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Finding beauty in the little things can be a cliché idea... or it can be the seed of what The Guardian calls "a global phenomenon" and an "uplifting play about depression."
The play is called "Every Brilliant Thing," and it tells the story of a young boy responding to his mother's suicide attempt. He makes a list of all the things that make his own life worth living: water fights; ice cream; "things with stripes," as he puts it.
In its ten years, the play has been produced in 63 countries. It comes to Rochester's Blackfriars Theatre beginning next week. We discuss the themes with our guests:
- Patricia Lewis Brown, director of "Every Brilliant Thing" at Blackfriars Theatre
- Daniel Majek, actor in "Every Brilliant Thing" at Blackfriars Theatre
- Haley Amering, director of youth and community engagement at NAMI Rochester
- Tony Pisani, Ph.D., psychologist, family therapist, suicide prevention researcher, and professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, and founder of SafeSide Prevention
