‘Time Stands Still’ play dates, times and ticket info

Play:  Time Stands Still

Playwright:  Donald Margulies

Synopsis:  Sarah Goodwin is a war photographer who has returned to her Williamsburg loft from Iraq after being injured by an IED that killed her translator and left her face scarred and her body and spirit broken. Her partner, James Dodd, is a journalist, suffered a nervous breakdown and left Iraq before Sarah was injured in the explosion. Now he feels responsible for what happened to Sarah in his absence. Now their editor wants them to write a book on their experiences covering the war.

Director:  Lois Kuehne

Cast: 

• Stacy Stauffer:  Sarah Goodwin
• Blake Dunkle:  James Dodd
• Ken Johnson:  Richard Ehrlich
• Eren Sisk:         Mandy Bloom

What the Critics Said:

• “Mr. Margulies is gifted at creating complex characters through wholly natural interaction, allowing the emotional layers, the long histories, the hidden kernels of conflict to emerge organically. Throughout, his dialogue crackles with bright wit and intelligence. Although Time Stands Still is deceptively modest, consisting of a handful of conversations among just four characters, the range of feeling it explores is wide and deep.” —New York Times.
• “Can you be a dispassionate, uninvolved observer of horrific events, recording them for posterity and still keep a sense of right and wrong, not to mention your sanity? It’s one of several questions getting a workout in Time Stands Still … Insightful writing, the work is smart, stylish, timely and layered with an intriguing seriousness that inspires discussion after the curtain comes down—a rarity these days.” —Associated Press.
• “Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still compellingly demonstrates what a master playwright can do with great economy and efficiency…A rare play that encompasses universal issues and personal problems with equal compassionate insight. A splendid theatrical experience culminates in the author’s taking no sides and providing no easy answers. What we get is the assiduously impartial, clarifying confrontation of the existential dilemmas that confront all of us.” —Bloomberg News.
• “A solid play—taut and well-constructed, with hardly a single detail extraneous.” —Time Out NY.

Play Dates:  January 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30 & 31 and February 1 at 8:00 p.m., with 3:00 p.m. matinees on January 19 & 26 and February 2.

Tickets: Call 239-284-5214 or visit http://www.newphoenixtheatrefortmyers.org.

Place:  13211 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers 33919.

December 22, 2019.