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The Theatre Group at SBCC to Stage DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE

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The Theatre Group at SBCC presents Sarah Ruhl's quirky comedy, DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, as the final offering in the 2014-2015 Season

For its final offering in the 2014-2015 season The Theatre Group at SBCC will present Sarah Ruhl's comedy, DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, directed by Katie Laris in the Jurkowitz Theatre, April 17-May 2, 2015.

An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A woman at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man-with a mysterious past. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl. Ruhl's quirky heroine, Jean, embarks on an unexpected journey guided by a stranger's cell phone determined to make things right. Along the way she discovers friendship, despair and romance. The New York Times describes the play as a "beguiling new comedy ...Ms. Ruhl's work blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, the patently bizarre and the bizarrely moving."

Dead Man's Cell Phone will feature: Brian Harwell, Kathy Marden, Leona Paraminski, Shannon Saleh, Jenna Scanlon and Justin Stark.

Dead Man's Cell Phone will be performed in the intimate Jurkowitz Theatre on SBCC's West Campus, 900 block of Cliff Drive. Performances are April 17-May 2, 2015, Wednesday through Saturday @ 7:30pm, Sunday @ 2pm, Saturday matinees April 25 & May 2 @ 2pm. The Sunday, April 19, 2pm performance will be live-captioned for the hearing impaired. Ticket prices are: Previews April 15 & 16, $16 general/$13 seniors/$8 students, Wednesday & Thursday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees $22 general/$17 seniors/$12 students, Friday & Saturday evenings $24 general/$19 seniors/$15 students. Tickets can be purchased at the Garvin Theatre Box Office, 805-965-5935 or online at www.theatregroupsbcc.com. The Jurkowitz Theatre is wheelchair accessible and has assisted listening headsets. Parking is free and near the theatre. Due to the intimate nature of the theatre, no late seating is permitted.

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