In this mordantly witty 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist, characters are moral concepts and states of being (or non-being), including Kinship, Evil, Beauty, and Understanding. Adapted from the 15th-century morality play Everyman, Everybody is an allegorical examination of salvation that celebrates mortality and the importance of love. The protagonist is you and everyone you know, required by a higher power (if…
In this mordantly witty 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist, characters are moral concepts and states of being (or non-being), including Kinship, Evil, Beauty, and Understanding. Adapted from the 15th-century morality play Everyman, Everybody is an allegorical examination of salvation that celebrates mortality and the importance of love. The protagonist is you and everyone you know, required by a higher power (if such a thing exists) to prove your mettle in the game of being human. Reflecting the arbitrariness of life and death, actors change roles each night by lottery, and no two performances are alike.
RUNTIME: 2 hours (approximately)
INTERMISSION: None