Auditions for Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Eastbound Theatre) 2nd Audition

EASTBOUND THEATRE - Dead Man’s Cell Phone Director Jeanine A DeFalco will conduct auditions for Dead Man’s Cell Phone this month. Monday, Oct 23 7:00 pm Monday, Oct 30 7:00 pm Margaret Egan Center 35 Matthew Street Milford, CT 06460 Room number will be posted on the schedule board at the building entrance. Dead Man’s Cell Phone A quirky modern adventure about Jean who, finding a cell phone, follows leads that take her into the black market and even the after-life! Along the way she encounters the brother, the wife, and the mistress of the phone’s original owner. Presented weekends February 2-17, 2024 Written by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Jeanine A DeFalco CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS A WOMAN, JEAN: Female, Age approximately 30-50. A sentimental woman who wants to remember everything. She works in an office of a Holocaust museum and ends up finding love in spite of it all. A DEAD MAN, GORDON: Male, Age approximately 40-50. A bit of jerk when he was alive, had affairs when married to Hermit. He devised a moral justification for selling blackmarket organs, and craved lobster bisque on the day he died. GORDON’S MOTHER, MRS. GOTTLIEB: Female, Age approximately 55-70. A little anemic, a carnivore, mother of two boys, thought she loved Gordon best. She wears red during mourning and literally will not live without him. GORDONS WIDOW, HERMIA: Female, Age approximately 40-50. Catholic, a bit of bitch to her husband, had affairs when she was married to Gordon, and has had to deal with the fact that she married the wrong man. She drinks cosmopolitans. GORDON’S BROTHER, DWIGHT: Male, Approximately 40-50. Struggled with his jerk of a brother, Gordon. An optimist determined to love in the ways of “worthies” according to John Donne. THE OTHER WOMAN/STRANGER : Female, Male, or Trans, approximately 30-50. Dark and forbidding and taken to clocking people over the head when it suits them. Contacts: Nancy Herman: nahshell33@aol.com Ann Baker: abaker0728@gmail.com