Hlavsa, who has directed the play before in 1992 and 1995, took advantage of the opportunity to experience a pilgrimage of his own and is using what he learned from it in staging this production. The play starts at the Student Union Building with a message from God. The audience then follows Everyman across the college's tranquil campus, as the character makes a pilgrimage of discovery, with the final scene taking place at sunset in the Saint Martin's Abbey cemetery.
Death is a great teacher.
I'm sure all of us have encountered someone who has had a heart attack, or some other near death experience, and emerges to turn their life around. That's what happens to Everyman. Just as the play explores Everyman's ignorance of death and how the character discovers what can be taken to the grave through a journey, Hlavsa will discuss the pilgrimage he took with his wife across Northern Spain. I think Everyman is like most people who become obsessed with the trivial, we all are guilty of this at one time or another. My experience in Spain was a walking meditation on what's important here and now.