Wake Me at Midnight

08/11/2023 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Beatniks on Conkey
Address: 418 Conkey St, Hammond, IN 46324, USA

Wake Me At Midnight

by Joe Simonelli

directed by Peggy Glennie

 

Performances to be held at Beatniks On Conkey, 420 Conkey Street, Hammond, IN

Performance Dates:

Friday, August 4, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 6, at 2:00 p.m.

Friday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 13, at 2:00 p.m.

Story Synopsis:

Struggling playwright Ted Santi is waking his ‘black sheep’ uncle Joey upstairs at the funeral home while all hell is breaking loose downstairs in the lounge! Who are some of the people you’re likely to run into at an Italian wake? How about your ex-wife, ex-girlfriend, current girlfriend, local bookie and pesky funeral director, all of whom you owe money to! What’s a guy in need of quick cash to do? How about enlist the aid of his zany relatives to find the winning sweepstakes ticket that the practical joking decedent has hidden somewhere in the funeral parlor on which the statute of limitations is set to expire at midnight!

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