0508.26 - I was blown away (and luckily, Patrick and Asher were not - don't worry, it makes sense when you read it) by where this short piece went. Having a moment in time, for one set of characters, a fork in the road to be traveled, for the other, a look back at where that travel led to, was an amazing point to focus on. Steve Martin captures this contradiction (via a horrifying transition) that nonetheless, showcases the humanity of all the characters. I loved this piece.

Ever wonder what it might have been like to have been frozen in time by disaster like the residents of Pompeii? Or perhaps rediscovered approximately two millennia later? Well, I’ve got good news for you, dear reader. Thanks to Steven G. Martin’s brilliant short speculative play “Freeze”, you need wonder no longer. A splendid work of profound brevity to prove that we were not as primitive as they’ll think we were.

A whole evolution packed into a play that's less than ten minutes long. The pivot midway through leads us somewhere surprising with a nice laugh to go along with it.