I Know the End

by Jan Rosenberg

Three teenagers intern at a cemetery. Charlie wants a sky burial when she dies. Vernon wants to scatter his Mom's ashes. Em wanted to intern at the vet's office, but she got the short straw.

A play about the way we memorialize the ones we love, and how climate change and overpopulation have impacted the Death Industry.

Three teenagers intern at a cemetery. Charlie wants a sky burial when she dies. Vernon wants to scatter his Mom's ashes. Em wanted to intern at the vet's office, but she got the short straw.

A play about the way we memorialize the ones we love, and how climate change and overpopulation have impacted the Death Industry.

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  • Good Apples Collective: I Know the End by Jan Rosenberg
    “

    A thoughtful and funny look at the end-of-life industry and our society’s fixation on the fiddly, intricate rituals we’ve put in place to keep death at arm’s length. Rosenberg’s work is full of personality and detail; it’s impossible not to feel fond of the play’s quirky young protagonists.

    A thoughtful and funny look at the end-of-life industry and our society’s fixation on the fiddly, intricate rituals we’ve put in place to keep death at arm’s length. Rosenberg’s work is full of personality and detail; it’s impossible not to feel fond of the play’s quirky young protagonists.

    ”
  • Maximillian Gill: I Know the End by Jan Rosenberg
    “

    A wonderful play. It weaves so many pertinent themes in a moving tale of processing death and grieving. Having three teenagers as the main characters is a brilliant stroke; we follow them as they try to make meaning out of the many ways death intersects with their lives. In their innocence we find profundity. A vital piece for our time.

    A wonderful play. It weaves so many pertinent themes in a moving tale of processing death and grieving. Having three teenagers as the main characters is a brilliant stroke; we follow them as they try to make meaning out of the many ways death intersects with their lives. In their innocence we find profundity. A vital piece for our time.

    ”
  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: I Know the End by Jan Rosenberg
    “

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize I Know the End as a Semi-Finalist for the 2025 Premiere Play Festival. I Know the End rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of professionals to become one of 78 Semi-Finalists out of 805 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s philosophical ideas regarding death and burial. Our congratulations and thanks to Jan.

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize I Know the End as a Semi-Finalist for the 2025 Premiere Play Festival. I Know the End rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of professionals to become one of 78 Semi-Finalists out of 805 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s philosophical ideas regarding death and burial. Our congratulations and thanks to Jan.

    ”
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VERNON: 16 & 30. Literal, astute, kind. Male or GNC.
CHARLIE: 16 & 30. A piece of work. Female or GNC.
EM: 16 & 30. Also a piece of work. Female.
ROSA: 40 & 55. A cemetery superintendent. Female.

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