"Finnegan's Wake: An Immersive Ghost Story, presented by 13th Floor Theater, plunges audience members into the beautiful, dysfunctional Finnegan-Plurabelle family. Scenic designer Treigh Buchet, lighting designer Meghan Schultz, and ephemera designer Michelle Josette Crashette transfigure the San Francisco Mint into an Irish family home on the banks of a mystical river. Audience members are free to explore the spaces before the show begins with libation in hand. When the dinner bell rings, the show commences."
"As the family gathers to honor elderly Aunt Myrtle's death, a ghost arrives-and serves as a catalyst for the family to reconcile the past and the present. Each family member has a slightly different memory, piece of information, part of the story, way of understanding. These familial fragments are mirrored in acts containing different elements-"The Haunted Road" is a poem, "The Selkie and The Sea Captain" is a story, etc."
"Guiding the audience from room to room and providing commentary on the action are the witty and sartorially delightful family Goddess Boys, Seine (Lyra Levin) and Loire Plurabelle (Colin Epstein). Walker Staples as Kevin Finnegan and Kit Gripp as Livia Anna Plurabelle Finnegan composed the music and perform it live for the show, enriching the storytelling with songs."
An immersive production transforms the San Francisco Mint into an Irish family home on a mystical river, allowing audiences to explore rooms before the performance. The Finnegan-Plurabelle family gathers to honor elderly Aunt Myrtle's death, and a ghost catalyzes reconciliation between past and present. Family members offer differing memories and perspectives, presented through discrete acts that include poetry and storytelling. Two theatrical "Goddess Boys" guide audience movement and commentary while live-composed songs accompany scenes. The production emphasizes a thin barrier between spiritual and material realms and critiques false dichotomies across religion, family identity, age, history, and life and death.
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