S P N T D

S P N T D 

A NEW PLAY

S P N T D

WRITTEN BY

JOE RIVERA

DIRECTED BY

JESSE ITSKOWITZ

&

FEATURING

HEATHER HOLMES

BRIAN JOÉL SANCHEZ

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY

SAMUEL GOLLAND

MUSIC BY

JOONAS LEMETYINEN

SOME PEOPLE NEED TO DIE PART ONE

Two forensic cleaners become pawns in the business of death during an overnight disposal of a kodokushi.

May 20, 2020
New York City, Queens County

Kodokushi (孤独死) describes cases of unaccompanied deaths, where corpses remain undiscovered for long periods of time, sometimes even for months or years. English-language publications usually translate the phenomenon with the term “lonely death”.

TRENCHES PART TWO

A contractor hires day laborers for City Burials during a pandemic.

October 15, 2020
New York City, East of the Bronx

CONTENT WARNING

THE FOLLOWING TRIPTYCH CONTAINS SENSITIVE MATERIAL THAT MAY BE HARMFUL OR TRAUMATIZING FOR SOME AUDIENCES:

ELDERLY ABUSE, HOARDING, DRUG ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PTSD, SUICIDE, CHILD ABUSE AND AGGRAVATED DESECRATION