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We're Gonna Die

A.R.T. Breakout

  • Oct 4, 2016 - Oct 8, 2016

  • OBERON

  • Run Time: 55 minutes with no intermission

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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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Boston Globe

Boston Globe: Facing the inevitable, with a backing band, in ‘We’re Gonna Die’

The intimate, quirky play merges life’s ordinary travails with upbeat pop tunes, creating an unexpected sense of comfort while underscoring the truth that we live in a world where pain is inevitable and that there’s not much we can do but take solace in small moments of common-sense connection.

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The intimate, quirky play merges life’s ordinary travails with upbeat pop tunes, creating an unexpected sense of comfort while underscoring the truth that we live in a world where pain is inevitable and that there’s not much we can do but take solace in small moments of common-sense connection.

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BroadwayWorld.com

BroadwayWorld Review: WE’RE GONNA DIE in New England Premiere

Part storytelling, part musical, and always theatrical, this cabaret-style song cycle boldly goes where many of us don’t really want to go and makes the subject of death less daunting than you might think.

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Part storytelling, part musical, and always theatrical, this cabaret-style song cycle boldly goes where many of us don’t really want to go and makes the subject of death less daunting than you might think.

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Joyce’s Choices

Joyce’s Choices: THEATER: WE’RE GONNA DIE

See “We’re Gonna Die” before you do–a New England premiere directed by Shawn LaCount and presented  by Company One Theatre & American Repertory Theater’s OBERON through April 29. Time is short. 

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See “We’re Gonna Die” before you do–a New England premiere directed by Shawn LaCount and presented  by Company One Theatre & American Repertory Theater’s OBERON through April 29. Time is short. 

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Lowell Sun

Lowell Sun: FACING FACTS

The play blends storytelling, stand-up comedy, music and theater as it tackles the one thing that every human must face: death.

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The play blends storytelling, stand-up comedy, music and theater as it tackles the one thing that every human must face: death.

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Scout Cambridge

Scout Cambridge: Next Week, “We’re Gonna Die” At Oberon

We’re Gonna Die is a unique collaboration for Janice and the live band soundtracking the show—Ethan Selby, Shahjehan Khan, Steve Sarro and Thom Dunn. They come from different backgrounds (music, theatre, stand-up comedy) but have had shared experiences trying to make it work from gig to gig in creative fields.

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We’re Gonna Die is a unique collaboration for Janice and the live band soundtracking the show—Ethan Selby, Shahjehan Khan, Steve Sarro and Thom Dunn. They come from different backgrounds (music, theatre, stand-up comedy) but have had shared experiences trying to make it work from gig to gig in creative fields.

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The Boston Globe

Boston Globe: In ‘We’re Gonna Die,’ death is a cabaret, old chum

Director Shawn LaCount says Janice’s fearlessness made her the perfect choice for “We’re Gonna Die,” playwright Young Jean Lee’s combination of funny and frightening stories of family, death, failure, and loneliness, framed within an upbeat, rock concert setting.

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Director Shawn LaCount says Janice’s fearlessness made her the perfect choice for “We’re Gonna Die,” playwright Young Jean Lee’s combination of funny and frightening stories of family, death, failure, and loneliness, framed within an upbeat, rock concert setting.

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Metro

Metro: Obehi Janice will make her singing debut in the OBERON’s ‘We’re Gonna Die’

A versatile player, the Georgetown grad has spread social awareness (her YouTube short “Black Girl Yoga”), written and performed her own one-woman memoir about mental health (“Fufu and Oreos”) and will now make her theatrical singing debut in this show directed by Company One co-founder, Shawn LaCount.

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A versatile player, the Georgetown grad has spread social awareness (her YouTube short “Black Girl Yoga”), written and performed her own one-woman memoir about mental health (“Fufu and Oreos”) and will now make her theatrical singing debut in this show directed by Company One co-founder, Shawn LaCount.

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