The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play)

by Enid Cokinos

*June 2024 Semi-finalist - Edmonds Driftwood Players’ 13th Annual Festival of Shorts in Edmonds, WA

A dark comedy about Noreen Baxter, a successful businesswoman, struggling with a serious illness and the prospect of losing more of life’s special moments. While looking through old photos in her attic, she discovers, and opens, a small hidden door. Crossing the threshold transports Noreen to the fantastical...

*June 2024 Semi-finalist - Edmonds Driftwood Players’ 13th Annual Festival of Shorts in Edmonds, WA

A dark comedy about Noreen Baxter, a successful businesswoman, struggling with a serious illness and the prospect of losing more of life’s special moments. While looking through old photos in her attic, she discovers, and opens, a small hidden door. Crossing the threshold transports Noreen to the fantastical world of the Clockmaker where she is faced with the life changing question: Is an eternity of rewarding work without consequences a substitute for the mixture of joys and sorrows of the temporal world?

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The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play)

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  • Conor McShane: The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play) by Enid Cokinos
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    A funny and charming adult fairy tale with a theme that just gets more relatable as the years go by. I'm at a point in my life where I'm beginning to realize that when the time's gone, you never get it back, so better enjoy what you have while you can!

    A funny and charming adult fairy tale with a theme that just gets more relatable as the years go by. I'm at a point in my life where I'm beginning to realize that when the time's gone, you never get it back, so better enjoy what you have while you can!

    ”
  • John Busser: The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play) by Enid Cokinos
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    I was charmed by Enid Cokinos' two-hander about a woman running out of time and a man with far too much. Each might want what the other has, but upon examination, perhaps it's best to lie in the bed of one's own making instead. This play, although not world-shaking, still has some important things to say about how a person spends that precious commodity of time. And we are treated to a satisfying conclusion where the characters each get a little of something they truly want. How rewarding is that?

    I was charmed by Enid Cokinos' two-hander about a woman running out of time and a man with far too much. Each might want what the other has, but upon examination, perhaps it's best to lie in the bed of one's own making instead. This play, although not world-shaking, still has some important things to say about how a person spends that precious commodity of time. And we are treated to a satisfying conclusion where the characters each get a little of something they truly want. How rewarding is that?

    ”
  • Susan Middaugh: The Clockmaker's Gift (ten-minute play) by Enid Cokinos
    “

    A hard-charging businesswoman is brought up short by the news of her terminal illness and an 18th century clockmaker in her attic who offers her a choice to beat the odds. Will she opt for the Lady or the Tiger? An intriguing cautionary tale.

    A hard-charging businesswoman is brought up short by the news of her terminal illness and an 18th century clockmaker in her attic who offers her a choice to beat the odds. Will she opt for the Lady or the Tiger? An intriguing cautionary tale.

    ”
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Awards

  • Edmonds Driftwood Players’ 13th Annual Festival of Shorts
    Edmonds Driftwood Players, Edmonds, WA
    Semi-Finalist
    2024