TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS - a Gargantuan Guide to Living & Forgiving a MUST SEE

TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS is a one act play at the Public which is an oration of questions submitted to an advice columnist, Sugar (Mia Vardalos "MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING).  Sugar is the pseudonym for the writer who offers pensive & life affirming responses.  This is not your droll Dear Abby column for the forlorn.  It's a deeply concerted connection between people entrusting the gravitas of their dilemmas & despair with someone who provides life affirming, life changing guidance emanating from her own deep soul searching & empathetic self-examination.  Sugar's sagacious, thoughtful & articulate responses are emotionally arousing.  We see Sugar as a disheveled woman working at home amidst controlled chaos as she ponders the letters she receives.  Three other actors portray multiple persons imploring her introspective counsel & correspondence.  The breadth of the inquiries span a trajectory from the more routine dilemmas of adultery/leaving a relationship to the unfathomable ability to cope with the grief of losing one's child and moving forward in life.   Sugar's responses are lyrical, heartfelt & revealing.  "Be brave enough to let your heart be broken."  "The voice inside of you telling you to go is enough".  Sugar shares her own stories of abuse which relate to help others overcome their pain or quilt.  Sugar informs her readers "We decide who we let influence us." Our experiences are what shaped us."  Sugar is beseeched to reveal her true identity by her devotees though she continuously lays bear her innermost being.  For the father who lost his son at 22 and is mired in grief & unable to obliterate the pain, Sugar is especially sensitive and supportive.  Obliterate is to erase while simultaneously constructing she replies. "Peel back the rage and feel the pure love you will always have as a father to your son, that will never be altered."  Sugar's shared experiences allude to her true identity which she willingly reveals as the writer/author Cheryl Strayed WILD, BRAVE ENOUGH and TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS.  Strayed imparts the wisdom of acceptance, forgiveness and the power to withstand sorrow and go on.  Reach to create something real.  Life is the great unknown unfolding, allow yourself to accept the tiny beautiful things life has to offer.