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.

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!

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.