How It Ends

Most of us, when faced with death, wish we could just have a little more time. But what if this is the little more time that we wished for? What are you going to do with it?

Grieving siblings Natalie and Bart have differing views on how we die. Natalie, a palliative care nurse, knows how drugs can help ease someone’s pain, and do so on their own terms; Bart, a minister, believes that surrendering to what may come can bring peace and wisdom. Through this immersive show about end-of-life choices, Natalie and Bart are guided by a disabled angel who helps them address their mother’s final decision and understand their own hopes and fears about death.

Packed with relatable existential questions, this joyously engaging and reflective play offers a welcoming space to think about what comes next.

• First produced by Sick + Twisted Theatre at Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, in April 2019.
• Debbie wrote the play while adjusting to disability herself.
• Debbie wanted to explore the topic of end-of-life choices when medical assistance in dying legislation was being changed and how people with disabilities are so critical of it.