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Lunch and a play, makes for a a different lunch-hour Friday

Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, 11 S. Sixth Ave., has a great way for downtown workers to combine their lunch hour with some theater. It's called "Out To Lunch Theatre," a program of half-hour plays by local playwrights.

Patrons can bring their own lunch or order a brown bag lunch in advance online - www.beowulfalley.org/ . Cost is $6 for the play alone, $12 for the play, a veggie sandwich, chips and a drink, or $13 for a chicken sandwich, chips and a drink.

There is a performance today (Sept. 23) at 12:15 p.m. and another at the same time next Friday (Sept. 30).

The play is titled "Hang Down Your Head, Doris Dooley" and is based on one of Out To Lunch Theatre's earlier productions, "Waiting for Norma," written by David Sewell. Set in Casey's Watering Hole, a place on the way to somewhere else, Virge the bar keep and crazy Sadie serve as a backdrop for the various and sundry characters drifting in and out of the hole, serving up sunflower seeds and the spirit of the moment.