Dead Man's Cell Phone

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

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