Every Brilliant Thing By Duncan MacMillian with Jonny Donahoe
November 3, 2022 4:30 PM Black Box Theater, Gilliam Center for the Arts
“Brilliant” thing is happening across Southwest Virginia this November.
University of Wise senior Luke Sage, a native of Atkins and graduate of Marion Senior High School, will be touring the internationally acclaimed one-man show “Every Brilliant Thing,” written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. Shows will be in Wise, on the UVA Wise campus, at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion and at the June Bug Center in Floyd.
The play, a drama and dark comedy that takes on the serious issues of depression, suicide and the lengths we’ll go to for the ones we love, was first produced in 2013.
The play starts with ice cream. When a 6-year-old boy’s mother attempts suicide, he begins to write down the small things that will help her realize that life is worth living. Ice cream is No. 1 on the list. Over the course of a lifetime trying to define and capture happiness, the list of brilliant things becomes thousands of entries recited by participating audience members.
Despite its grim and important subject matter, the play has routinely been praised as an uplifting and magical night of theatre.
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