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In The Long Now, currently playing at the Blue Theater, Tish Reilly (played by Shannon Grounds) may or may not have Time on her side. That’s because in this case, time is not merely a concept of measurement, nor is time a chronological matter. Instead, Time, as portrayed in shadow via puppets and given voice by actor T. Lynn Mikeska, is a character as real to Tish—and at times more real—than the other humans who inhabit this original production written and directed by Edward Albee protégée Beth Burns. Burns plays with the themes of memory and trauma and how the latter can lead to severe arrested development, as is the affliction that plagues poor Tish. In a sort of reverse Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trick, Tish is forever seeking ways not to erase the past and move forward, but rather, with the help of her friend Time, avoid the present and trip back to handful of happy memories that make up the before—no spoiler here, just know that early on, Tish had something very bad happen to her and to say she’s had a hard time facing reality is an understatement.