Brilliant Traces

Originally premiered Off-Broadway in 1989, Brilliant Traces is a haunting exploration of loss, isolation, and the fragile, often unpredictable ways we seek human connection in the aftermath of trauma. Monaco’s reimagining sharpens the play’s emotional core for a contemporary audience—focusing not only on the charged encounter between two wounded souls, but on how grief manifests in wildly different forms, asking the deeper question: do we truly need others to heal?