Tripartite Time (three one act plays)

Tripartite Time – Three dramatic plays performed under 90 minutes that reveals the importance of Time in each of our lives. Instantaneous present, continually being transformed into remembered past, as it is replaced by an anticipated future is the through line of Tripartite Time. The plays, A Sailor’s Tale, d=½gt2 and Epiphany, performed in succession reveal Time past, Time present, Time future, the true nature of what is simply called “Time”. A merchant marine officer laments a lost love; two World Trade Center clerks relive 9/11 as they look at the emptiness where the North Tower stood; a Naval Officer grapples intellectually and emotionally with a just concluded fire mission off Korea. His frustration and rage at TIME run deep and wide. During an argument with a fellow officer emotions almost turn violent.