About the Artist/Ensemble
For over 25 years, Virginia Stage Company’s Education Department has worked to create engaging theatre-based programs for adults and students of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Virginia Stage Company (VSC) is committed to creating programs and performances that reflect the diversity of our region while providing unique opportunities to interact with and learn from professional teaching artists, playwrights, designers, and performers. VSC believes that professional live theatre is a living process that can expand thinking, connect us to one another, and encourage artists and audiences for the future. Through our touring shows and workshops, VSC removes financial and geographic barriers to access, bringing professional, live theatre experiences to audiences in their communities.
Concert/Performance Description
Every Brilliant Thing
Ideal for Ages 13 and up
Duncan MacMillian’s extraordinary one-person play, Every Brilliant Thing, follows one person’s journey to find hope against the backdrop of their mother’s struggle with suicidal depression. The play blends comedy, improv, and audience interaction to tell a story that is funny, heartfelt, and ultimately life-affirming. Every Brilliant Thing is a one-hour show that can be adapted for audiences as small as 30 and as large as 300.
Tour Company Size: 4 (Narrator, Support Artist, Stage Manager, and Tour Manager)
Technical Requirements
- Access to electricity
- Seating for Every Brilliant Thing is to be set up in the round before the tour company’s arrival
- Performance space minimum of 10 ft x 15 ft
- Minimum of one private dressing area
VSC provides a sound system; however, if the venue has a built-in sound system tour company needs access to one Lavalier mic, two wireless handheld mics, and the ability to connect a laptop’s headphone jack.
Fees
- Every Brilliant Thing performances: $3,500
- Additional Every Brilliant Thing performances on the same day of original booking: $1,250
- Travel and accommodation expenses to be determined by service and location