Everybody
The Graduating Class of 2021 in Acting, Production Design and Technical Arts, and Set and Costume Design presents Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Anita Rochon.
- From March 1st to 6th, 2021
- In English
- Streaming online
About the Play
Everybody, a play about a person ordered to account for their lives, is based on the 15th century Everyman, a play which features a similar journey. When the original was written, if one was able to survive childhood, life expectancy was about 50 years. Infant mortality was high. People generally died at home. Death was a part of life.
When we began discussing the possibility of staging Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, COVID-19 was not a consideration. We were not hearing daily death counts and having regular conversations about how to keep one another safe. Now, Jacobs-Jenkins’ piece plays out in a new context. The central character, Everybody, is reckoning with all aspects of their lives. We’re doing the same thing – from our relationships to politics, to our beliefs – with almost every aspect of how we live our lives. And we’re not alone. Everybody is doing it.
This play highlights that any story about death is likely focused on life. Here we are, in a moment of reckoning, at the precipice of a new reality, some of it in our control, some of it not. What will we make of our time here?
– Anita Rochon
Poster
Gallery
Team
CAST
Mohamed Ahmed A3 (Edmonton, AB)
God, 3, Beauty
isi bhakhomen A3 (Toronto, ON)
Somebody, 2, Strength
Justin Eddy A3 (London, ON)
Somebody, Chorus, Stuff Scene 4 & 7
Isa Fuentes A3 (Santiago, Chile / Ottawa, ON)
Somebody, Cousinship
Kaeleb Gartner A3 (Redwood Meadows, AB)
Somebody, 4, All the Shitty Things
Anna Morreale A3 (Hamilton, ON)
Love
Callan Potter A3 (Stratford, ON)
Death
Annie Rutherford A3 (Toronto, ON)
Somebody, Kinship, Mind
Romi Shraiter A3 (Toronto, ON / Tel-Aviv-Yafo, Israel)
Girl, Chorus, Time
Mara Teare A3 (Saskatoon, SK)
Usher, Understanding
Dylan Thomas-Bouchier A3 (Fort McKay, AB)
Somebody, 1, Senses
Grace Vukovic A3 (Vancouver, BC)
Somebody, Everybody
Hilary Wheeler A3 (Victoria, BC)
Somebody, Friendship
CREATIVE TEAM
AK Fournier D1
(Kelowna, BC)
Assistant Director
Brianna Unger PDTA3
(Ajax, ON)
Lighting Designer
Aurora Torok PDTA3
(Oakville, ON)
Video Designer
Hailey Verbonac PDTA3
(Inuvik, NT)
Production Manager
Brendan Agnew PDTA3
(Vancouver, BC)
Technical Director
Caitlin Farley PDTA3
(Wetaskiwin, AB)
Stage Manager
Maryanna Chan SCD3
(Saskatoon, SK)
Assistant to the Set Designer
Jung A Im SCD3
(Seoul, Korea)
Assistant to the Costume Designer
PRODUCTION TEAM
Hailey Verbonac PDTA3
(Inuvik, NT)
Production Manager
Brendan Agnew PDTA3
(Vancouver, BC)
Technical Director
Caitlin Farley PDTA3
(Wetaskiwin, AB)
Stage Manager
PROFESSIONAL
Set and Costume Designer Joanna Yu
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Performances
- Continuously streaming from March 1 to 6, 2021
Venue
Online
Tickets
- Watch the show here
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