Eulogy or How to Plan Your Own Funeral

Brendan Healy is bringing Eulogy to the Seattle Repertory Theatre this fall, and it's a solo show that does something most of us spend our whole lives avoiding. Healy wrote and performs it himself, and the whole thing is an autobiographical look at living with a terminal illness. He was born with cystic fibrosis, and for decades, the numbers he was given kept shifting: doctors told him when he was two that he wouldn't make it past 16, then by college that he'd reach 24, and in his mid-twenties that he'd be lucky to hit 30. He's in his forties now, and he's built a show around those years.

He frames the performance as an invitation to his own memorial service, opening with the tip to "make it a funeral worth dying for." From there, it moves into practical, often funny advice on how to plan a memorial, while asking the audience to look at mortality with openness, compassion, and even joy. It's a true story, and since he's the one on stage telling it, the humor comes from the same place as the heavier moments.

Eulogy is produced by Pony World Theatre and directed by Leah Adcock-Starr. It follows a sold-out, critically acclaimed four-week premiere in 2025, and The Seattle Times named it one of the "Best of Seattle Theater 2025."

It runs from September 24 through October 11, with performances Thursday through Sunday. Matinees are 2 PM to 3:30 PM, and evening shows are 7:30 PM to 9 PM. Tickets are $27 to $52, and the show is for ages 14 and up. You can find it at the Seattle Rep, 155 Mercer Street in Uptown.