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Fall Mainstage 2022 – Everybody

November 24, 2022

Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins was Goshen College Theater’s 2022 fall Main Stage production with 5 performances, November 11-20.

This 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist is a modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman. It’s a true classic! Jacobs-Jenkins’ version follows the character Everybody as they unravel humanity’s greatest mystery: the meaning of life.

Our production featured an ensemble of nine exceptional actors, five of whom learned the entire play by heart and drew their role on stage from a hat at every performance.

Professional guest artists Andrew Moggenberg and Zack Bennett designed scenery and sound, respectively. Local youth Poppy Dee Bland-Kendall, age 10, played the dual role of Little Girl/Time. All other acting, design, and technical positions were filled by Goshen College students.

Assistant Professor Amy Budd, who directed, said “GC students continually astound me with their courage and dedication. I expected to modify the show to make it easier to manage. We never did. The team came through with steely determination at every turn.”

Male student performer sitting on stage wearing white shirt and black pants
Usher/God/Understanding, just before transformation
Two male student performers interact on stage
Death thinks God is a terrible boss
A male performer standing female performer sitting on stage
Death summons a somebody from the audience
A group of student performers in colorful tops and dark pants is gathered on stage facing the aduience but interacting with each other.
The somebodies attempt to bribe Death
Male student performer wearing a white shirt and black pants addresses the audience while other characters ar eon stage unlit in the background.
Usher explains the casting lottery
Two student performers onstage sitting on a prop in conversation.
Everybody and Friendship
Student stage manager holds out a green t-shirt
ASM Katie delivers props with style
Four student stand at the front of the stage in a line, engaging with each other but facing the audience.
Everybody, Kinship, Little Girl, and Cousin
Kinship and Little Girl
Everybody and Cousin
Somebodies and Everybody discuss their dilemma
A student performer stands iin a disco pose on stage wearing a brown-red cardigan.
Understanding steps in to assist
Everybody and Stuff
a large gray cloth has unraveled or fallen, from the ceiling to the floor in the background of the stage
A Veil Falls
A group of student performers dressed in rainbow glow in the dark skeleton costume dance on stage. One pair is stacked, with one standing on anothers shoulders.
“Two High” in the black light skeleton rave
A small group of performers wearinng GC branded shirts interacts on stage.
Mind, Beauty, Senses and Strength
A female student performer representing "beauty" wears a purple GC shirt and a crown of flowers waves to the audience.
Beauty
A student performer representing Evil wearing a purple GC shirt ,a black sport coat and with striped horns, peers into the crowd while shading his eyes from the stage
Evil
A student performer wearing a purple GC shirt with one sleeve raised to the shoulders is lifting weights, representing the character of Strength
1Strength
A small group of performer clusters on and near a prop doused in green light. One of the performers has red hair and striped horns.
Death herds Love, Everybody and Evil into the next world
The main character of Understanding stands on the same platformas the previous group, peering down over the edge.
Understanding glimpses something beyond
A character dressed in a whitish dress with a stomacher stands between Death and Understanding as they look away.
Death, Time, and Understanding
A group of students in costume and regular dress rehearse the skeleton dance
First costume rehearsal of black light skeleton rave
A group of rehearsing students looks up at a ladder leading to the the stage trapdoors.
Orientation the trapdoor exit
a group of 9 student and faculty sitting at long tables facing the camera
Design and tech team having fun while they get set up.
A studnet wearing dark clothing wearing headphones stands behind a spot light looking down toward the stage
Spot Operator Benji at work
A single person sits at a large square of long tables covered in the painted and drying skeleton costumes.
Isabella hand paints skeleton costumes
Amy Budd with guest Sound Designer Zack
A student wearing dark clothing and a dark colored beanie stands at a switchboard
Lead Electrician Joseph at the light board
A student wearing a black shirt with this white stripes, glasses and a headset smiles at the camera
Stage Manager Bailey at the helm
A student wearing a headset smiles looking toward the right. She is bathed in blue light.
ASM Blair back stage
The stage setting for the play consists of scattered concentric circular platforms with draping. Looking like stepping stones in a pond.