WHEN:
October 31 – January 5, 2025
WHERE:
Gillian Theatre
325 Tudor Court
Glencoe
CAST:
Jessie Fisher
CREATIVE TEAM:
Written by: Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by: Kimberly Senior
Izumi Inaba (scenic and costume design), Jason Lynch (lighting design), Angela Baldasare and Mikhail Fiksel (co-sound design), and Rae Watson (props design). The creative team includes Faith Hart (assistant director), Erin Shea Brady (dramaturg) and Julie Jachym (stage manager).
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...“1. Ice Cream. 2. Water fights. 3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV.” This is how a six-year-old child begins a list of all the things that make life wonderful. They're making the list for their mother, who suffers from depression. As life goes on, and the challenges faced morph from childhood to adulthood, the list continues to grow and take on a life of its own. By shining a hilarious and compassionate light on life’s small abundant joys, this big-hearted play—told in gentle collaboration with the audience—is a loving tribute to resilience and the lengths we will go to for those we love..."
