The Timing of a Day
by Owen Panettieri

Name: The Timing of a Day
Brand: Owen Panettieri
SKU: 9780573712012
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

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Highlights

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90 mins Present Day Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

Josh, Doug and Paige are happily sharing a cramped Harlem apartment when an unforeseeable tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.

Presented over the course of a single day, small moments from their years living together take on new meaning as they are forced to question – Is there really such a thing as “perfect timing,” or is all timing perfectly flawed?

Press Reviews

"A deeply affecting work… shockingly eventful… tautly constructed… these are people who haven’t realized how special their time together, their fights, or their heartbreaks actually were. But it’s with a charming, moving fervor that The Timing of a Day celebrates them – and everything else about life we seldom cherish until it’s too late."
— Talkin’ Broadway

"Owen Panettieri makes playwriting look so easy in The Timing of a Day, his impressively realistic portrait of three twenty-somethings sharing a cramped but homey Harlem apartment… Panettieri’s cleverly structured script – which hopscotches across two years – manages to enfold the past into the present, while also giving us an intentionally ambiguous glimpse of the future… With considerable craft, Panettieri lets the laughs arise organically; but he also has a gift for depicting tragedy, as well as the anger and tenderness it can trigger in equal measure."
— TheaterMania

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
DOUG Roommate, a dancer, gay, late 20s, m	—	20s	Roommate, a dancer, gay, late 20s, m
PAIGE Roommate, an actress/activist, mid 20s, w	female	20s	Roommate, an actress/activist, mid 20s, w
JOSH Roommate, an office admin, late 20s, m	—	20s	Roommate, an office admin, late 20s, m
MATTY Paige’s off-and-on boyfriend, early 20s, m	male	20s	Paige’s off-and-on boyfriend, early 20s, m