In residency at
Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre

A NEW PLAY

SOME PEOPLE NEED TO DIE

WRITTEN BY

DIRECTED BY

JOE RIVERA

JESSE ITSKOWITZ

FEATURING

HEATHER HOLMES

BRIAN JOÉL SANCHEZ

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY

SAMUEL GOLLAND

LIGHTING DESIGN BY

CHRISTINA TANG

MUSIC BY

JOONAS LEMETYINEN

STAGE MANAGEMENT BY

ANNAPORVA GREEN

PRODUCED BY
Most Unwanted Production's

CONNOR SCULLY

PRODUCED BY
Nancy Manocherian's

the cell theatre

SOME PEOPLE NEED TO DIE PART ONE

Two forensic cleaners become pawns in the business of death during an overnight disposal of a kodokushi.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
New York City, Queens County

Kodokushi (孤独死) describes cases of unaccompanied deaths, where corpses remain undiscovered for long periods of time, sometimes even for months or years. English-language publications usually translate the phenomenon with the term “lonely death”.

THE ART OF DISPOSAL PART TWO

One woman's dying wish spirals into a charismatic entrepreneur of Natural Organic Reduction.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
New York City, Williamsburg

Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), sometimes referred to as “human composting” or “Terramation”, involves the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.

TRENCHES PART THREE

A contractor hires day laborers for City Burials during a pandemic.

Thursday, October 15, 2020
New York City, East of the Bronx

THE HART ISLAND PROJECT

THE FOLLOWING TRIPTYCH CONTAINS SENSITIVE MATERIAL THAT MAY BE
HARMFUL OR TRAUMATIZING FOR SOME AUDIENCES:

ELDERLY ABUSE
HOARDING
DRUG ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PTSD
SUICIDE
DEATH CARE
HART ISLAND
CHILD ABUSE
AGGRAVATED DESECRATION
AND
MISHANDLING OF HUMAN REMAINS