SITI Company Death and the Ploughman Directed by Anne Bogart

The superlative SITI Company return for their fifth creative residency, this time to present the world premiere of their latest production, Death and the Ploughman.

Traffic/parking alert: The OSU Scarlet and Grey spring football game is Saturday, April 24, at 1 pm in Ohio Stadium. Be sure to allow ample time to reach the Saturday matinee of this show. "How do we manage to live full and vibrant lives while death breathes down our neck? Death and the Ploughman, a hauntingly beautiful little play written in Germany in 1401, awakens the complex mystery encased in this deeply disturbing question. A man loses his beloved wife in her prime and demands some answers for his ensuing pain. He asks Death to respond. The result is an extraordinarily contemporary exploration of what it means to be alive in the world."--Anne Bogart

SITI Company's Death and the Ploughman is based on company member Michael West's brilliant translation of Johannes von Saaz's probing text detailing a man's journey through the labyrinth of his own soul. You'll see its heady issues and rich dialogue reinforced by the striking physicality of actors Will Bond, who plays the bereaved ploughman, and Ellen Lauren and Stephen Webber, who embody two different faces of Death. A dynamic and visually arresting work, as fans of SITI might expect, this new production accentuates the contemporary resonance of its timeless tale.

Please note location change to the Performance Space (originally announced as Mershon Auditorium Stage).

Commissioned by the Wexner Center as part of the Wexner Center Residency Award program.

Image credit:
William Strang
Death and the Ploughman's Wife (detail), 1894
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Museum purchase, 1930.22