If Only I Had More Time

Considered one of the most moving and educational pieces ever performed for Livingston Hospice, this one-act play talks openly about end-of-life issues, the grief process and taking spiritual responsibility for your illness.

Through the use of poetry, drama and improvisation this play weaves its story around a visit to a cemetery to pay respects to a lost loved one. Two women meet, one young, the other mature and as their two different backgrounds clash they each begin to realize that life can deal many blows but how you handle them can make all the difference.

As the older woman senses a deep tragedy within the silence of the young girl she tries to draw her out, get her to talk about her pain. The young girl lashes out complaining that she doesn't want to feel grief, she has no time to suffer the pain of losing a loved one, and most of all, she's tired of hearing about pain and loss. " I don't want to know about the emptiness of grief, or have to live with just a memory of someone. I don't want to wake up in the morning and find out my best friend has been killed in an auto accident."

The older woman can only comfort her by saying that everyone gets whacked by life sooner or later. And that if you don't acknowledge grief: "Your life can become engulfed by a dark cloud--if you don't move beyond it the dark cloud can envelope you, become you and eventually spit you out as--cancer--heart attacks--emotional as well as physical diseases."

When the young girl finally opens up and tells her story an emotionally intense message begins to emerge. "We do have the ephemeral ability to heal each other."

45 minutes long with audience discussion afterwards.

Reviews and Recommendations for If Only I Had More Time

"If Only I Had More Time is extremely powerful in it's simplicity"

"The audience reaction was overwhelming, and the emotional depth was remarkable"

For further information or to book a performance please contact Marion.