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MFA Collaboration Series: Among the Dead

Nov. 21-23, 2025

Friday,Nov. 21 at7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. 
Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. 

Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater  
1949 Campus Drive  

 

 

Ticket Pricing

General Public $20
Full-Time Students and Children $12
Full-Time NU Students $8 in advance, $12 at the door

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By Hansol Jung
Directed by Eunbi Lee

Ana, a Korean American, travels to Seoul in 1975 to retrieve her recently deceased father’s ashes. When a bellboy named JC shows up at Ana’s hotel with a package containing her father’s WW2 diary, three separate time periods collide in the small hotel room. We meet Luke, a young American soldier fighting in the jungles of Myanmar in 1944 and Number Four, a Korean comfort woman camping out on a bridge in Seoul in 1950, waiting for the return of the young American soldier who fathered her daughter. Time, space, and Ana’s own origin story are connected by a shape-shifting Jesus in this dark comedy about a family broken apart by betrayed promises and how they find each other again through SPAM, journals, and Jesus. Mostly Jesus.

Approximate run time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, no intermission
Suggested ages: Intended for Mature Audiences

A note on Sensitive Content (formerly called “Audience Advisories”) is available for this production. 

At The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Centers, we recognize that sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have questions about the content, age-appropriateness, or stage effects of a show, e-mail our box office at wirtz@northwestern.edu or call 847-491-7282.