a developmental presentation of a new play by Joe Rivera In SOME PEOPLE NEED TO DIE (Part I) Two forensic cleaners become pawns in the business of death during an overnight disposal of a kodokushi, or “lonely death” , in May 2020. THE ART OF DISPOSAL (Part II) One woman's dying wish for a Natural Burial spirals into a dark transaction when a charismatic entrepreneur of Natural Organic Reduction takes more than just her remains, in March 2021. TRENCHES (Part III) A contractor hires two day laborers for City Burials during a pandemic, in October 2020.