Every Brilliant Thing at TampaRep
Dates: 6/3/2021 - 6/12/2021
📍 Theatre: TampaRep
3837 USF Holly Dr
Tampa, 33605
Tickets: FREE, registration required at tamparep.org
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Youre six years old. Moms in the hospital. Dad says shes done something stupid. She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything thats brilliant about the world. Everything thats worth living for.1. Ice cream.2. Kung Fu movies.17. Burning things.54. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose.You leave it on her pillow. You know shes read it because shes 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.Seating will be general admission first-come, first seated in an immersive environment outdoors in the courtyard at Ybor City Museum Stat Park. Tickets are FREE thanks to a generous grant from The Gobioff Foundation, but registration is required at http://www.tamparep.org/every-brilliant-thing
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Tony Awards and Nominations for Every Brilliant Thing
| Year | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Revival of a Play | Nominated |
News About Every Brilliant Thing at TampaRep
Tampa Repertory Theatre Reveals Cast for GOD OF CARNAGE
January 13, 2026 Tampa Repertory Theatre has announced the cast for its upcoming production of God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza's Tony and Olivier Award–winning comedy, to be presented at the Hillsborough Community College Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre.
The Tampa Repertory Theatre Presents EVERY BRILLIANT THING At USF Theatre Centre
January 22, 2025 The Tampa Repertory Theatre will present the hit Off-Broadway play, EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, at USF Theatre Centre, January 31 - February February 2 and February 6-9.
BWW Review: OPEN BY CRYSTAL SKILLMAN CAST A MAGICAL SPELL at TAMPARep
September 17, 2021 An empty stage is all the stands before us, at its center a girl on the floor in a daydream, or just merely sleeping. After a few brief moments of staring at her like we’ve just seen an accident that we cannot turn away from; the lights dim and she awakens. “I am here, your Magician.” A few moments later the Magician recognizes us as her audience and brings us into her sweeping tale of love, tragedy, and imagination.
TampaRep Presents OPEN and EVERY BRILLIANT THING in Repertory
September 02, 2021 The Tampa Repertory Theatre presents the Tampa area premiere of Crystal Skillman's hit Off-Broadway play OPEN, and the remount of their lauded June 2021 production of EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahoe, both running Thursdays through Sundays, Sep 16- Oct 3, 2021 at HCC Ybor's Performing Arts center.
TampaRep Announces 2021-2022 Season
August 02, 2021 A sixth production is slated for June '22, and will be announced at TampaRep's annual fundraising event, the FriendRaiser on August 28th.
BWW Review: A SOBERING BUT JOYOUS EVERY BRILLIANT THING BRINGS TO LIGHT REVELATIONS DEEPLY ROOTED IN HARD LESSONS at TAMPAREP
June 07, 2021 “Things get better. They may not always get brilliant, but they get better.” -Narrator, Every Brilliant Thing In its first Live-Audience mounting since the novel-Coronavirus Pandemic shut down the world as we know it, TampaRep has chosen a marvel of a production. In doing so invited audience members back home so-to-speak with open arms, and mounting this production with one of the finest actors in our surrounding area at its helm. Duncan MacMillan’s Every Brilliant Thing is different than anything we have seen as of late. I think this is what truly makes it an endearing yet very sobering piece. Grounded in Audience Participation and two constants, a list and the Mother’s mental illness. In this fast paced but never rushed 70 minute tour-de force the Narrator who is remaining nameless maneuvers his way through the space telling the tale of his younger years, his time in college, falling in and out of love, marriage and eventually the failings/ups and downs in which life brings along its path.
BWW Previews: SOLO SHOW 'EVERY BRILLIANT THING' MARKS RETURN OF TampaRep
June 01, 2021 TampaRep will present Every Brilliant Thing in an outdoor open-air setting at Ybor City Museum State Park on June 3-12. A generous grant from The Gobioff Foundation enables the theatre company to provide free tickets, though registration is required.
TampaRep Will Present EVERY BRILLIANT THING in June
May 12, 2021 The Tampa Repertory Theatre (TampaRep) will present the hit off-broadway play, EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, LIVE in an outdoor open-air setting at Ybor City Museum State Park for two weekends: June 3-5 and 10-12.About the Theatre
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