THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

[Ten-Minute Play]
Two scientists attempt to understand the nature of their own particular dramatic world with quantifiable evidence collected with the help of the audience.

[Ten-Minute Play]
Two scientists attempt to understand the nature of their own particular dramatic world with quantifiable evidence collected with the help of the audience.

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THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

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  • Mark Loewenstern: THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

    This is a fun, easy-to-produce play that explores the physical space of a theater in a unique and interesting way. That by itself makes it worthy, but Cross gives us explorers who are quirky good company, a fresh twist on the stock scientist character. "The Time is Out of Joint" is a treat for physicists and theater majors alike! Would love to see it produced.

    This is a fun, easy-to-produce play that explores the physical space of a theater in a unique and interesting way. That by itself makes it worthy, but Cross gives us explorers who are quirky good company, a fresh twist on the stock scientist character. "The Time is Out of Joint" is a treat for physicists and theater majors alike! Would love to see it produced.

  • Nora Louise Syran: THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

    Love it! This short play captures the ephemerality of the theatre and its magic. Theatrical, quirky--with some great allusions to the classics: "I was taking notes at Doctor Faustus recently, and towards the end he said he had but one hour left and it most certainly didn't take an hour for the demons to drag his soul to hell." Great fun!

    Love it! This short play captures the ephemerality of the theatre and its magic. Theatrical, quirky--with some great allusions to the classics: "I was taking notes at Doctor Faustus recently, and towards the end he said he had but one hour left and it most certainly didn't take an hour for the demons to drag his soul to hell." Great fun!

  • Elan Garonzik: THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

    Fascinating to consider time within the audience and time of the actors onstage, and to measure with stop watches -- is there a difference? The references to Faustus and The Tempest made me think of other plays and their use of time. For Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the roughly 2+ hours onstage would be the continuous 2+ hours of the characters lives. Skin of Our Teeth covers millennia. Marvelous to read this play and reflect on it.

    Fascinating to consider time within the audience and time of the actors onstage, and to measure with stop watches -- is there a difference? The references to Faustus and The Tempest made me think of other plays and their use of time. For Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the roughly 2+ hours onstage would be the continuous 2+ hours of the characters lives. Skin of Our Teeth covers millennia. Marvelous to read this play and reflect on it.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Sarasota Area Playwrights Society, Year 2017

Production History

  • Type High School, Organization Mouth of Babes, Year 2018
  • Type Professional, Organization The Navigators Theater, Year 2017