<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;&hellip;Y York&rsquo;s THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF NOW is all about words: the way they work, they way they don&rsquo;t. The way they delight us and sicken us and confound us and please us.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;The premise is straight out of an Oliver Sacks book: a bestselling science writer named Carl &nbsp;suffers a brain injury that renders him amnesiac. Carl&rsquo;s wife Miranda, a poet, learns that Carl has a different relationship with words than he used to. Where once he ghostwrote biographies for astronauts and wrote scathing critiques of anthropologists, now he simply delights in the miracle of words: their sounds, their meanings, the way they look&mdash;which he envisions as a flurry of snowflakes drifting through the air.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;As Carl wanders around his Las Vegas home, trying to remember his past life, Miranda has to deal with the shambles of their marriage from before Carl&rsquo;s accident. She&rsquo;s having a complicated affair with a dentist named Anthony, but suddenly Carl doesn&rsquo;t at all resemble the Carl who made her so miserable. Where before he was withholding and unhappy, now Carl is joyful and content. He&rsquo;s eager to see his wife, and desperate to please her. Is it too late to turn the marriage around? Is it possible to find new meaning in the words they&rsquo;ve been using our whole lives?<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF NOW is&hellip;funny and touching and endearingly sweet&mdash;a thoughtful study of the way different people interact with language, and each other&rdquo;<br />
Paul Constant, &nbsp;Seattle Review of Books</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;&hellip;York&rsquo;s rich dialog and characters&hellip;this sweet&hellip;romantic comedy is a delight.&rdquo;<br />
Jay Irwin, Broadway World</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;&hellip;Utilizing a highly original plot, outstandingly witty dialogue&hellip;interesting recognizable stereotypes, who go through profound character development&hellip;this romantic&hellip;delivers the goods. And how!&rdquo;<br />
Marie Bonfils, Drama In The Hood&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;A new play can make me giddy, especially if I can&rsquo;t guess where it&rsquo;s headed and its subject area is &ldquo;about&rdquo; the human condition in a new and interesting way&hellip; Y York&rsquo;s The Impossibility of NOW is an unexpected delight, a delicious and magical moment.&rdquo;<br />
Miryam Gordon, Seattle Gay News</p>