Telephone

by Ariana Reines

Previews June 25-26

Performances June 27th-July 11th

Tickets on sale in early 2026

“Watson, come here, I want you.”

Ariana Reines’ masterful play explores the limits and limitlessness of communication; between ourselves, between each other, between rooms, between continents and even into the afterlife. Drawing on Avital Ronell’s The Telephone Book, the life of Alexander Graham Bell, and the writings of Carl Jung, the piece asks us to grapple with the way technology seeks to answer a pre-existing desire in all of us to be closer to each other. 

“I’m here, baby, I’m right here.”

Production credits:

Directed by Rebecca Lingafelter

Performed by Jacob Coleman, Cristi Miles, Damaris Webb, Andrew Welsh, and Amber Whitehall

Dramaturgy by Chris Gonzalez

Set by Peter Ksander

Lights by Miranda K. Hardy

Sound by Mark Valadez

Costume by Jenny Ampersand

Objects by Maggie Heath

Special Projects by Trevor Sargent

Stage Managed by Kristina Mast

Production Managed by Molly Gardner

**“Telephone was commissioned by The Foundry Theatre and first presented at The Cherry Lane Theatre in 2009, inspired by The Telephone Book by Avital Ronell.”