This modern riff on the 15th-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from the cast by lottery at each performance) as they travel down a road toward life’s greatest mystery. Making its regional premiere in Chicago following its 2017 world premiere off-Broadway and becoming a 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Gloria, An Octoroon) bases his new play on a medieval morality play that instructs sinners on how to repent and seek redemption.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
​(Playwright)

​Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' plays include Neighbors (The Public Theater), Appropriate (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Victory Gardens Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Signature Theatre in New York, Spring 2014), An Octoroon (Soho Rep, Spring 2014), and War. He is currently a Residency Five playwright at Signature Theatre and a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow at The Juilliard School. Additionally, his work has been or will be seen at the Vineyard Theatre, The Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles, Company One in Boston, and the HighTide Festival in the United Kingdom. He has taught at New York University and Queens University of Charlotte, and his honors include a Paula Vogel Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and the inaugural Tennessee Williams Award. He holds an M.A. in Performance Studies.

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Erin Shea Brady
​(Director)

​Erin joined the BPBCo. team this year as Production Director. She is the founder of No Stakes Theater Project, an organization dedicated to supporting the creative risks of emerging artists, where she has produced several productions, staged readings, and initiatives since 2014. Directing credits include: Kander & Ebb's Cabaret, Sharr White’s Annapurna (staged reading) and Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (No Stakes Theater Project); Stands (Spartan Theater, staged reading) and Anna Schutz's Prodigy: A Modern Family Portrait (staged reading). In assistant direction and dramaturgy roles, Erin has worked on productions at the Goodman, TimeLine, A Red Orchid, Jackalope, Northlight, and Remy Bumppo. A graduate from the directing program at Columbia College Chicago, her training also includes internships at Steppenwolf (Casting Department), American Blues (Performance Intern, Waiting for Lefty), Northlight and A Red Orchid.  Erin is also a contributing critic at Newcity Stage and Perform.Ink and is hard at work on her new play, Revival. erin@brownpaperbox.org

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Presented at The Buena at Pride Arts Center

4147 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL ​60613

July 13th - August 12th, 2018

Previews

Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 7:30pm
​Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 7:30pm

Opening Night

Sunday, July 15th, 2018 @ 7:30pm

Press Night

​Monday, July 16th, 2018 @ 7:30pm

Regular Run

Friday, July 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, July 21, 2018 @ 7:30pm
​Sunday, July 22, 2018 @ 3:30pm
​Monday, July 23, 2018 *Industry Night* @ 7:30pm

Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @3:30
Saturday, July 28, 2018 @7:30pm
Sunday July 29, 2018 @ 3:30pm

Thursday, Aug 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Friday, Aug 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm
​Saturday, Aug 4, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, Aug 5, 2018 @ 3:30pm

Thursday, Aug 9, 2018 @ 7:30pm 
Friday, Aug 10, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, Aug 11, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, Aug 12, 2018 @ 3:30pm

Meet the cast & creW

Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Erin Shea Brady*

Michelle Benda (Lighting Designer)
Samantha Corn (Costume Designer)
Zach Dries* (Photographer/Videographer)
Sarah D. Espinoza (Sound Designer)
Evan Frank (Scenic Designer) 
Kaitlyn Guerrieri* (Box Office Manager)
Jeremy Hollis* (Production Manager)
Destiney Higgins ​(Assistant Director)
M. William Panek* (Casting Associate)
Deanna Satin (Stage Manager)
Charlie Sheets* (Graphic Designer)
Gin To* (Dramaturg)

Ensemble:
Kenny the Bearded, Hal Christine, Chelsea Dàvid, Alys Dickerson, Nora Fox, Alex Madda, Donovan Session, Francesca Sobrer, and Elle Walker

Understudies: Hannah Green and Alexandria Moorman

*Denotes BPBCo. member