Kaylee Lhotsky
  • Criminal Justice
  • Class of 2019
  • Brunswick, OH

Kaylee Lhotsky Participates in AU Theatre's Dead Man's Cell Phone

2015 Nov 11

Ashland University Department of Theatre continues its 2015-2016 season with Sarah Ruhl's wildly imaginative comedy "Dead Man's Cell Phone." Directed by guest artist Rachael Swartz, performances will be held in the intimate Studio Theatre on Nov.12-14 at 7:30 p.m.

As in Ruhl's other works, the MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist often addresses themes of death and memory. This play is about how the dead is memorialized and the need to connect in today's technologically obsessed world. In particular, when technology and death intersect, people find themselves grieving for strangers.

Kaylee Lhotsky of Brunswick, OH, plays the role of Gordon's widow in Dead Man's Cell Phone.

Lhotsky is majoring in criminal justice. Lhotsky is a 2015 graduate of Brunswick High School.

A pre-show talk with the show's director will be held Friday, Nov. 13, at 6:45 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. This special pre-show event will giving audience members the inside story as they learn more about the production and its creators.

Single tickets for the performances are $12 for adult; $10 for senior citizens, AU faculty, staff and alumni; $8 for groups of 10 or more, $5 for non-AU students, and $2 for Ashland University students with ID.

To purchase tickets, call the Ashland University Box Office at 419-289-5125, Monday through Friday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; or purchase online 24/7 at www.ashland.edu/tickets. For more information about the department of theatre, visitwww.ashland.edu/theatre, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AshlandUniversityTheatre or contact Tricia Applegate, coordinator of performing arts publicity and events, at 419-289-5950 or tapplega@ashland.edu.

Ashland University, ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category for 2016, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students. ###