Brilliant Traces doesn't just make you laugh, it makes you think about life and other humans. It doesn't just make you cry, it makes you sympathize with both characters, and wonder wh I read this play about two weeks ago thanks to a friend who recommended it to me, and it is still lingering in my mind, heart, and soul. Cindy Lou Johnson is a playwright, screenwriter and film director. Her play, Brilliant Traces, was critically acclaimed in New York at the Circle Rep. Her plays have been performed around the country, including at the O’Neill Center in Connecticut and Actors Theatre in Louisville.
'Brilliant Traces,' which plays Friday through Sunday at the Stahr Center, tells the story of these two lost souls who have run away from the pain of life. It is part of Theater of the Seventh. Cindy Lou Johnson is a playwright, screenwriter and film director. Her play, Brilliant Traces, was critically acclaimed in New York at the Circle Rep. Her plays have been performed around the country, including at the O’Neill Center in Connecticut and Actors Theatre in Louisville. Feb 22, 2018 Perhaps the most important lesson of Brilliant Traces is that there is someone for everyone, a kindred spirit who will understand and help to heal the scars that linger. It’s a hopeful message that.
Show Overview
by Cindy Lou Johnson
'Beautiful. Yes, your heart can be broken. But if you're lucky, it can be healed as well, perhaps completely by chance, without ever really looking for it at all.' - Backstage
Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever wanted to just run away? Who hasn’t!
In Brilliant Traces, Rosanna takes that desire to the extreme. She runs away from her own wedding! Fleeing from Arizona in full wedding regalia!
Driving without destination, she finally breaks down in the midst of a whiteout in Alaska, stumbling her way into Harry’s remote cabin. And that's when the real adventure begins!
'…deals with common issues of love and family, and does so with characters, story and dialogue so fantastic that they could exist only within the enchanted realm of the stage.' — NY Times.
Will feature Courtney Wood (Silent Sky, Syringa Tree, Sylvia) and Nick Wheeler (12th Night, Into The Woods)
Brilliant Traces plays 7:30pm Thu/Fri/Sat; and 2pm Sun July 9–26, 2020
has been postponed due to the coronavirus, under the direction of the City of Montpelier (which has temporarily closed our facility within City Hall).
Please email the box office for information: info@lostnationtheater.org. Thank you for your patience and support at this difficult time.
We are working on rescheduling.
Production Team
Directed by Kim Allen Bent
starring Courtney Wood and Nick Wheeler
Brilliant Traces Monologue
scenic & lighting design by Ellen E Jones.
Kim previously directed Courtney in Treasure Island, As You Like It, and Syringa Tree