There is a place in Korea called Taehak Row (literally College Street). It here that most small theater projects are carried out. I attended a Nick Payne production called "Incognito". This play has only 4 performers but they play 21 roles and only one stage setting. This brought the actors and actresses in the performance to their limits. The had to express trauma, grief anger and joy and then turn around and in a second portray a completely different role.
It's based on a true story about how a Princeton professor (Thomas Harvey) who took Einstein's brain for research without permission. At the same time another character Henry Molaison suffered from epileptic amnesia. It seems like amnesia would be a good excuse not to do anything, but this really messed up his life. He kept repeating the same moments of his life. Finally, there is Martha the brain surgeon who struggles to understand people's mind.
Some characters were trapped in their past and other characters were trapped in a moment. There is some talk in the dialog about black holes and worm holes. At some point I felt like I was watching a Rick and Morty episode. Luckily they told us beforehand that the show would last two hours and ten minutes with no intermission. It was time to get comfortable. My wife and I have this year gone out on dates more than we have in the past. The kids are both teenagers and we can leave them at home for a while.
She wanted to see the play because the tickets were given to her from a friend who did the lights. Although the acting was impressive I was also glad to see how the lights took us from place to place and scene to scene without having to change any other props on stage.
What I got from the play was Einstein's quote:
"Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing"
I was glad for the moment of time I had to appreciate some new talent and spend an evening with my wife.
There was at least one funny and romantic part:
Enjoying this September,
With Love,
