What does everybody fear most? Why, death, of course. Women may fear childbirth. There is something near-death-like about it. But death? Death happens to everybody. Which is why some may find Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘s play Everybody a bit disquieting. Everybody, now playing at Artists Repertory Theatre, is a play about death. The play opens with the Usher (Sarah Lucht). […]
allegory and myth, Andrea Vernae, Artists Repertory Theatre, Barbie Wu, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Damaso Rodriguez, drama, dramatic play, Everybody, Everyman, Jessica Wallenfels, Kristeen Willis Crosser, Michael Mendelson, morality play, Phil Johnson, Robert Amico, Sara Hennessy, Sarah Lucht, Tim StapletonThe State of the State Unapologetically late…as usual…I am fondly remembering a fabulous trip to Washington D.C. four years ago with three of my nearest and dearest. We spent the most fabulous week there exploring the city–mostly those little museums along the Mall, the Capitol, a reception in Sen. Jeff Merkeley’s office, trips to Olde […]
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