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New York-based REV Theatre Company presents a particularly eerie 2011 Philly Fringe Festival production: Carthaginians, written by world-renowned Irish playwright Frank McGuinness.

The story is set in a cemetery in Derry, Northern Ireland, where three women gather to wait for a miracle: that their deceased loved ones will rise from the dead.

Fittingly, the show is staged in Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery, surely making for a particularly hair-raising performance.

Even more spooky, the characters in Carthaginians are all survivors of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in which 14 unarmed Irish protestors were killed by British soldiers stationed in Derry.

Bring chairs and blankets. Tickets are available online.

REV Theatre Company’s Carthaginians for the Philly Fringe Festival
When: September 16 and 17, 6 p.m. (rain date September 18)
Where: Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue
Cost: $20
More info: www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org