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What to Know about Nine Years

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Nine Years by Michael Combs, recent BYU Theatre, playwriting graduate

Director: Isabel Ownby, current BYU Theatre student

Production Details: This award-winning script was written by then-student Michael Combs, and was workshopped for a full semester as part of a playwriting-dramaturgy partnership in the TMA department.

Run Time: approximately 2 hours

Location: Black Box Theatre at BYU West Campus

About the show: Set in the near future, Nine Years asks what is lost and what is gained if technology advances so that people can choose to remove traumatic moments from their memories. This new play—written, directed, designed, and acted all by BYU students—is a heartbreaking look at love, loss, and the cost of moving on.

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