Two Day Matthew Freeman Work Session

Matthew Freeman

When Is A Clock by Matthew Freeman

When is a Clock is a published play from 2008. Traveling to Montpelier is its prequel. Matt’s goal over the course of the two days is to try and see how well the plays fit together.

When Gordon's wife vanishes, the only clue to her whereabouts is a bookmark in a dog-eared copy of Traveling to Montpelier. Gordon takes off to a rural bookstore to find some answers. Through a fractured narrative that is half-mystery and half-memory, we learn about Gordon's marriage, his relationship with his son, his work-life, and his wife's entanglements with a mysterious stranger. We learn, too, about the nature of the landscape unique to the play: a magical universe with physics and laws that can both free the characters from their own stifling identities and trap them as well.

This session is closed to the general public.