Everybody

2023 Production Ensemble.

Assistant Professor of Theater Isaiah M. Wooden directs this fascinating contemporary play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who the New York Times calls “one of the country‘s most original and illuminating writers”. This modern spin on the fifteenth-century Morality play “Everyman”, follows one central character named “Everybody” as they prepare to follow Death into the unknown. Connecting our modern-day anxieties with the preoccupations of Medieval monks, this layered, tender, and unexpectedly hilarious play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.

Creative Team:

Director: Isaiah M. Wooden

Assistant Director: Jing Jing Gopinath '26

Assistant Director / Dramaturg: Sophia Pereda-Echeverry '25

Set Design: Matt Saunders 

Costume Design: Laila Swanson

Lighting Design: Jim Murphy

Prop Design: Eva Nahass '24

Sound Design: Elizabeth Atkinson

Choreographer: Ellen Gerdes 

Stage Manager: Brady Gonsalves

Assistant Stage Managers: Kael Frankie '24, Jenna Martinez '27, Rebecca Mintah '24

Cast: 

Usher / God / Understanding - Grace Fruaff '26

Death- Frank Paz '24

Somebody- Joanna Hong '27

Somebody- Kana Nagata '26

Somebody- TJ O'Leary '25

Somebody- Percy Pu '27

Somebody - Panhavoan Reth '25

Love - Clara Haru Mulligan '25

Evil - Jing Jing Gopinath '26

Time - Sophia Pereda Echeverry '25