Tiny Beautiful Things
Pasadena Playhouse
April 10 — May 5, 2019
Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things follows the relationships between an anonymous advice columnist named Sugar and the many real-life readers who pour out their hearts to her.
Conceived by Nia Vardalos (writer/actor of My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Thomas Kail (Director of Hamilton) and Marshall Heyman (Journalist, Wall Street Journal), this uniquely uplifting New York Times Critics’ Pick is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers.
Images courtesy of Pasadena Playhouse - ©Jenny Graham
Selected Press
“The one element that really impresses me is the staging by director Barber who keeps a smooth and solid flow of letters, both questions and answers, back and forth between the four. The acting is terrific from everyone.”
Don Grigware, BroadwayWorld
“Barber keeps Strayed’s letter writers on stage in her living room, […] thereby allowing [the audience] to become not just advice-seekers but observer/listeners as well.
Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA
“Director, Sherri Eden Barber, imagines a magical setting […] where we accept that the connection between Sugar and her seekers of advice are presented in conversation.“
Cast
Nia Vardalos
Teddy Cañez
Natalie Woolams-Torres
Giovanni Adams
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris
Sarah Hollis
Adam J. Smith
Creative Team
Director: Sherri Eden Barber
Original Book Author: Cheryl Strayed
Co-Conceiver: Marshall Heyman
Co-Conceiver/Original Director: Thomas Kail
Scenic Design: Rachel Hauck
Costume Design: Jennifer Moeller
Lighting Design: Jeff Croiter
Sound Design: Jill BC Du Boff
Associate Scenic Designer: David Meyer
Stage Manager: Jennifer Slattery
Assistant Stage Manager: Bonnie McHeffey
Los Angeles Casting: Nicole Arbusto