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‘Every Brilliant Thing’ At Gulfshore Playhouse Lists What Makes Life Worth Living

Every Brilliant Thing at the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples is a moving and often funny one-man show in which the Storyteller comes up with a list of “every brilliant thing” that makes life worth living with us following his life from childhood to adulthood as he keeps adding to his list.

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Warm, Witty & Very Interactive: Every Brilliant Thing… Well..Is

The premise of Every Brilliant Thing might fool you into thinking that it’s kin to a “very special” Lifetime Movie of the Week: a boy tries to ease the pain of his suicidal mother and his own anxiety by making a list of “brilliant” things and leaving them for his mother to find. But themes hide just under the wry and warm exterior: highlighting aspects of life that can be beautiful and sustaining, as well as the damage that depression can wreak on an entire family.

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