W97, Theater Arts new faculity, opens with six performances of Everybody, directed by Senior Lecturer Anna Kohler. 

Everybody "is a 2017 play based on 'Everyman,' the venerable 15th century English morality play. As performed last week at MIT, 'Everybody' at once updates a masterwork from the distant past, and represents the future — the great range of new arts opportunities that the new Building W97 is making possible at MIT.

Click here for MIT News feature on the new Theater building and how it will help the arts at MIT grow. 

Images by Jon Sachs. 

 

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