Bootless Artworks Presents DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, Opening 1/26

Bootless Artworks continues its 2011-2012 season with Sarah Ruhl's new oddball comedy, "Dead Man's Cell Phone" under the direction of Rosanne DellAversano.   "Dead Man's Cell Phone" is an adventure that explores the ways that technology can provide means for both connection and disconnect in the digital age.  The play opens innocently enough at a café on a rainy day where a man, Gordon (Randall McCann), suddenly and quietly dies- and no one seems to notice.  However, Jean (Lindsey Burkland), the woman at the next table, does seem to notice that Gordon's cell phone will not stop ringing and answers.  Jean ends up stuck in the middle of all the "troubles" Gordon endured through, going as far to meeting his widow Hermia (Jennifer Huth), his mother Mrs. Gottlieb (Ruth K. Brown), and his mistress (Lauren Ojeda).  She even ends up falling in love with the deceased's brother, Dwight (Bob DeMarco).  As the dead man himself, Gordon, is able to tell of his last moments on Earth, the audience is left wondering if he will get the last word. 

Bootless Artworks is an exceptional, award-winning theater company operating in New Castle, Delaware.  Bootless is a non-profit arts organization of dedicated professional artists and theater enthusiasts that aims to engage generations with scholarly interpretations and encourage creation, exploration, and understanding of original artistic concepts.  Bootless Artworks inspires emerging artist through mentoring and hands-on training.  Previous productions by Bootless Artworks have been called by reviewers as "hot…fantastic…totally uninhibited!" (Stage Magazine-Passing Strange), "a true gem!" (Stage Magazine- The Pillowman), and "truly entertaining" (Delaware Arts Info- The 25^thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee). 

"Dead Man's Cell Phone" opens January 26 at 7:30pm in Bootless Artworks' new home on The Riverfront in Wilmington, just around the corner from Timothy's on the Riverfront.  Tickets are available online through Brown Paper Tickets.