“And isn’t that what a lot of us have been doing for the last year and a half? Sitting at home, trying to reach out and connect in ways that are available to us?”ĭuring the conversation, Strayed opened up about one of her own forays into such connection during the COVID-19 pandemic, a podcast with the New York Times called “Sugar Calling.” “This is a play about people sitting at home isolated, in front of their computer screens, reaching out to somebody to say, ‘I need help. Hand pointed out that Max & Louie’s production of “Tiny Beautiful Things” comes at a fitting moment. “ it was really born of so many conversations and trial and error - it was wonderful to be part of that creative process.” “She did a beautiful job adapting it,” the author said of Vardalos’ work. Strayed described watching the letters’ evolution into a stage production, one that has a clear narrative arc and takes place over the course of a single evening. And I can only say I wasn’t trying to turn the advice column on its head, but I was trying to write the column as if it were the most important thing I’d ever written.” And I just wanted to be sincere and openhearted. “Especially back then, we really associated the internet with kind of snark,” Strayed explained, “and to really be almost mocking people who would be asking for advice. Opening night of "Tiny Beautiful Things" is Thursday. Louis-based actor Michelle Hand is excited to make her first appearance with Max & Louie Productions. Strayed recounted how when she first started writing the advice column, she took on the role with a sense of seriousness - and also real trepidation. Louis on the Air, both Hand and Strayed joined host Sarah Fenske to discuss the play that promises to illuminate, in its jacket copy, “reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you're broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers.” The production marks the pandemic-era comeback of local nonprofit theater company Max & Louie Productions, with shows running at the Grandel July 29 to Aug. Louis premiere of Nia Vardalos’ adaptation of “Tiny Beautiful Things.” But on July 29, Hand’s connection with Strayed will morph into something else entirely: She will portray Sugar onstage in the St. Like millions of other devoted readers, Hand has gone on to enjoy more of Strayed’s oeuvre, from her bestselling memoir “Wild” to her “Dear Sugars” podcast. And Sugar just has this wonderful way of guiding people towards that place, even if they don’t necessarily want to go there themselves.” Hand explained, “ rather just pointing them in the direction of what Sugar’s own life experiences have taught her, as well as that place within us where if we get really quiet and we listen, we know what to do.
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