
Updating Everyman, the quintessential Medieval morality play - a religious allegory about death and salvation performed in public places during church festivals - Jacobs-Jenkins renames Fellowship, Kindred, Goods, Discretion, Five Wits and Knowledge as Friendship, Kinship, Stuff,...

Inspired by the 15th century morality play Everyman , Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new work follows Everybody (played by one of five actors selected by lottery at the beginning of each performance) as he or she travels down a road toward life's greatest mystery and confronts the inevitable...