![]() ![]() Ultimately, no two renditions were the same. The varying personalities of and the responses given by audience members cultivated a different experience with each performance. There was a good energy and there wasn’t any awkwardness that goes with it.” ![]() “It was a lot of fun, and I think the audience participated really well. “For me, it was not at all too heavy,” Boyer said. ![]() To senior Robby Boyer, who attended the performance, the varying personalities and responses of those asked to participate cultivated a unique experience. Many audience members were seated onstage in the middle of the action, while others actively participated in the show and were asked to assume roles such as the main character’s father, girlfriend and therapist. Photo provided by Gesa Powerhouse Theatre 1, to experience the interactive and formative play, “Every Brilliant Thing.”ĭirected by Nancy Simon and performed by Kevin Loomer, the one-act, one-actor play focuses on a boy who begins to write down a list of “brilliant things” after his mother attempts suicide. The audience follows the boy throughout his life as he struggles to reconcile with the imprint his mother’s depression has left on him.Īctively partaking in his coping process, the audience was asked to read “Brilliant Things” from note cards they were given before the show, adding to the boy’s list of things that make life worth living. Walla Walla community members and Whitman students filed into Gesa Powerhouse Theatre this past weekend, Sept. ![]()
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