Every Brilliant Thing

Feb 10 - Feb 12

LT Pick

After completing a successful and moving 44-city tour of Montana in the summer and fall of 2019, theater artists Rosie Seitz Ayers and Ryan Eggensperger are bringing back their anti-suicide production, playwright Duncan MacMillan’s “Every Brilliant Thing”, in an effort to make suicide prevention and awareness accessible and engaging to the students of Montana’s middle and high schools.
THE STORY: You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
In addition to the performances, there will be a pre-show sequence of poetry and artwork highlighting mental health awareness exhibited on stage and in the lobby with a mental health clinician and/or a UMW peer educator present to offer support at each performance.

  • Date(s):
    • 7:30 Fridays through Sunday,2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Feb 10-12