
Mandy Fox
Producer and Production Manager
Sherée Greco
Director
Beth Kattelman
Choreographer
Charlize Dominguez
Scenic Designer and Properties Designer
Kaitlyn Crosby*
Costume Designer
Jeremy Quick
Lighting Designer
Robbie Wilt*
Sound Designer
Ruth Luketic
Media Designer
Rufus ZaeJoDaeus
Production Technical Director
Chad R. Mahan
Production Stage Manager
Claire Pennington
Assistant Director
Kit Twichell
Lighting Programmer
Aubrey Barger
Associate Lighting Software Engineer
Leah Pfefferle
External Relations and Publicity Coordinator
J. Briggs Cormier
Ticketing Services and Audience Services Specialist
Julia Buttermore
Business Operations Manager
Dev Singer
Graphic Design
Biaggio Bican
*Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Fine Arts in the Graduate School at The Ohio State University.
PRODUCTION CREW
Staff Technical Director
Chris Zinkon
Scenic Studio Manager
Chad R. Mahan
Scenic Studio Teaching Associates
Paige Billian, Kaitlyn Crosby, Jack MacGregor, Megan Wells
Scenery Construction Crew
Rida Al Amoudi, Ben Ault, Ava Bucci, Jamison Butz, Frankie Castillo Perez, Conan Chan, Morgan Eisenbraun, Maddie Herrmann, Nate Lamb, Hailey Oo, Alexis Pavel, Juniper Pudder, Cadence Soules, Sydney Spears, Adrianna Tenney, Joey Young
Scenic Run Crew
Raven Shaddock, Makenna Tamru
Costume Studio Manager
Coco Mayer
Costume Studio Teaching Associate
Alexis Miller, Jeremy D Quick
Costume Construction Crew
Husna Akkaya, Rida Al Amoudi, Camdyn Bartow, Meredith Book, Terra Caelum, Max Cerny, Honey Curry, Grace Dismuke, Ceila Elliott, Macy Garver-Hughes, Ashely Gildenblatt, Kelsie Goane, Zaya Hasham, Emma Schobeloch,
Wardrobe Crew
Zaya Hashem, Nate Lamb, Kyleigh Wilson
Lighting Studio Manager
Eric M. Slezak
Lighting Studio Teaching Associates
Sarah Herkert, Evan Lane, Robbie Wilt
Lighting Crew
Kevin Campbell, Amelia Engle, Donovan Furey, Grace Galli, Jupiter Justice, Garret Knapke, Hailey Oo, Carter Sanderson, Ari Vezdos, Connor Yturregui
Light Board Operator
Donovan Furey
Sound and Media Studio Manager
Keya Myers-Alkire
Sound Crew
Claire Booker, Ethan Collins, Graciana Safreed, Kulminder Singh
Sound Board Operator
Sunny Ahmed
Media Teaching Associate
Rufus ZaeJoDaeus
Student Ticket Seller Supervisor
Brenda Ramoz Perez
Box Office Staff
Grace Lamparyk, Kendall McNutt, Natalie Soder, Yareni Velazquez Garcia
House Managers
STUDENT CAST & PRODUCTION TEAM BIOGRAPHIES
Asia Aaron (Hermia), junior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Columbus
Major(s): industrial and systems engineering
Department productions: Debut
Colin Barberic (Dwight), senior
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Medina, OH
Major(s): philosophy, politics and economics; theatre
Department Productions: After the Blast; Silent Sky; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)
Aubrey Barger (lighting programmer), senior
Pronouns: any
Hometown: Newark, OH
Major(s): computer information sciences
Minor(s): entertainment design and technology
Department Productions: 1st department production
Claire Booker (ensemble), junior
Hometown: Columbus
Major(s): theatre
Minor(s): history
Department Productions: Debut
Kaitlyn Crosby (scenic designer), graduate student
Hometown: xx
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised); Orlando
Charlize Dominguez (choreographer), xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): dance
Minor(s): xx
Department productions: 1st department production
Abigail Hindman (Mrs. Gottlieb), sophomore
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Westerville, OH
Major(s): environmental policy and decision-making
Minor(s): theatre
Department Productions: Debut
Kyra Hunter (ensemble), xx
Pronouns: xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): xx
Department Productions: 1st department production
Gretchen Knuth (ensemble), senior
Hometown: Mason, OH
Major(s): computer science
Minor(s): math; theatre
Department Productions: Debut
Sarah London (Jean), senior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Aurora, OH
Major(s): English
Minor(s): theatre
Department Productions: The Moors; Orlando; The Squirrels
Grey Lynsky (ensemble), sophomore
Pronouns: they/them
Hometown: Canal Winchester, OH
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)
Leah Pfefferle (assoc. lighting software engineer), xx
Pronouns: xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): xx
Department productions:
Jeremy D Quick (costume designer), graduate student
Pronouns: xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: Acute Exposure
Sabine Smaili (Other Woman/Stranger), junior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Dubai, UAE
Major(s): economics; public policy analysis
Minor(s): theatre
Department Productions: Debut
Kobe Thompson (Gordon), xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): xx
Minor(s): xx
Department Productions:
Kit M. Twichell (asst. director), graduate student
Pronouns: they/them
Hometown: Coconut Creek, FL
Major(s): theatre
Department productions: 1st department production
Klaire Weinroth (ensemble), senior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Cleveland
Major(s): strategic communication; theatre
Department productions: Acute Exposure; The Moors
Robbie Wilt (lighting designer), graduate student
Pronouns: xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): theatre
Department productions: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)
Rufus ZaeJoDaeus (media designer), graduate student
Pronouns: xx
Hometown: xx
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: Acute Exposure