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We're Gonna Die

REGIONAL PREMIERE: Mortality may be the thing that binds us all together, but why be morbid when we can have a party instead? Join Flying V as we bring celebrated playwright Young Jean Lee's look at living life with death on the horizon to the stage! Flying V Company Member and fan favorite Farrell Parker (You, or Whatever I Can Get) fronts a live band in this mash-up performance that combines elements of a storytelling session, existential stand up routine, and rock concert to explore real-life experiences of facing down our inevitable demise. Directed by Josh Sobel, whose Chicago production drew critical acclaim and was picked up to run at Steppenwolf. We'll also have a different Opening Act each week to set the table - from musicians to magicians, stand up comics to storytellers. The result is a life-affirming show that explores the ways we're in this together even in our most isolating moments, and the one thing we all have in common: We're Gonna Die.

Written by Young Jean Lee
Directed by Josh Sobel

WHEN:
Thursday, 5/23/19 @ 8pm (Preview)
Friday, 5/24/19 @ 8pm (Preview)
Saturday, 5/25/19 @ 8pm (Opening Night, includes reception)
Sunday, 5/26/19 @ 4pm
Thursday, 5/30/19 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/1/19 @ 7pm & 10pm
Sunday, 6/2/19 @ 4pm
Monday, 6/3/19 @ 8pm (Industry Night)
Thursday, 6/6/19 @ 8pm
Friday, 6/7/19 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/8/19 @ 7pm & 10pm (FLYING V FLIGHTS)
Sunday, 6/9/19 @ 4pm
Monday, 6/10/19 @ 8pm (Industry Night)
Thursday, 6/13/19 @ 8pm
Friday, 6/14/19 @ 8pm
Saturday, 6/15/19 @ 7pm & 10pm (Closing)

WHERE:
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815

CAST:
- Farrell Parker*

BAND:
Marika Countouris - Piano / Music Director
Alec Green - Guitar
David Hutchins - Drums
Jason Wilson - Bass

OPENING ACTS:
Week 1: Zia Hassan - Singer/Songwriter/Magician
Week 2: Eugene Fertelmeyster - Singer/Songwriter/Actor
Week 3: Wendy Wroblewski- Comedian
Week 4: Rachel Felstein - Musicain/Actor & Rachel Hinton - Storyteller

Josh Sobel: Director
Young Jean Lee: Playwright
Marika Countouris: Music Director
Laura Schlachtmeyer: Stage Manager
Evangelina Hakes: Assistant Stage Manager
Seoyoung Kim: Production Manager
Rocky Nunzio: Assistant Production Manager
Jos. B. Musumeci, Jr.*: Set Designer
Suzy Alden: Scenic Charge
Kristin A. Thompson*: Lighting Designer
Eric Johns: Sound Engineer
Brittany Graham*: Costume Designer
Madeleine Barry*: Audience Experience Designer
Reuben Rosenthal: Technical Director
Cody Petenbrink: Master Elecetrician

Jason Schlafstein*: Producing Artistic Director of Flying V
Jonathan Ezra Rubin*: Managing Director of Flying V
Lee Liebeskind*: Associate Artistic Director of Flying V
Navid Azeez*: Promotions Strategist & Lead Amplifier of Flying V
Philip da Costa*: Bookkeeper of Flying V
Susanna Pretzer*: Literary Manager of Flying V
Madeleine Barry*: Access & Inclusion Coordinator

*Company Member of Flying V