The following articles appeared in Actors Theatre's subscriber newsletter prior to the 1999 Humana Festival

THE PHONE PLAYS
Listening to others’ phone conversations has become a national pastime, thanks to Congress. Now Actors Theatre organizes this fascination into a new dramatic genre—The Phone Play. In the Actors Theatre lobby, audience members can approach one of several phone stands, pick up the receiver and listen to a three-minute play unfold in conversation. What you overhear may rattle or tickle you, but there’s no denying that America is full of live wires. Quirky. Weird. A Tripp.

WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHARGES? by Neal Bell
A bizarre phone connection reveals a couple’s desperate plot to escape the trap in which they find themselves.

SPEECH THERAPY by Rebecca Gilman
It’s all about semantics as two young and educated individuals try to express what they mean to each other.

THEM by David Greenspan
Two guys wonder if someone is listening-in on their phone conversation, and just who that someone might be.

THE VISITATION by Rebecca Reynolds
Much to his chagrin, a mortician learns how mobile phones can complicate matters of life, death and dentures.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK by Diana Son
It’s Jack’s 35th birthday, a time to reflect, to assess...a time to dial *69.

No ticket or admission is required to listen to the phone plays, which are located on the mezzanine level near the Bingham Theatre.