Everybody
November 25 - December 31, 2018
Alder Stage
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Co-directed by Jessica Wallenfels & Dámaso Rodríguez
Death tells Everybody that their time is up. But Everybody doesn’t want to greet Death alone, so Everybody seeks the company of their friends Stuff, Kinship, Friendship, Cousinship, and Love to make the trip bearable. From the scintillating mind that brought you An Octoroon, Everybody is an audacious riff on the 15th century morality play Everyman.
Of the robust 10-person cast, five brave actors will play a multitude of roles with their characters chosen by lottery onstage every night — with a possible 120 combinations — as they fight to cheat Death.
Awards for Everybody
2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama
Awards for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
MacArthur “Genius” Grant
Pulitzer Prize finalist
PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Theatre Award
“Let’s start with a spoiler, the ultimate spoiler: Everybody dies.”
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“Everybody is 90 minutes of theatrical whimsy.”
-Robert Hofler, The Wrap
XRAY In the Morning Interview with Barbie Wu & Andrea Vernae
Resources
Take a deeper dive into the show with our STUDY GUIDE
Prep for Everybody with this book and movie list inspired by the play from the Multnomah County Library.
Press
“…a far cry from your normal holiday fare, but I highly recommend you find time in your busy schedule to see it…at least once.”
“…offers both strong emotion and beautiful, abstract movement with some surprising twists.”
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