Early Wake

short comedy

Friends gather to celebrate a senior man’s life before he dies.
  
Characters:
KIM, young woman
MARION, senior woman
BOOT, young man
DOUG, mature man
SANDRA, mature woman, Doug’s wife
ALMA, senior woman, Doug’s mother
JASPER, senior man, Marion’s brother
RUTH, young woman, manager of a rest home
  
Setting:
A garden at a rest home 

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(online reading)
​Anything Goes! Theatre Lab
​ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
​January 7, 2026

Cast: Cortney Newell (Kim), Lin Snider (Marion), Devin Zuriel (Boot), Drew Keil (Doug), Ellen Barber (Sandra),  Susan Courtney (Alma), Hank Fandel (Jasper), Jackie Youm (Ruth)

Cast: Lin Snider (Marion), Ellen Barber (Sandra), Susan Courtney (Alma), Hank Fandel (Jasper), Devin Zuriel (Boot), Drew Keil (Doug), Cortney Newell (Kim) and Jackie Youm (Ruth)