Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Ashland, Oregon opening performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl A fun, snappy script built around a clever premise makes this theater adventure a satisfying romp. The play is pure entertainment as far as I can figure out. Its send-up of our need for constant communication makes me worry that I am missing Something Deeper. But, if I’ve missed it, I am happy anyway. The play notes tell us about a “… film-noir odyssey that crisscrosses life and death, isolation and connection, what’s real and what’s not.” Yeah, well, sure. It was mostly fun, though. [...]