Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| MMartin J. KelleyFinnegan | Finnegan |
| JJane ReillyAnna Livia | Anna Livia |
 Peter HaskellShem | Shem |
| PPage JohnsonShaun | Shaun |
| JJohn V. KelleherCommentator | Commentator |
| RRay FlanaganYoung Shem | Young Shem |
| MMaura PryorYoung Iseult | Young Iseult |
| JJo Jo SlavinYoung Shaun | Young Shaun |
| RRay AlanCelebrant | Celebrant |
| JJoseph AldermanCelebrant | Celebrant |
| RRay AllanCelebrant | Celebrant |
| VVirginia BlueCelebrant | Celebrant |
| SSean BrancatoCelebrant | Celebrant |
| JJoan CampbellCelebrant | Celebrant |
| PPaddy CroftCelebrant | Celebrant |
 Leonard FreyCelebrant | Celebrant |
| EEileen KochCelebrant | Celebrant |
 Joseph MaherCelebrant | Celebrant |
| JJanis MarkhouseCelebrant | Celebrant |
| KKevin O'LearyCelebrant | Celebrant |
| LLuke J. O'MalleyCelebrant | Celebrant |
| HHerbert PrahCelebrant | Celebrant |
| JJan ThompsonCelebrant | Celebrant |
| VVirginia J. WallaceCelebrant | Celebrant |
| CCarmen P. ZavickCelebrant | Celebrant |