40 Whacks: A Haunting Cocktail Ax-Perience – Macon, GA

Don’t miss this upcoming 2024 Local Event in Macon, GA. Happening on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at The Society Garden. Doors open at .

Enjoy a theatrical storytelling of the infamous ax murderer Lizzie Borden while sipping on carefully crafted libations.

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!

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.

Purchase 40 Whacks: A Haunting Cocktail Ax-Perience Tickets Below:

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Additional Details

Event ID - 991177347127

Event Venue - The Society Garden

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Date And Time

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 @ 06:00 PM

Venue

The Society Garden

Location

2389 Suite B Ingleside, Macon, GA 31204

Event Types

Food & Drink