Dead Man’s Cell Phone
by Gary Wien
An almost empty cafe.
A dead man, Gordon,
sits on a chair with his back to us.
He doesn’t look all that dead.
He looks... still.
In an almost empty cafe, a
woman sits, drinking coffee, and
writing a thank you letter. Next
to her is a dead man. When his
phone won’t stop ringing, the
woman decides to answer it and
take a message. In doing so,
her quiet life is turned upsideNewJerseyStage.com
down as she’s thrust into a world
of mysterious strangers, shady
business deals, and the potential
for true love. This is the story of
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a play
by Sarah Ruhl that will be presented by Cape May Stage this
September.
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