Every Brilliant Thing Program - Red Mountain Theatre

William Dow, Board of Directors, President
Jennifer Jaquess, Executive Director
and show sponsors
Mary Jo Ghory
Gail & Jeffrey Bayer
Lisa & Alan Engel
present

Written By
Duncan Macmillan
with
Jonny Donahoe

Presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals. concordtheatricals.com

starring
Morgan smith

Directed by Roy Lightner

Stage Manager:
Hannah Kuykendall

Lighting Designer: Lew Williams

Sound Designer: Lexa Wasilauskas

Props Designer: Allie Nichols

Costume Designer: Kendra Weeks

Sound Board Operator:
Lexa Wasilauskas

With deep thanks to the teams at High Dive HiFi Lounge, Golden Age Wine Garden, Levite JCC, and General for their cooperation and enthusiasm!

There is no intermission for the show. Run time is about 75 minutes.

This show is recommended for ages 13+. Contains themes of suicide and depression.

Photography, videotaping, or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Morgan Smith (she/her) is an actor whose work spans theater, television, and film. She began her career in New York City as an original Off-Broadway cast member in Julianne Moore’s critically acclaimed Freckleface Strawberry, earning both Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. She went on to perform alongside Broadway luminaries including Rebecca Luker, Alice Ripley, and Lillias White before gaining national recognition as the face of Wendy’s iconic “Now That’s Better” campaign, appearing in more than 200 national commercials.

Morgan is best known for her recurring role as Candi Caruso on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning Veep. Her additional screen credits include Netflix’s Messiah, 9-1-1, Boardwalk Empire, Why Women Kill, and How I Met Your Father. Most recently, she wrapped the feature film Babies, directed by Lauren Miller Rogen and starring Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. She is also currently creative producing and starring in the upcoming independent film The Deli.

Roy Lightner, Director

Director's Note: There are moments when the world feels impossibly heavy. When simply making it through the day feels like a giant act of courage.

Every Brilliant Thing does not pretend darkness isn’t real. It looks directly at it. But then, beautifully and defiantly, it asks us to look at EVERYTHING else too. The beautiful sunset. A song that makes you dance. Chips and Queso. Fireworks. The Ocean. A hand reaching for yours. Someone laughing so hard they can’t breathe. The tiny, ordinary, brilliant things that remind us we are still here.

That is what I love most about this play. It reminds us that joy does not have to be enormous. Sometimes it arrives quietly. Sometimes you have to search for it. Sometimes it has to be revealed to us. But no matter what, it is there. You just have to look.

So tonight, in this space where countless in our community have gathered before us, and countless will gather after us, just be here. Fully. Look around. Notice the community around you. Laugh loudly. Feel deeply. And when you leave this space, keep noticing. Keep living. Keep adding to the list.

There are more brilliant things ahead.