Hughie

Erie Smith, a small-time gambler, wanders home to a seedy New York hotel fresh from a grief-stricken bout of drinking: Hughie, night clerk and once-captive audience for Erie’s tall tales, has died.

Will Erie find in Hughie’s replacement the affirmation and friendship he craves? One loner seeks solace in another in Eugene O’Neill’s snapshot of two souls on a city’s margins.