JAC Theatre

• 2nd & 3rd year Professional Theatre:
  Everybody
  By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Directed by Gillian Clark
  Casgrain Theatre
  May 2026
  Plays have funny way of showing up again when we need them.”Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an adaptation of the 15th century morality play, “Everyman”. The medieval version is a piece I studied thrice during my schooling. I never got it.I read “Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in 2021. I lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment at the height of the Omicron variant. Plays became my companions. I felt as if I was asking the same questions as not only the contemporary adaptation, but also to the piece that was written over 500 years ago in response to the Black plague. I too was grappling with a fear of solitude, illness and death. “Everybody” also challenges the original source materials notions of “universality”. A lottery system decides who will take on the part of “Everybody” every night. Race, class and gender at the forefront of the conversation. I like you, am eager to see how this unpredictable casting unfolds night after night.How do we talk about the hard things that we want to tuck away and forget about? Let’s take a breath, allow the house lights to fade, and sit in a place that can make us feel breathtakingly alive; the theatre.
• 2nd & 3rd year Professional Theatre:
  Glass Mountain
  By Tor Age Bringsvaerd. Translated by Henry Beissel & Per K. Brask. Directed by Edouard Fontaine
  Casgrain theatre
  May 2026
  In today’s world, governments, mass media, social media, the internet and even academia nurture a hollowed-out culture that spoils personal paradigms. “The Glass Mountain” by Tor Åge Bringsværd is a satirical comedy that reminds us of the pitfalls of social conformity. This Norwegian ensemble piece invites the audience to consider the importance and the role of free will in our society. The play is set in a fictional kingdom built on deceptions and illusions. When the protagonist refuses to conform to the lies, the kingdom feels threatened and fights back.

December 2025

A Monster Calls – Adapted for the stage by Adam Peck & Sally Cookson, based on the novel by Patrick Ness. Directed by Tracy Leigh Campbell Napier Studio Theatre
December 2025“A Monster Calls” is a heartbreakingly beautiful story about love, loss, grief and courage. Every night since his mother became sick, Conor has the same nightmare but now he is visited by a monster who has three stories to tell and then Conor must give him something far scarier than any nightmare: the truth. “Stories are wild creatures. When you leave them loose who knows what havoc they might wreak.”
Trigger warnings: grief, loss, death of a parent, cancer.

May 2025