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Wakey, Wakey

  • Will Eno
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573706530

"[A] glowingly dark, profoundly moving new play."

The New York Times

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Shoestring Budget, Professional Theatre
"Is it now? I thought I had more time."

These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us, on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Eno challenges what is worth celebrating in life and what is worth treasuring in this moving and funny play.

REVIEWS:

"[A] glowingly dark, profoundly moving new play."

 The New York Times

Premiere Production: Wakey, Wakey premiered at the Signature Theatre in New York City in February 2017 under the direction of Will Eno.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F

  • GUY - Male, 40s-60s. Youthful looking but might suddenly look gaunt or unwell, in the wrong (right) lighting. He's in a wheelchair.
  • LISA - Female, 30s-50s. A warm and caring person, but not inclined toward any kind of sentimentality. Loving, and matter-of-fact, in equal amounts.
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    "Is it now? I thought I had more time."

    These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us, on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Eno challenges what is worth celebrating in life and what is worth treasuring in this moving and funny play.

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