TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone

TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada is a 501(c)3 community theater with a mission of sharing the joy of the performing arts in northern Nevada. TheatreWorks offers productions and ongoing theatre classes for ages six through adult at 1540 Linda Way, Sparks, NV.

TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada presents Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl’s award-winning satiric comedy about a woman who answers a dead man’s cell phone and finds her life turned upside-down. The play will be presented at 8 pm, March 16, March 17, March 23 and March 24 and at 2 pm, March 18 and March 25 at the Laxalt Auditorium in the Nelson Building, 401 W. 2nd St., Reno. The local cast of four is directed by Holly Natwora. This play is suitable for ages 16 and older.

In Dead Man’s Cell Phone, the character of Jean decides to answer the incessantly ringing phone of a stranger seated across from her in a café, only to realize that he is deceased. Soon she is telling his callers what she thinks they need to hear as she is drawn into the surprises and mysteries of their lives and her own.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone explores how we memorialize the dead and how that remembering changes us. It is an odyssey that finds humor in confronting assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.

The play has garnered acclaim, including praise from the Washington Post: “Satire is her oxygen… In her oddball comedy, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl is vital in her lyrical and biting takes on how we behave.”

Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for seniors and students. For reservations and more information, visit www.twnn.org or call (775) 284-0789.