Every Brilliant Thing
Written by: Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe
Starring: Boyko Krastanov
Director: Vladimir Penev
Translation: Radoslav Petkashev
You’re six years old, and your mother is in the hospital because she can’t find a reason to be happy. So you start making a list of “Every Brilliant Thing”—all the things that make life worth living.
- Ice cream.
- Water-pistol fights.
- Being allowed to stay up past your bedtime and watch television.
- The color yellow.
- Things with stripes.
- …
You keep adding to the list and leave it on her pillow. You know she has read it because she has corrected all your spelling mistakes. Soon, the list begins to take on a life of its own. And the protagonist, played by Boyko Krastanov, grows up and comes to know himself through it.
“Every Brilliant Thing” is a play about the long journey we are willing to make for the people we love. It will make you laugh, cry, reflect, and write down your own brilliant things. The production finds the perfect balance between the struggles we face in life and our ability to celebrate everything good in it.