PLEASE DON'T CRY

After a stretch of life packed with death, depression, and divorce (enough tragedy to make a Hollywood writer say “maybe tone it down”), Dione steps on stage for the first time as not one of her many characters, but as herself. Please Don’t Cry is a one-woman show about finding laughter in places we’re usually told not to look.

Through sharp storytelling and disarming honesty, Dione explores grief, loss, and the unwritten rules about how we’re supposed to behave when life falls apart. In a culture that treats loss with strict rules and quiet reverence, Please Don’t Cry reminds us that life doesn’t always follow those rules. And sometimes, the only thing left to do is laugh. And discover that no matter who we are or what we have been through, feelings are universal.

The result is a heartfelt, darkly funny performance about the chaos of real life…and…