One-man play 'Every Brilliant Thing' coming to Mount Gretna next month

Presented by Gretna Theatre, "Every Brilliant Thing," a heart-wrenching and hilarious one-man play starring Andrew Kindig, will be performed at The Gretna Timbers from Aug. 1-10.

The play is based on stories of a young boy attempting to ease his mother's depression by creating a list of all the "brilliant" things in the world, everything worth living for from ice cream to roller coasters. Through adulthood, and as the list grows, he learns the deep significance that it has on his own life.

Told with the help of the audience, "Every Brilliant Thing" is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life.

All performances of the show will be performed at The Gretna Timbers in the outdoor under roof dinner theatre stage area, according to their website.

“'Every Brilliant Thing' is a truly remarkable theatrical experience, and I am thrilled to be directing this show for Gretna this summer,” director Kate Galvin said in a news release. “This is a play unlike any other I've seen or directed - it's deeply moving and highly personal, but also a genuinely collective expression of the human experience."

"The audience is just as crucial to the play as the actor on stage, and together we create a unique show at every performance. I'm looking forward to working with actor Andy Kindig to make some magic with the Gretna audiences!”

Tickets can be purchased online at gretnatheatre.org.

Daniel Larlham Jr. is a reporter for the Lebanon Daily News. Reach him at [email protected] or on X @djlarlham.

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