by Aiden Mathews
directed by M. Burke Walker
As the phone keeps ringing, the new neighbors play loud music and they hold the outside world at bay, Charles, a retired classics professor and his wife, Helen, quietly re-affirm their deep affection for each other and the life they've shared—its delights and disappointments—as they toast their commitment.
In Act Two, in a similar apartment, as a much younger couple, also called Charles and Helen, are eagerly beginning their life together. Are these the same people 40 years ago? Or who are they?