Award winning local director Bronwen Coleman directs a live reading of this affecting new play.

All funds raised are in support of the Anthropocene Play Company – established in 2016 by Artistic Director Bronwen Coleman in the City of Casey. The APC is a company committed to creating sustainable, culturally inclusive, feminist theatre using Method rehearsal techniques – with the stated objective to provoke questions around the vital issues of our time.

The Play
What would you do – if strangers wrote to you with their most intimate secrets?

In Tiny Beautiful Things, adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) from Cheryl Strayed’s (Wild) autobiographical book of the same name, writer Sugar inherits an online advice column.

Little does she know the anonymous letter writers she encounters will affect her profoundly – changing the way she sees the world, and herself.

A New York Times Critics Pick, the New York Daily News called Tiny Beautiful Things “Provocative, poignant and rich." Here the Anthropocene Play Company bring their signature blend of depth and playfulness to this rehearsed reading.

About the Director
Bronwen Coleman is an award winning and proudly neurodivergent director, actor and teacher based in the City of Casey. Having lived in New York for more than a decade, she is a Life Member of the Actors Studio, and has appeared in theatre, television and films internationally, including opposite Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the Academy Award winning film Capote.

 Under Bronwen's direction, Angus Cameron's Dirt won both the Frank Ford and Critics Circle Awards at the Adelaide Fringe in 2021. The play went on to win Best Theatre at Fringeworld Perth in 2022. More recently, Bronwen developed and directed Patrick Livesey's Naomi which premiered at the Adelaide Fringe, winning the Critics Circle and Mindshare Mental Health Awareness Awards. Critics have called Bronwen's work as a director "fantastic", and "visionary".

Tiny Beautiful Things is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Based on the Book by Cheryl Strayed Adapted for the Stage by Nia Vardalos Co-Conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, and Nia Vardalos

Please note: This play is not suitable for children and contains strong references to topics such as sexual abuse, drug use and other adult themes.

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