We’re Gonna Die

by Young Jean Lee

Directed by Héctor alvarez

theatre y, Chicago 2020

A film re-imagining of Young Jean Lee’s existential cabaret about life’s awfulness and its sweet comforts. The film was created in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and named one of 2020’s Top Cultural Picks by WDCB’s The Arts Section. A visual meditation on absence, a musical memento mori that helps us mourn what has been lost and find comfort in the beauty of what we still have.

“Visually gorgeous and fulsome, so rich and sensitive in detail. A wonderful triumph for Theatre Y”—The Dueling Critics

“That director Héctor Alvarez is able to transform this work into a minimalist, edgy film is a testament not only to his talent, but also the understated power of the work” —New City Stage

“A poignant portrait of mortality”—The Chicago Reader