From the Director

Thank you for coming to see Every Brilliant Thing. It’s been a pleasure to work on this play with John and the team. I’ve been hoping for a chance to work on this play for many years. I hope, after seeing the play, you’ll understand why. The play deals with deep sadness. Despair. Depression. The play doesn’t offer a solution. For some, there is no solution. What it hopes to do is highlight some goodness. I like to think of the play as a promise that goodness does not disappear.

Of course, every play needs an audience. This play needs you more than any play I’ve encountered. Without you, the audience, there is no one for the actor to create the stories with. There are no voices to buoy him up. There’s no one for him to fight for. I appreciate you immensely for participating in this act of community. I hope you’ll allow yourself to experience a surge of delight when you hear the voices of your fellow audience members listing brilliant things. My wish is that you’ll experience the play in the way we intended: as a gentle push to see the things around you that glimmer; the brilliant things that make up the world around us. We invite you to leave a little note with your brilliant thing when you leave. The growing list offers hope to people who need it, which is all of us sometimes, isn’t it? My sincerest thank you for being here, Audience. You are my brilliant thing.
~ Al

John Sheehan

As a stand up comic, John Sheehan has performed multiple times at the Halifax, Winnipeg, and Hubcap Comedy Festivals, as well as CBC Radios, The Debaters. In theatre and film, he has appeared in Son of a Critch, Republic of Doyle, and Hudson and Rex. He was also a staple of Rising Tide’s “Revue” shows, writing and performing in 16 tours of the hit show.

Sophia Molnar

Sophia Molnar (she/her/elle) has a BFA from Grenfell’s Technical Theatre program. Selected credits include: She is Here (RCAT); Man of the Year (Artistic Fraud); Every Brilliant Thing, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Perchance Theatre); 76 Centimeters, Braiding Peonies (TODOS Productions); J’aime ma francophonie (Les Aventures d’Amandine & Rosalie), An American Hymnal (Terra Bruce Productions); How To Make Bread; Jewel, The Birds, The SS Ethie (The Gros Morne Theatre Festival). Merci à tous and enjoy the show!

Join Us for the Long Hall!

RCA has embarked upon an ambitious fundraising campaign to build on its remarkable history. Our commitment to the pillars of Live, Local, and Creative, have resulted in some of our province’s greatest theatrical works, by artists who have gone on to national acclaim.

We offer meaningful engagement and full expression of the diverse voices that make up our province today: some have been here for many years, some we are just welcoming now, and some were here long before us.

We are seeking investment to continue telling our provinces unique stories in a facility that is both historic and yet fully equipped to meet the needs of today’s creative producers and the audiences that gather to experience their work.

Specifically, RCA is seeking funds to deliver on three important and necessary objectives: Live Theatre, Capital Improvements, and Building a Creative Workforce, with the ultimate goal of raising $500,000.

To date we have raised over 20% of those funds, starting with a most generous donation from the Perlin Family Trust. Join us to ensure that live theatre, of the caliber RCA is known for, continues its remarkable history.

For more information about this campaign and how to get involved please contact Suzanne Mullett at generalmanager@lspuhall.ca.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Allison Kelly
Chair

Janice Connors
Treasurer

Jennifer Walsh
Secretary

Courtney Brown
Cass LaCosta
Morgan MacRae
Alison Stoodley
Ciarán Dyke

RCA MISSION STATEMENT

The Resource Centre for the Arts aims to provide accessible, supportive and well-resourced programs and venues, with primary focus on the creation, development, and advancement of the performing arts in Newfoundland and Labrador.

RCA THEATRE COMPANY MANDATE
RCA Theatre Company provides resources and supportive environment for the production and promotion of theatre in St. John’s and throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.