Dead Man's Cell Phone
by Sarah Ruhl
January 2017 at the Link and Pin Art Gallery and Springdale Station, Austin Texas
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Production of a Comedy
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Direction of a Comedy, Lindsay Doleshal
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Cast Performance in a Scripted Play
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, Bridgett Farr
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy, Dan Dalbout
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy, Meason Wiley
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy, Anne Hulsman
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design, Ia Enstera
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Props Design, Taylor Harrison
More about En Route Productions here.
In the Press:
"Emily Rankin is hilarious as Carlotta and may have, along with Farr, provided my favorite most equally calibrated and funny scene in the play."
--Broadway World Austin
"Director Lindsay Doleshal has a comedic gift and is a director to watch in Austin. She runs a tight ship. Every scene is sure...
Emily Rankin is double cast as The Stranger and Carlotta. Rankin mines both of them for their bizarre and funny nuggets."
--CTX Live Theatre, David Glen Robinson
"It's a deadpan look at hope and death and the invisible lines that connect us or break, a piece more likely to provoke reflection than hilarity --
and in this staging by En Route Productions it's a significant work of theatre art."
--CTX Live Theatre, Michael Miegs
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Direction of a Comedy, Lindsay Doleshal
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Cast Performance in a Scripted Play
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, Bridgett Farr
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy, Dan Dalbout
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Comedy, Meason Wiley
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy, Anne Hulsman
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Set Design, Ia Enstera
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Props Design, Taylor Harrison
More about En Route Productions here.
In the Press:
"Emily Rankin is hilarious as Carlotta and may have, along with Farr, provided my favorite most equally calibrated and funny scene in the play."
--Broadway World Austin
"Director Lindsay Doleshal has a comedic gift and is a director to watch in Austin. She runs a tight ship. Every scene is sure...
Emily Rankin is double cast as The Stranger and Carlotta. Rankin mines both of them for their bizarre and funny nuggets."
--CTX Live Theatre, David Glen Robinson
"It's a deadpan look at hope and death and the invisible lines that connect us or break, a piece more likely to provoke reflection than hilarity --
and in this staging by En Route Productions it's a significant work of theatre art."
--CTX Live Theatre, Michael Miegs
Cast
Bridget Farr - Jean
Anne Hulsman - Harriet Gottlieb
Dan Dalbout - Dwight Gottlieb
Lara Wright - Hermia Gottlieb
Emily Rankin - The Stranger / Carlotta
Meason Wiley - Gordon Gottlieb
Production Staff
Lindsay Doleshal - Director
David Higgins - Stage Manager + Light Board Operator
Ia Ensterä - Set Designer
Haley Powell - Costume Designer
Stephen Pruitt - Lighting Designer
Meason Wiley + Jason Farmer - Sound Designers
Calvin Cates - Assistant Sound Designer
Taylor Harrison - Props Designer
Sarah Presson, Eye Like Design - Graphic Design
Produced by En Route Productions
Photo credit: Lindsay Doleshal, Stephen Pruitt, Sarah Presson
Bridget Farr - Jean
Anne Hulsman - Harriet Gottlieb
Dan Dalbout - Dwight Gottlieb
Lara Wright - Hermia Gottlieb
Emily Rankin - The Stranger / Carlotta
Meason Wiley - Gordon Gottlieb
Production Staff
Lindsay Doleshal - Director
David Higgins - Stage Manager + Light Board Operator
Ia Ensterä - Set Designer
Haley Powell - Costume Designer
Stephen Pruitt - Lighting Designer
Meason Wiley + Jason Farmer - Sound Designers
Calvin Cates - Assistant Sound Designer
Taylor Harrison - Props Designer
Sarah Presson, Eye Like Design - Graphic Design
Produced by En Route Productions
Photo credit: Lindsay Doleshal, Stephen Pruitt, Sarah Presson