Duncan MacMillan News

Theatre Three’s Every Brilliant Thing is sheer brilliance

For one night only, an ensemble of Broadway performers will gather for an evening of songs and stories for Arts Ignite Richmond: A Broadway Spectacular on Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 PM at the Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre. 

Theatre Three, in association with Response Crisis Center, presents the Long Island premiere of Every  Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan MacMillan, with Jonny Donahoe. 

1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose. 4. Me. In the face of severe depression, a child begins a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. The list soon takes on a life of its own in this captivating play by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe.

St. Louis Shakespeare presents Duncan MacMillan's EVERY BRILLIANT THING, directed by Donna Northcott and featuring Isaiah DiLorenzo

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre today announced its complete 2022/23 season featuring four vivid, contemporary plays. These plays offer experiences that unite us in celebration and in fellow-feeling, encouraging us to enjoy life while continuing to investigate what it means to be human.

Southern Plains Productions has officially announced its 2022 season, which includes two summer shows. The Oklahoma City-based professional theatre company, recognized for its work in championing early-career artists and accessibility in the performing arts, will present the Duncan MacMillan dramatic play Lungs at Factory Obscura, May 19-21, and the rock musical Lizzie at Oklahoma City's Tower Theatre, August 18-19.

McCarter Theater Center has announced that after two virtual galas during the pandemic, the highly anticipated annual tradition will return with a live 2022 event in Princeton, on Saturday, June 4th. 

As Studio Theatre concludes its $20 million Open Studio capital campaign, the Theatre is looking forward to its first full season in its completely renovated building, marked by gripping, of-the-moment new works and next-generation talent.

Virginia Stage Company closes its 43rd Season of live theatre with Every Brilliant Thing written by Duncan .acmillan and Johnny Donahoe.

American Shakespeare Center continues its 2022 season with a summer slate of plays that explore the connections between Shakespeare classics and contemporary theatre. Added to the list of previously announced titles will be the Antoinette Nwandu's groundbreaking drama Pass Over, which thrilled audiences on Broadway in summer 2021.

Every Brilliant Thing was a short story written by Duncan MacMillan. Actor and comedian Jonny Donahoe work-shopped it into a play with MacMillan before they took it off-Broadway. It is about suicide, and, surprisingly, it is not dark nor morose. It is, in fact, funny, touching and, in the broadest sense of the word, joyful.

Southern Plains Productions has officially announced its 2022 season, which includes two summer shows. The Oklahoma City-based professional theatre company, recognized for its work in championing early-career artists and accessibility in the performing arts, will present the Duncan MacMillan dramatic play Lungs at Factory Obscura, May 19-21, and the rock musical Lizzie at Oklahoma City's Tower Theatre, August 18-19.

The highly anticipated stage adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm arrives on the Belgrade Theatre's Main Stage next month. Adapted and directed by the multi award-winning Robert Ike (Mary Stuart, 1984), the classic satirical fable comes to Coventry from Tues 12 – Sat 16 April.

Rogue Machine Theatre’s latest offering, the American premiere of Welsh playwright Daf James’ On the Other Hand, We’re Happy opens in a cloud of cliches.

So begins a list in the critically-acclaimed play Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, and running March 10-13 at Rome Little Theatre. The production features Amy Mendes as the narrator, and is directed by Chris Davidson.

This March Curtain Call Theatre in Braintree, MA presents Duncan Macmillan's critically acclaimed play Every Brilliant Thing. Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story about the strength inside all of us and how to delight in the everyday.

This March Curtain Call Theatre in Braintree, MA presents Duncan Macmillan's critically acclaimed play Every Brilliant Thing. Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story about the strength inside all of us and how to delight in the everyday.

Life is full of challenges. It is impossible to make it throughout the day without facing some sort of challenge. It can be as small as you’ve run out of cream for your morning cup of coffee or as large as you’ve become addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. In PEOPLE, PLACES, & THINGS, Duncan Macmillan explores what it means to struggle with addiction.

Studio Theatre has announced today that it is postponing People, Places & Things, the production that was scheduled to inaugurate its new Victor Shargai Theatre under the direction of Artistic Director David Muse. Originally scheduled to open March 16, 2022, the production will now be part of Studio's 2022-2023 season and staged in the Fall. Patrons and subscribers have been notified of this change.