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!