Every Brilliant Thing at Williamston Theatre

Every Brilliant Thing

By Duncan Macmillan

With Jonny Donahoe

Directed by Tony Caselli

October 2 – October 26, 2025

When Mom’s in the hospital and Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’, there’s not much a seven-year-old can do. Her childlike way of dealing with this is to write a list of every brilliant thing in the world – ice cream, staying up too late, roller coasters – and to share it with her mother. As our narrator moves through life, the list grows, changes, and is created in collaboration with each night’s audience in this sweet-salty comic work. Based on true and untrue stories, Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life. Contains mature content.

Tickets On Sale: Sept 9
Page To Stage Discussion: September 23 at 1:00
Pay-What-You-Wish: Oct 2 at 7:30
Previews: Oct 3 at 7:30, Oct 4 & 5 at 2:00
Opening Night: October 10
Military Matinee: October 11
Conversation Sunday: October 19 

Authors

• Duncan MacMillan