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Everybody Debut
Everybody Debut
Everybody was produced Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre, and opened on January 31, 2017 in previews, officially on February 21. The play is "a modern riff on one of the oldest plays in the English language." Everybody is suggested by the 15th-century morality play Everyman. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, the cast includes Jocelyn Bioh, Brooke Bloom, Michael Braun, Marylouise Burke, Louis Cancelmi, Lilyana Tiare Cornell, David Patrick Kelly, Lakisha Michelle May and Chris Perfetti. The role of Everybody is chosen by lottery. Jacobs-Jenkins explained the play: "The concept...is that every night there’ll be a different Everyman, chosen by lottery, so the cast will shift a lot. This may be an insane idea. We’re assuming all these lovely actors are going to memorize the entire script.” Everybody was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Production History
Production History
Location:
Signature Theatre Company (Irene Diamond Stage), New York City. (world premiere, Off-Broadway)
Dates:
Previews began Jan 31, 2017; opened Feb 21, 2017
Production specialty:
Usher + Death are fixed roles, while other roles need to be rotated.
Location:
Lansburgh Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.)
Dates:
Oct 15 – Nov 17, 2019
Production specialty:
Death is always played by the same actor in that staging, and God’s presentation as fluid across masculine/feminine/divine/human.
Location:
Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (Canadian premiere)
Dates:
June 8 – Oct 8, 2022
Production specialty:
The stage as a round/circle setup (viewable from all sides), plus an audience volunteer drawing numbers for the lottery
Location:
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York University, Toronto
Dates:
Apr 2022
Production specialty:
Director Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster ... reserving a moment of... a full-on flash mob (The audience, too, seemed to love the sudden departure from prosaic nihilism to backflips and The Worm.)
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