Lost Cellphone Weekend

Producers John Lant and Tamra Pica of Write Act Repertory present the West Coast Premiere of a musical cautionary tale about our screen-centered modern life. Lost Cellphone Weekend is inspired by the 1945 Billy Wilder film "The Lost Weekend" with Ray Milland, a love letter to Film Noir. This noir parody on artists that try to singlehandedly solve social problems through their writings is fitting in anytime period.

Synopsis - Don Birnam has a problem. But it's not the usual stuff, like booze or drugs. He has a social media problem, a problem with his cellphone. Like many of us do. This weekend, he will be tested as never before! Begging the question, "Can you survive a weekend offline?"

CREATIVES:
Produced by John Lant and Tamra Pica
Written and Composed by Stephen Gilbane
Directed by Darrin Yalacki
Choreographed by Misty West
Casting by Tamra Pica Casting
Music Direction by Daniel Pietruska and Grace Balint
Lighting and Set Design by Zad Potter
Associate Producer Jonathan Harrison
Stage Manager - Abigail Westman
Percussion Nancy Guzman
Additional Music Recording Erich Rausch
Costumes Susan Eiden and Darrin Yalacki
Publicity Sandra Kuker of Sandra Kuker PR

CAST ARTISTS: Lance Bagley, Birdie, Scott Di Lorenzo, Lauren Faulkner, Trevor Murphy, Courtney South and Jess Spruiell.

Stephen Gilbane - Composer for Film, TV, \& Theater
Steve won a New England Emmy Award in 2023 for Outstanding Musical Composition \& Arrangement for the music he composed and orchestrated for the 5-episode series, Slatersville: America's First Mill Village, which premiered on Rhode Island PBS on September 16, 2022. He is currently working on Season 2, which is in post-production.
Steve has composed music on the fly for comic \& dramatic scenes as an improv theater accompanist in Boston since the early '90's. He has also taught theater improvisers how to make up songs on the spot. He attended Berklee College of Music for Film Scoring, back when projects were on VHS tape.

He has written the music for the feature length slasher film Bit Parts, as well as for several shorter horror films for Elftwin Productions. He has scored half a dozen 48 Hour Film Project submissions, honing his skills composing under extreme deadlines. He also has written music for a number of musicals, including 10 Halloween-themed 'Gorefest' musicals for Improv Boston, as well as his own latest noir parody Lost Cellphone Weekend.