Drink the Past Dry

Name: Drink the Past Dry
Start: 2025-05-23T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-23T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro

The nondescript neighborhood bar in the middle of Chicago looks like every other bar in every other neighborhood in the city. A few regulars sit sipping drinks, making small talk, doing the things people always do in bars. But this bar has a secret. It can take you anywhere in time….

…but only once and only within the walls of the bar, so it turns out not to be as popular a place as one might think.

But there are some souls who still need to reach out to the past — or to the future — and this is where they come when they do.

Stories in Drink the Past Dry include: a young adult searching for a lost family recipe, a street fair attendee looking for an old friend and a woman facing a life and death decision. Traveling to the past isn’t that simple though and they all find more than they bargained for.

Ghostlight Ensemble presents the premier of this site-specific piece of immersive theatre as part of our season on time. Season 8 celebrates a symphony of creativity that resonates across cultures and time, reminding us that art is a universal language that binds us all.

Drink the Past Dry takes place upstairs at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro (3905 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613) on Fridays & Sundays and select Thursdays & Saturdays from May 2 to June 1, 2025. Show times are: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets are pay-what-you-will, with an average donation of $25. By donating more, if you are able, you help offset the cost for those who can’t afford to give. A preview performance is scheduled for Sunday, April 27. Suggested donation for this performance is $10.

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