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Saturday, June 14
8:45 PM - 10:30 PM

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

641 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004

Come See Me in the Good Light

Director

Ryan White

Executive Producers

Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Lauren Haber, Joe Lewis, Colin King Miller, Rachel Eggebeen, Catherine Carlile, Brandi Carlile, Susan Yeagley, Kevin Nealon, Galia Gichon, Sara Bareilles, Amanda Doyle, Christi Offutt, Soraida Bedoya, Melony Lewis, Adam Lewis

Producers

Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen

Editor

Berenice Chávez

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Brandon Somerhalder

Additional Cinematography

Music

Blake Neely

Sound

Narration

Contact

A poet faces the unthinkable with grace and humor, and discovers a newfound sense of purpose and joy.

Andrea Gibson, the Poet Laureate of Colorado, grew up in a rural town in Maine, and built a career in spoken word that carried them from small cafes to sold-out rock clubs.

The poetry that inspired hundreds of thousands was written as a roadmap for the person Andrea wanted to be. For most of their life, Andrea struggled with panic attacks, suicidal ideation, and a debilitating fear of illness. Then Andrea was diagnosed with cancer, and everything changed. Instead of spiraling into darkness, Andrea came out of surgery feeling lighter, their heart flung open. Shame disappeared, and clarity found them. They were the person they wanted to be.

Andrea’s relationship with their partner Meg, also a poet, transforms into a rollercoaster of chemotherapy infusions and blood tests. “Every three weeks,” Andrea says, “I find out I’m living, I’m dying, I’m living, I’m dying.” The couple scraps the narratives they had written for their future and discovers that life is best lived between the big moments of victory and despair, where the small moments come alive to be cherished.

Despite health concerns, Andrea yearns for another chance to connect with a live audience, and announces their first show in years—quickly selling out both nights.

This is not a story about dying. It’s a story about living.

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Ryan White

Director, Come See Me in the Good Light

Ryan White is the director of Into the Fire, which chronicles the tortuous journey of a mother searching for her missing biological daughter. The film was produced by Charlize Theron and premiered on Netflix, where it reached #2 for all films on the streamer. Previously, White directed Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Pamela, A Love Story, an intimate portrait of Pamela Anderson’s life and career. White also directed Amazon’s Good Night Oppy, the extraordinary fifteen-year journey of the Mars rover Opportunity and the surprising bond that formed between the robot and a team of scientists and engineers at NASA. Good Night Oppy won two Emmys and five Critics Choice Awards, including Best Documentary and Best Director.

White previously directed Coded, which was shortlisted for the Academy Award and won Best Documentary Short at Tribeca. White is also the director of the Emmy-nominated film Assassins, which premiered at Sundance and tells the story of the brazen murder of the brother of Kim Jong-un, and the trial of his two female assassins. In 2020, he directed Visible: Out on Television, the first documentary series on Apple TV+. The five-part series explores the history of the LGBTQ movement through the lens of television. In addition, White is the director of Ask Dr. Ruth (Hulu), which chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist.

White also directed The Keepers, an Emmy-nominated seven-part Netflix documentary series that investigates the unsolved murder of a young nun in Baltimore and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death. White is the director of The Case Against 8 (HBO), a behind-the-scenes look at the five-year battle to overturn Proposition 8, which had outlawed same sex marriage in California. The film won the Directing Award at Sundance and was nominated for two Emmys. White also directed Serena (Epix), a year in the life of tennis legend Serena Williams, Good Ol’ Freda (Magnolia Pictures), the story of the Beatles’ longtime secretary Freda Kelly, and Pelada (PBS, Cinetic), a journey around the world through the lens of pick-up soccer.

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