Henry Moss is going to die this weekend in the Forum -- as part of No Refund Theatre's latest production.

NRT is putting on The Late Henry Moss, a play by Sam Shepard, tomorrow and Saturday in 111 Forum.

The director, Jane Richardson (senior-mechanical engineering), tried to explain the plot of the play.

"The basic premise is that a man has died, and his two sons try to figure out what happened," Richardson said. "It's definitely going to be interesting to watch."

Henry Moss is a play about family and relating to each other, Richardson said.

The sons get to see how their father was and what the circumstances were that drove them to leave the family, Jonathon Kroberger (junior-film), a member of the cast, said.

This is the second play Richardson has directed, and she said she might like directing better than acting. Being involved with NRT is a good way to get her mind off other things, she said.

"[NRT] is definitely a release," Richardson said.

She said she looked at three different plays before deciding on Henry Moss.

"It's about family and to what extent do you have to remain family in the face of conflict," she said.

Richardson said there is a magical element to the show that makes it different from others she has read.

"It's not magic like pull a rabbit out of a hat," Richardson said. "It's vague, written in magical realism, and it seems sort of mystic."

But Richardson is quick to establish that the magical element isn't out of place in the show.

"There is something magic that is happening, but no one regards it as other than normal," Richardson said.

Kroberger said everything in the show is actually something different than it originally appears.

"It asks a lot of the audience. Some things are not apparent. There are a lot of things that aren't said," Kroberger said.

There is a blurring of the lines between flashback and actual events, Kroberger said. There are a lot of flashbacks that go back to the death of Henry and right before his death, which show why his sons have left the family and gone their separate ways.

There is a lot of yelling during the performance, Richardson said.

"It's dark humor," she said.

Kroberger said he enjoys that element of the show.

"I personally like it because it is dark and angry," Kroberger said.

He said he chose to act in this show to do something different.

"I haven't had the chance or opportunity to do a show like this before," he said.

Dustin Lee Yenser (junior-secondary education), who plays Esteban, a former alcoholic, said he likes the ambiguity of when and why Henry dies. Esteban is Henry's neighbor and is there to help him, but he also provides comic relief in the show.

Characters in the show drink a lot of alcohol, Richardson said. Henry was an alcoholic and was abusive, she said.

Yenser said The Late Henry Moss has deeper undertones.

"It's philosophical in terms of what it really means to be alive and whether your life is worth living," Yenser said.

The play is connected to life choices, Yenser said.

"I think people should come because it's really a play that addresses some uncomfortable issues," he said. "You can start your own life or just throw it away -- the difference between someone who's being productive and someone who hurts others."