Written by Young Jean Lee
Original Music by Young Jean Lee, Tim Simmonds, Mike Hanf, Nick Jenkins, and Benedict Kupstas
Directed by Shawn LaCount
Music Direction by Steve Sarro
Starring Obehi Janice
After a sold-out run in April 2016, Company One Theatre’s production is back, blending storytelling, stand-up, music, and theater into a song cycle that lets us know we may be miserable anticipating our demise, but at least we won’t be alone.
With stories and pop songs, We’re Gonna Die will break your heart and put it back together again.
On Wednesday, October 5, We’re Gonna Die will be followed by an exclusive post-show performance of Grown-Up Storytime.
WGBH’s Jared Bowen on We’re Gonna Die
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Press
Credits
Creative Team
Playwright
Young Jean Lee
Director
Shawn LaCount
Costume Designer
Michelle Villada
Lighting Designer
Justin Paice
Sound Designer
Lindsey Anderson
Dramaturgy by
Ilana M. Brownstein & Alexandra Juckno
Choreographer
Misha Shields
Stage Manager
Emily Brown
Assistant Stage Manager
Hannah Estabrook
Cast
Performer
Obehi Janice
Performer
Obehi Janice
An actress, writer, and comedian from Lowell, Massachusetts, and the TCG Fox Foundation Resident Actor at Company One Theatre. Recent credits include An Octoroon (Company One & ArtsEmerson), Mr G (Underground Railway Theater), her solo play Fufu & Oreos (Bridge Rep), Arabian Nights (Central Square Theater), It Felt Empty (Theatre on Fire), and Splendor (Company One). She is a graduate of Georgetown University. The Improper Bostonian named her “Boston’s Best Actress” in 2014.
Band
Band
Steve Sarro
Company One debut. Recent credits include music directing God Hates Musicals (Ministry of Theater) and serving as music assistant for Big Fish (SpeakEasy). He regularly performs as music director for Mainstage and Touring Company shows at ImprovBoston in Cambridge where he also teaches musical improv, and he is also a music director for Artbarn Community Theater in Brookline.
Band
Thom Dunn
A published poet and comic book author, a playwriting fellow at the Huntington Theatre Company, and a staff writer for Upworthy; when he’s not doing that, he’s writing, recording, and/or performing in various musical projects. Thom enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” is the single greatest atrocity ever committed against mankind.
Band
Shahjehan Khan
Shahjehan, a Massachusetts native, has been performing in one way or another for more than 20 years. He is currently a working actor and educator with The Improbable Players, and most notably is a founding member of The Kominas, a South-Asian punk band that has toured all over the world since 2005. We’re Gonna Die is his first foray into performing with a professional theatrical ensemble as a musician, and he’d like to thank Company One for this incredible opportunity.
Band
Ethan Selby
Company One debut. He has been playing drums since he was thirteen years of age with the same drumset that he is playing for this show. He has played for several different rock bands throughout his career as well as many musical productions including Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project (BUMP), Improv Boston’s Gorefest 2014, and Improv Boston’s Holiday Show. He thanks you for supporting live theater and hopes you enjoy the show.