Cut Time
Cut Time by Eliza Epstein
Synopsis: In a fifth-grade classroom, a girl writing a letter to her future self discovers that time bends as she writes, conjuring an imagined adulthood that unfolds around her. But as she edits out the pain of an abusive home, her past keeps breaking through the story she’s trying to control. Cut Time is about the struggle to author your own life when the truth keeps interrupting the page.
Eliza Epstein is a playwright based in Lexington, Massachusetts with a passion for writing dramedies. She is a double major in Theater and Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Eliza's work has been featured in playwriting festivals such as Lyric Stage Theater's "First Page" and Ferrell Studio's "Our Time." When she is not writing, you can find Eliza acting, directing, juggling, and crocheting ducks. Eliza loves to take the everyday and make it weird, make it art, and make you laugh.