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05/29/2026

There’s a talkback happening!

Please join us tomorrow after the 2:00pm matinee of Everybody for a conversation with the fabulous Chi-wang Yang, our esteemed department chair Scott Magelssen, eco-funeral director and death doula Laura Cassidy from Recompose S**O, and UW palliative care instructor and nurse practitioner Nicole Loving. We will be putting the Medieval past in dialogue with the present as we consider the meaning of Memento Mori.

The panel will be un-ticketed and open to the public! Even if you have already seen the show, you are more than welcome to attend just the panel. We will begin around 3:50/55, or shortly after curtain call.

See you there!

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

Photos by Sunny Martini, permission granted to use by the University of Washington, School of Drama.

05/27/2026

Everybody returns for its final run of performances today through Sunday.

Photos by Sunny Martini, permission granted to use by the University of Washington, School of Drama.

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

05/21/2026

Happy opening to the cast, crew, and creative teams of Everybody!

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances running now through May 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

Creative team
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Scenic Design by An-lin Dauber
Costume Design by Allison Macip-Palacios and Laurence Wulfe
Lighting Design by Aiden Bonheyo
Sound Design by Alex Parr
Associate Sound Designer Eliyas Begleries
Projections Design by Nick O’Leary
Stage manager: Sammy Weinert

Cast
Somebodies/Everybody: Osaze Asuen, Hayley Berkman, Julie Chen, Finn Jordan, Ryan St. Martin
Usher/Understanding: Eloise Maguire
Love: Tamara Alsaied
Death: Brennan Sandora
Girl/Time: Riko Kish*tani
Evil: Rain Anderson
Understudy for Somebodies/Everybody: Riko Kish*tani
Understudy for Usher/Understanding/Love: Mya Hariri
Understudy for Girl/Time: Ada Hogue

Photos by Sunny Martini, permission granted to use by the University of Washington, School of Drama.

05/19/2026

We are delighted to congratulate PHD Candidate Rachael Herren on receiving the 2026 Excellence in Teaching Award as well as the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

The excellence in Teaching Award recognizes two graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom. Rachael also received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. This award places Rachael as the sole Predoctoral instructor from a group of 10 other faculty members across the University.

Congratulations Rachael, we are so proud of you!

Learn more about Rachael’s awards by visiting the UW School of Dram webpage.

05/18/2026

With their final preview tonight, Everybody opens this Wednesday.

Creative team
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Scenic Design by An-lin Dauber
Costume Design by Allison Macip-Palacios and Laurence Wulfe
Lighting Design by Aiden Bonheyo
Sound Design by Alex Parr
Stage manager: Sammy Weinert

Cast
Somebodies/Everybody: Osaze Asuen, Hayley Berkman, Julie Chen, Finn Jordan, Ryan St. Martin
Usher/Understanding: Eloise Maguire
Love: Tamara Alsaied
Death: Brennan Sandora
Girl/Time: Riko Kish*tani
Evil: Rain Anderson
Understudy for Somebodies/Everybody: Riko Kish*tani
Understudy for Usher/Understanding/Love: Mya Hariri
Understudy for Girl/Time: Ada Hogue

📸by Lisa Chou

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

05/14/2026

Join us for two special post-show events!

On Sunday May 24th, following the 2:00 pm matinee, undergraduate dramaturgs Ashley Green and Amelia McCall will host the cast and creative team of Everybody to discuss the process of designing, rehearsing, and performing the show.

Then, on Saturday May 30th, following the 2:00 pm matinee, we will put the Medieval past in dialogue with present attitudes towards death, as represented in art, culture, medicine, and end of life practices. Our guests include Everybody director Chi-wang Yang, Grief Coach and Death Doula Laura Cassidy from Recompose Green Funeral Home, Medieval Theatre Expert and Executive Director of the School of Drama Dr. Scott Magelssen, and Palliative Care + Advanced Practice Provider Nicole Loving, DNP from the School of Medicine.

Tickets are not required to engage with each talkback!

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theatre. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

05/08/2026

First day of tech in the Playhouse.

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Chi-wang Yang. Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theatre. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

Video by Mya Hariri

05/04/2026

In Everybody, five of the roles — in addition to Everybody, include Friendship, Kinship, and Stuff — are newly reassigned at each performance by lottery. Meaning our ensemble of five has memorized the entire script. No performance will be the same, so why come to just one?

Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

05/01/2026

Back in March, the cast, crew, and creative teams of Everybody had their designer presentations and first rehearsal.

Now the entire show has been blocked, and its first full run through is tonight. Everybody opens May 21, with previews May 15 and May 18.

Creative team
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Scenic Design by An-lin Dauber
Costume Design by Allison Macip-Palacios and Laurence Wulfe
Lighting Design by Aiden Bonheyo
Sound Design by Alex Parr
Stage manager: Sammy Weinert

Cast
Somebodies/Everybody: Osaze Asuen, Hayley Berkman, Julie Chen, Finn Jordan, Ryan St. Martin
Usher/Understanding: Eloise Maguire
Love: Tamara Alsaied
Death: Brennan Sandora
Girl/Time: Riko Kish*tani
Evil: Rain Anderson
Understudy for Somebodies/Everybody: Riko Kish*tani
Understudy for Usher/Understanding/Love: Mya Hariri
Understudy for Girl/Time: Ada Hogue

📸by Lisa Chou

Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

04/29/2026

The School of Drama’s final show of the season, Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Professor Chi-wang Yang.

Based on the 15th century morality play, Everyman, Everybody follows “Everybody” as they embark on a long and difficult journey towards death, solving life’s greatest mystery - the meaning of living.

Unique to the show, each night the performers’ roles will be determined by a lottery to decide which role will be played by which performer.

Creative team
Directed by Chi-wang Yang
Scenic Design by An-lin Dauber
Costume Design Allison Macip-Palacios and Laurence Wulfe
Lighting Design by Aiden Bonheyo
Sound Design by Alex Parr
Stage Manager: Sammy Weinert

Performances May 21 - 31 at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse. Find ticket information at the link in our bio or the UW School of Drama webpage.

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