In this Zoom play, Adam Richter perfectly captures how we coped with life before vaccinations became widely available. It also reminds us how much we learned about our relationships and our selves. Charles delivers the most powerful line in the play, "You have to go find someone else to be lonely with." Such masterful writing! The line is incredibly specific to Charles' situation and to COVID lockdown and isolation, and yet universally human. How many humans were navigating loneliness pre-pandemic? How many are still? Although written for Zoom, this play could transition easily to stage.

This zoom play aches through the screen of the isolation so many of us are feeling through this pandemic. Even people who aren't living alone can feel isolated and tempted into an emotional affair like Vanessa does with Charles. So very real, heartbreaking and relatable. Even after we leave this pandemic behind us, this story will stand as a testament of what we went through and how we tried to keep our hearts and our minds from breaking.