New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 8 | Page 80

On Stage: Theatre Every Brilliant Thing Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit You’re six years old. Mom’s in the 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 NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 8 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. Written by Duncan Mac- millan. This solo show is present- ed September 21 to October 8. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 80