CP2 Auditions - Dead Man's Cell Phone
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AUDITIONS | AUG 16, 2026 | 3pm
OCTOBER 2026
Dead Man’s Cellphone
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Kit Colbourn
Sat 8pm | Oct 3
Sun Matinee 2pm | Oct 4
A comedy about how we remember the dead – and how that memorialization changes us. It is the journey of a woman forced to confront her presumptions about isolation in a technological society. Everything we thought we knew, everything we thought was dead, can be uncovered, re-discovered, and brought to life again.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com
AUDITION INFORMATION
https://countyplayers.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CP2-S69-Weekend-1-Audition-Form.docx.pdf
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, 2007
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough of it. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell
Phone. This is a work about how we remember the dead – and how that memorialization changes us. It is the journey of a woman forced to confront her presumptions about morality, redemption, and isolation in a technologically obsessed society.
Characters (in order of appearance):
(Ages not set in stone, will depend on actors available)
Gordon, a dead man (40s-50s)
Jean, a woman (30s-40s)
The Other Woman/The Stranger (30s-40s)
Hermia, Gordon’s widow (40s-50s)
Mrs. Gottlieb, Gordon’s mother (60s)
Dwight, Gordon’s brother (40s-50s)
There will be a narrator.
OCTOBER 2026
Dead Man’s Cellphone
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Kit Colbourn
Sat 8pm | Oct 3
Sun Matinee 2pm | Oct 4
A comedy about how we remember the dead – and how that memorialization changes us. It is the journey of a woman forced to confront her presumptions about isolation in a technological society. Everything we thought we knew, everything we thought was dead, can be uncovered, re-discovered, and brought to life again.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals, on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com
AUDITION INFORMATION
https://countyplayers.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CP2-S69-Weekend-1-Audition-Form.docx.pdf
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, 2007
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough of it. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell
Phone. This is a work about how we remember the dead – and how that memorialization changes us. It is the journey of a woman forced to confront her presumptions about morality, redemption, and isolation in a technologically obsessed society.
Characters (in order of appearance):
(Ages not set in stone, will depend on actors available)
Gordon, a dead man (40s-50s)
Jean, a woman (30s-40s)
The Other Woman/The Stranger (30s-40s)
Hermia, Gordon’s widow (40s-50s)
Mrs. Gottlieb, Gordon’s mother (60s)
Dwight, Gordon’s brother (40s-50s)
There will be a narrator.
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Where is it happening?
County Players, 2681 W Main St, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-1945, United States
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