Ithaca College Theatre Arts opens its 2019-2020 mainstage season with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Everybody.” Opening Thursday, October 3 in Clark Theatre, this radical retelling of the 15th century morality play “Everyman” creates a button-pushing, meta-theatrical experience for the audience.
Using the premise that a person’s good and bad deeds will be weighed after death, the play tells the story of “Everybody” as they seek allegorical characters like Friendship and Kinship to accompany them to the beyond. Along the way, the production delves into topics of body image, race, friendship and social responsibility.