What remains, what counts at the end of our lives? In Play: Everywoman, a successful actress meets a woman who has been diagnosed with a lethal disease, and whose last wish is to perform one last time in a play. Starting with the allegorical morality play Jedermann about a righteous lifestyle and redemption through faith, an intimate conversation about the past and future ensues — about life, death, loneliness, and community.

Milo Rau and Ursina Lardi have undertaken philosophical and existential research for "Everywoman". What is death? Why this ultimate test —all alone? Why is there »nothing new to say about death«, as the play claims? And what might constitute a humane, artistic answer to the scandalous fact of our common mortality?