About the Play

"1. Ice Cream. 2. Water fights. 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV.” This is how a seven-year-old child begins a list of all the things that make life wonderful. They're making the list for their mother, who suffers from depression. As life goes on, and the challenges faced morph from childhood to adulthood, the list continues to grow and take on a life of its own. By shining a hilarious and compassionate light on life’s small abundant joys, this big-hearted play—told in gentle collaboration with the audience—is a loving tribute to resilience and the lengths we will go to for those we love. 

SHOW PROGRAM
 

 Audience Guide

Enhance your play-going experience with these videos, podcasts, and articles! 

WATCH Tara Bagnola, Staff Therapist at Family Service of Glencoe, give us tips on how to handle mental health challenges in ourselves and others.



WATCH a video of director Kimberly Senior talking about the positive impact of Every Brilliant Thing




AUDIENCES ARE SHARING THEIR OWN "BRILLIANT THINGS!"
Check out the lobby installation in our bookstore corridor at the theatre and our digital list.
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LISTEN TO

• Our latest episode of The Green Room with director Kimberly Senior and performer Jessie Fisher, recorded live at WT.

   

READ

• The story of Every Brilliant Thing and how it went from a short monologue to a global phenomenon. Read full article >
• An endorsement of audience participation by a licensed social worker/dramaturg. Read full article >
• Our discussion questions to get a post-show conversation started. Read discussion questions >

Showtimes

Meet the Artists

	Jessie Fisher* (Performer)
	Morgan Lavenstein (Performer U/S)

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Scenic and Costume Designer Izumi Inaba^
Lighting Designer Jason Lynch^
Co-Sound Designer Angela Joy Baldasare
Co-Sound Designer Mikhail Fiksel^
 Stage Manager Julie Jachym*
Casting Director Katie Galetti, CSA
Dramaturg Erin Shea Brady
Assistant Director Faith Hart
Assistant Stage Manager Kate Nagorski
Properties Designer Rae Watson
Wardrobe Crew Cassidy Wray
Sound Technician Shawn Crimmins
Sound Board Operator Isabel Gable

* Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers 
^ Denotes members of United Scenic Artists Local 829
** Denotes member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Special Events

THE GREEN ROOM: KIMBERLY SENIOR & JESSIE FISHER