Oct 16
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
40 Whacks: A Haunting Cocktail Ax-Perience
Show at 6:30PM and 9:00PM and 6:30PM and 10PM on Weekends
Overview
This October, enjoy a theatrical cocktail experience like no other! Society Garden transforms The Garden Room into a spooky Victorian salon, enter if you dare... Playwright Paige Henson has done it again, and has written a script about the infamous Lizzie Borden. Local actors will bring the horrific story to life, while you sip on three carefully crafted libations throughout the performance. Act changes will bring some surprise visitors to our "salon", a perfect time for photo ops, we encourage you to dress the part! Total show-time one hour and thirty minutes. Doors will open 20 minutes before show/ticket time.
And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Actually,the Bordens received only 29 whacks, not the 81 suggested by the famous ditty, but the popularity of the above poem is a testament to the public's fascination with the 1893 murder trial of Lizzie Borden.
Despite being acquitted of double murder, time and popular culture have forever cast Lizzie Borden as one of America's most notorious killers. Did she do it... let's find out!
Showtimes:
- Wednesday, Oct 16: Two showings at 6:30pm and 9pm
- Thursday, Oct 17: Two showings at 6:30pm and 9pm
- Friday, Oct 18: Two showings at 6:30pm and 10pm
- Saturday, Oct 19: Two showings at 6:30pm and 10pm
Choose your time slot, and come early to enjoy a specially themed dinner menu from Liliana's food truck! When attending the 6:30pm showing on Fri or Sat, guests are welcome to stay for the live music on our main stage that night at 8pm.
Upcoming Dates
- Oct 18 to Oct 19
- Oct 19 to Oct 20
