The show plays out as a trilogy of sorts. It cleverly draws a parallel between life repeating and the theory of how the planet Saturn takes 30 years to orbit the sun. So as the theory goes - Saturn returns to the same position it was when you were born about every 30 years and so does your life experience.
In a brief 75 minutes (ironically not 90 minutes) three different actors poignantly portray Gustin at a different age - repeating, re-living, and returning to the same point each time. Robert Eli (28), John McMartin (88), and James Reborn (58) each play Gustin at the indicated age and weave together the sad story of his life. Amazingly, Rosie Benton plays the 3 different women in his life at these same points - Suzanne, his nurse when he is 88, Zephyr, his daughter when he is 58, and Loretta, his wife w
hen he was 28.
The dots are sadly connected one by one and the entire story is revealed scene by scene. As the dialogue unfolds, and the men sweep back and forth thru time to unveil the sad tragedies of Gustin's life. Enhancing the experience is the brilliantly placed music, eerie and foretelling. The lighting is magnificent on the simple living room of a house in Grand Rapids, Michigan, unchanging from 1948 to 1978 to 2008.
Four brilliant actors - one classic stage - check this one out before it too meets with it's planned demise in January.