Such Small Hands

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On the Fyda-Mar Stage… 

Morning light filters through the kitchen window.

Marie brews the coffee—black. Paul asks for sugar. Marie says the sugar is out of reach. So they drink it black.

Paul wonders, “Do we drink it black because the sugar is out of reach or because we like it that way?”

For Paul and Marie, a lifetime of love is woven into these small rituals, their days filled with playful quibbles, knowing glances, and the gentle rhythm of routine. But lately, those routines are shifting. Paul is forgetting things—small things, at first. A name, a place, the way home.

And yet, through the confusion and the loss, there is still love. There is still laughter. There is still Marie, holding Paul’s hands in hers, reminding him of the life they built together.

From Chance Theater’s 2011 Resident Playwright Adam Szymkowicz, this world premiere is a heart-wrenching and unexpectedly humorous meditation on memory, devotion, and what it truly means to hold on – to the past, to each other, and to the fleeting beauty of now.

“Adam Szymkowicz, one of the leading theatrical voices of his generation, intertwines themes both humorous and mature together”NY Press

“… this highly praised young playwright continues to be someone to watch…. engaging…fun with a satisfyingly intelligent underpinning. Sophisticated, but all of it comes from well-observed human truths.”TheatreMania

Show artwork designed by KC Wilkerson, kcwdigital.com.