ArtsWest Premieres DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE 9/9-10/3

ArtsWest starts the 2009-10 season with DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, a wildly imaginative new work from Sarah Ruhl, September 9 - October 3.

A Seattle Premiere from the playwright behind The Clean House and Eurydice, DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE is "zany probe of the razor-thin line between life and death" (Variety). When Jean answers the cell phone of the corpse at the next table, she unwittingly embarks on a quirky odyssey that takes her from a high society funeral to the black market to the afterlife. With unfailing empathy, she sets the Dead Man's bizarre life to rights and on the way resurrects her own.

Directed by Carol Roscoe, ArtsWest's production of DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE features Mike Dooly, Emily Grogan, Julie Jamieson, Peggy Gannon, Tim Gouran and Kate Witt.

DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE is made possible in part by the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Season Sponsor Personal Safety Nets.

About ArtsWest: ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve the imagination, and promote cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle. Utilizing a 149-seat, 3/4 thrust theater and visual art gallery, ArtsWest has presented over 400 different performing arts productions and gallery exhibitions to over 200,000 visitors since 1999.

When: September 9 - October 3
Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:30pm
Sundays, Sept 13, 20 & 27, 3:00pm
PWYC Preview: Tuesday, Sept 8, 7:30pm
Price: $32 (Under 25? Only $10!)

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
4711 California Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98116
www.artswest.org

Box Office: (206) 938-0339