You Will Get Sick

You Will Get Sick
By Noah Diaz
Directed by Teresa Thuman
April 23, 2026–May 16, 2026
The Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory

You Will Get Sick by playwright Noah Diaz is a new play in second person and a recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award. 

The story begins with a loss of balance and spreads through the body, ultimately leading to the act of hiring a stranger to say aloud what one cannot bear to say: that you got sick. The play explores learning how to live within your body as you find your way home. 

New York Times Critic’s Pick—that “tells its tale in the most lively, surreal and surprising ways imaginable,” as the Times goes on to say. ‘It flies by, feeling even shorter yet fuller than its 85 minutes.”