Event Details

Presented in The Loft at SOPAC

Conceived by Joe Montegna
Written by Robert Custer, Richard Fire, Dennis Franz, Stuart Gordon, Josephine Paoletti, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Michael Saad, Keith Szarabajka and Ian Williams.  

Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field where die hard Cub fans root for their team. Beer is being drunk, hot dogs are being eaten, and friendly wagers start to take on increasing importance.

The cast of characters includes a cheerleader, a blind man who follows the game by transistor radio and does his own play by play, a bathing beauty, a nerd and a working class guy who dreams of just having enough money to take his wife out to his favorite upscale restaurant, the House of Sweden. They bet among themselves on every conceivable event, go out for frosty malts, try to pick up the bathing beauty and, ocasionally, watch the game. The Cubs inevitably blow it in the end.