Dead Man's Cell Phone
by Georgetown Palace Theatre

Aug. 09 - Sep. 08
Fridays-Sundays

Gordon is dead, but his cell phone lives on. When Jean, an empathetic museum worker, answers his ringing phone beside her in a café, she is soon playing unwitting comforter and confessor to the man’s grieving friends and family. Before she knows it, Jean’s ensnarled in the underbelly of the dead man’s bizarre life.

A wildly imaginative comedy, Dead Man’s Cell Phone is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically-obsessed world. This magical play by Sarah Ruhl explores the paradox of modern technology’s ability to both unite and isolate people in the digital age. Sometimes darkly funny, sometimes deeply profound, the play was awarded a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.

 

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Dead Man's Cell Phone
by Sarah Ruhl
Georgetown Palace Theatre

Aug 9 – Sept 8, 2024

Playhouse Stage, Georgetown