This workshop is being presented free of charge for one performance only at the beautiful Coronado Public Library. TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, and directed by Breakthrough Workshop Theatre's Founding Artistic Director Ira Bauer-Spector, is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers. Tiny Beautiful Things is proudly supported by Philip Bacon Galleries and is presented in association with Trish Wadley Productions.When a struggling writer was asked to take over an unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, she used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small. Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that. Dare to reach out and embrace this exquisitely vulnerable play and the questions it poses. Tiny Beautiful Things based on the book by Cheryl Strayed Adapted by Nia Vardalos March 8 - 25, 2023 Run Time: Approximately 90 minutes with NO intermission a show that aims to open our eyes to the tiny moments when the world surprises us with care.

What would you tell someone who is unsure about role-playing as a sexy Santa or the father who feels as dead as his lost son?Īcademy Award nominee ( My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Nia Vardalos adapts this New York Times bestselling book into a stage work that is as authentic and human as the real stories it contains. Adapted from Cheryl Strayed’s collection of Dear Sugar columns by the production’s star, Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things makes choral drama from the letters of advice-seekers. Sugar replies with candour, offering her own tough, sweet brand of unadulterated advice designed to offer a path of healing and catharsis. Cheryl Strayed is many things a wife, a mother, a daughter, a writer, an ex-heroin user and now, an unpaid, online anonymous advice columnist called Sugar.Īmidst the clutter of family life, she receives emails from strangers urgently needing help navigating the contradictions and complexities of life. Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos Directed by David J.

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