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 Cast Performance in a Scripted Play
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Direction of a Comedy, Lindsay Doleshal
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, Bridget 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
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Direction of a Play, Lindsay Doleshal
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Performance, Bridget Farr
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Set Design, Ia Ensterä
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Cast Performance in a Scripted Play
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Direction of a Comedy, Lindsay Doleshal
B. Iden Payne Award Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, Bridget 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
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Direction of a Play, Lindsay Doleshal
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Performance, Bridget Farr
Austin Critics Table Award Nomination, Best Set Design, Ia Ensterä
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
"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