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Updated · Playbill · Aug 14
Mariska Hargitay Reprises Every Brilliant Thing for 3 Bay Area Benefit Shows
Updated
Updated · Playbill · Aug 14

Mariska Hargitay Reprises Every Brilliant Thing for 3 Bay Area Benefit Shows

1 articles · Updated · Playbill · Aug 14

Summary

  • Three benefit performances on August 7–8 brought Mariska Hargitay’s Every Brilliant Thing to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s New Works Festival, marking a West Coast reprise of her spring Broadway turn.
  • Proceeds supported TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation, with the event also featuring an afternoon panel alongside her half-sisters Giovanna Sardelli and Pietra Sardelli.
  • Hargitay had made her Broadway debut in the solo play this spring, succeeding original star Daniel Radcliffe for a limited run from May 26 to July 5.
  • The production closed on Broadway August 9 after Tracee Ellis Ross took over July 7, making the Bay Area engagement a near-immediate extension of the recent run.

Insights

How did Mariska Hargitay adapt this globally acclaimed, interactive play about depression to uniquely captivate her Silicon Valley audience?
What secret emotional depths did Hargitay unlock by performing this deeply personal play alongside her sisters to fund her trauma foundation?