Book and Lyrics by JOANNE SYDNEY LESSNER Music and Lyrics by JOSHUA ROSENBLUM Based on the Novel by ALAN LIGHTMAN TALIA COSENTINO AND ZAL OWEN, BACKGROUND: MICHAEL MCCOY, LISA HELMI JOHANSON, STACIA FERNANDEZ, VISHAL VAIDYA, TESS PRIMACK CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)

Albert Einstein ZAL OWEN Josette ALEXANDRA SILBER Josie TALIA COSENTINO Marta, Mileva TESS PRIMACK Klausen MICHAEL McCOY Johannes VISHAL VAIDYA Anna LISA HELMI JOHANSON Hilda STACIA FERNANDEZ Besso BRENNAN CALDWELL

Place: A patent office in Berne, Switzerland, and the imagination of Albert Einstein Time: 1905

ZAL OWEN & BRENNAN CALDWELL A NOTE FROM ALAN LIGHTMAN I wrote the short novel Einstein’s Dreams mostly in the summer of 1991. I was much influenced by the magic realist writers, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Italo Calvino, and I also wanted to write a poetic book that would suggest the interplay between the sciences and the humanities. While writing the book, I hardly slept. It was one intense rush of adrenaline for three months. There have been many independent theatrical productions based on the book. It has been a great pleasure, and gift, for me to have inspired so many talented actors, directors, dancers, and musicians with my book. For the different productions over the last 25 years, my approach has always been to keep out of the way of other artists as they translate the book into a different artistic medium. I believe that for a successful production, each new group of artists must have their own artistic vision. The musical by Josh Rosenblum and Joanne Lessner surely has its own vision – its own wit, its lovely text, its beautiful music, and its spectacular set design. Rosenblum created his own universe of musical ideas, textures, and rhythms, each piece suited to the particular dream world it accompanied. I think also that the music and lyrics capture the range of joy and sadness in the book. I have seen the production several times now, and I always laugh at “Now Backwards Moving is Time,” and, although I am embarrassed to say so, always cry when I hear “I Will Never Let You Go.” The Lessner- Rosenblum production brims with energy, light, humor, and life. Over the years, I have gotten to know Josh and Joanne. I think their own gentle spirit and graciousness have somehow entered into their creation. In addition to the beautiful music and lyrics, there is so much here: the portrait of Einstein as a young man and later as the grand man of science; a wonderful creation of the patent office in Switzerland and the boss and secretary who rule over that office; the many characters that Einstein encounters during his dreams; his overly earnest friend Michele Besso; and a glimpse of the role Einstein played in the development of the atomic bomb. All of this immense activity is artfully presented through the words and music of the production – never seeming heavy or didactic. I must also mention the lovely voices of the actors – strong, lilting, sincere. I write these notes in April 2020, as the world is suffering from the novel coronavirus. During this period, we all have the opportunity to re-evaluate what matters to us. For me, the arts are now more important than ever – expressing our imagination, our spirit, our hope.

ZAL OWEN, VISHAL VAIDYA & MICHAEL MCCOY MUSICAL NUMBERS SYNOPSIS

1. Are You There? Josette, Einstein Trapped in an unhappy marriage and a job far beneath his intellectual capabilities, the young Albert Einstein escapes into his dreams, 2. The End of Time Ensemble lured by the siren call of an elusive woman named Josette (“ARE YOU THERE?”). When his friend Besso expresses concern that Einstein 3. The Red Hat Einstein, Klausen, Johannes, Josette, Marta, Anna is spending too much time asleep on the job, Einstein confides that he keeps having dreams in which time works differently, i.e. ending 4. The Great-Greats Anna, Hilda, Johannes, Klausen, Ensemble altogether (“THE END OF TIME”), splitting into three potential futures simultaneously (“THE RED HAT”), or allowing everyone to live 5. I Want to Love You Einstein, Josette forever (“THE GREAT-GREATS”). Einstein begins to wonder if time actually does work differently from the way most people think it does. 6. Love is Not a Science Besso, Einstein 7. Fitful Glimpses Ensemble Josette has told Einstein that all she wants is for him to know her, and she keeps appearing in his dreams. But the limitations of the time 8. Greatness Ensemble world in each dream world present unpredictable obstacles to their burgeoning romance (“I WANT TO LOVE YOU”). Soon, Einstein’s 9. Relativity Rag Einstein, Ensemble dreams are more vital to him than real life, drawing Besso’s concern (“LOVE IS NOT A SCIENCE”). One dream shows snippets of the 10. I Will Never Let You Go Marta future that affect decisions in the present (“FITFUL GLIMPSES”). Josette gives Einstein a peek at his own future (“GREATNESS”), and 11. High-Speed Motion Einstein, Klausen, Josie, Ensemble he sees himself surrounded by an adoring crowd that reveres him but doesn’t understand his work (“RELATIVITY RAG”). 12. I Never Told Him I Loved Him Klausen, Besso Einstein tells Besso about the formula that came to him in his last dream, E = mc2, but neither of them can figure out how it relates to 13. Are You There? (Reprise) Einstein time. Josette appears and invites him to join her in a place where time stands still so they can be together forever. With them is a young 14. If You Wait One Moment, I’ll Check Johannes, Hilda mother, clutching her daughter in an attempt to prevent her from growing up (“I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO”). Einstein realizes that he 15. It’s Always the First Time for Love Josette, Einstein, Johannes, Hilda will never be able to unlock the secrets of time and space if he stays with Josette for eternity. As the mother releases her daughter to her 16. Signposts of Time Hilda destiny, Einstein leaves Josette for his. 17. Fitful Glimpses (Reprise) Josie, Josette, Ensemble 18. Letter to Roosevelt Einstein, Ensemble Einstein is thrown into a dream in which time moves slower as a person moves faster (“HIGH-SPEED MOTION”). This, in simplified form, 19. Signposts Transition Orchestra is a key component of what will become his Special Theory of Relativity. When he awakens, Einstein considers his boss, Klausen, from a 20. Now Backwards Moving is Time Mileva, Ensemble different point of view and imagines him trapped in the past with memories of his father (“I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM”), a plight 21. Einstein’s Dreams Josette, Einstein he knows Besso shares. 22. I Will Never Let You Go (Reprise) Einstein, Josette 23. Bows Orchestra Einstein plunges back into his dreams, searching for Josette to fill in the missing pieces of his theory, which he’s sure she holds. He finds her in a world where only the present moment exists and people have no memory (“IF YOU WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK”). Einstein and Josette gradually rediscover each other (“IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME FOR LOVE”), but he isn’t sure if he should reveal his ORCHESTRA Theory of Relativity, fearing that he might lose her. To aid him in his decision, Josette ages him into the future (“SIGNPOSTS OF TIME”) Piano/Conductor MILTON GRANGER and shows him both the positive consequences—a Nobel Prize—and the negative ones—the atom bomb (“LETTER TO ROOSEVELT”). Percussion BRUCE DOCTOR Time now spirals rapidly into reverse, catapulting Einstein backwards through several phases of his life, including his troubled marriage Violin KIKU ENOMOTO to Mileva (“NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME”). He realizes he’s ready to return his full attention to his actual life and stop living in Woodwinds JONATHAN LEVINE his dreams. In completing his theory, he has figured out who Josette really is: the embodiment of Time itself. She has achieved her goal of Cello ELEANOR NORTON revealing her true nature to the one person capable of understanding and truly knowing her (“EINSTEIN’S DREAMS”). Upon awakening, Bass SAADI ZAIN Einstein distills everything he has discovered in his dreams into a new theory of time and space—and the world is changed forever.

1. ARE YOU THERE? 2. THE END OF TIME ANNA YOU, AMONG ALL MEN. THERE’S SO MUCH I LONG TO DO! BE WISE AND ATTENTIVE JOSETTE JOSIE HILDA WE WON’T PASS THIS WAY AGAIN. ARE YOU THERE? IT’S COMING, IT’S COMING! WHY DID I ALWAYS PUT MY WORK AHEAD OF YOU? EINSTEIN CAN YOU HEAR ME? A YEAR FROM TODAY! ANNA WHO ARE YOU? I NEED YOU! IT’S COMING, IT’S COMING, LET’S MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT REMAINS. WHAT’S YOUR NAME? DOES MY VOICE REACH YOUR EARS FROM AFAR? NOW I GET TO PLAY! LET’S TAKE A TRIP, THERE STILL ARE TRAINS! JOSETTE WHEN I HOLD OUT MY HAND, THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED FOREVER, YOU MAY CALL ME JOSETTE. I CAN FEEL THAT YOU’RE NEAR ME, LET’S ALL SHOUT HOORAY, HILDA THAT WILL DO FOR THE PRESENT. BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. ’CAUSE IT’S COMING! IT’S COMING! IT’S TIME TO SEE THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF BERNE. OTHERS ARE YOU THERE? MARTA ANNA IT’S COMING, IF YOU ARE, I SUPPOSE I SHOULDN’T LET HER RUN SO WILD, LET’S VISIT FRANKFURT TOMORROW’S THE DAY! THEN PLEASE, HELP ME! BUT EVERYBODY’S ACTING LIKE A CHILD. HILDA EINSTEIN DO YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN CALLING YOUR NAME? IT’S HARD TO KEEP A LID ON, AND LEIPZIG IF YOU COME TO MY SIDE, IT’S SILLY TO PRETEND, ALL RIGHT, JOSETTE, I WILL GIVE UP MY SECRETS, WHEN WE ALL KNOW TIME BOTH BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? AND LUCERNE! JUST ANSWER MY PLEA, IS COMING TO AN END! JOSETTE IT MIGHT SET YOU FREE! WHAT’S THE POINT OF KEEPING CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS? ALL MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, EINSTEIN THE GENIUSES HAVE NOTHING ON THE FOOLS. IT’S COMING, IT’S COMING! I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME. I’M RIGHT HERE, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED ON A DIME. A WEEK FROM TODAY. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW ME. DON’T YOU SEE? WITH PEPPERMINTS AND ICE CREAM WE’LL GREET MARTA EINSTEIN ONLY INCHES AWAY. THE END OF TIME. THE FACTORIES HAVE SHUTTERED, That’s all you want? For me to know you? HOW MUCH CLOSER COULD I BE? AND THUS THEY WILL STAY. KLAUSEN JOSETTE WHAT WORDS SHOULD I SAY? IT’S COMING, IT’S COMING, I CAN HOLD OUT MY HAND KLAUSEN That’s all. A MONTH FROM TODAY! I’VE CLOSED MY SHOP AND STARTED SEE, IT’S RIGHT THERE BEFORE YOU, EINSTEIN MY CUSTOMERS ARE SO POLITE, ON ETERNAL HOLIDAY. I’LL ANSWER YOUR CALL, THEY SMILE AS THEY PAY! I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT THERE’S NO TIME. SAYING ONCE AND FOR ALL WHAT GOOD TO US IS MONEY? JOHANNES THEY SAY THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END. I AM HERE! ITS VALUE’S GONE AWAY! IN A WORLD WITH ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO GO, NOT TO KNOW YOU SEEMS LIKE A CRIME, JOSETTE EINSTEIN ’CAUSE IT’S COMING. I’M KISSING PEOPLE I DON’T EVEN KNOW. BUT WE’VE ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT TO SPEND. ARE YOU THERE? JOHANNES MEN JOSETTE EINSTEIN ENSEMBLE CAN YOU HEAR ME? FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME THAT I RECALL, THE DOCTORS AND THE LAWYERS ARE YOU THERE? CAN WE STOP THE END OF TIME! I NEED YOU. I’M HERE IF YOU NEED ME. THERE’S NO ONE TO BE FOUND AT CITY HALL. HAVE DINNER WITH THE CLERKS. THE CLOCK DOES MY VOICE YOUR VOICE BUREAUCRACY IS FINISHED, OF GOVERNMENT WE’RE RID. WOMEN CAN YOU HEAR ME, SOMEHOW? REACH YOUR EARS FROM AFAR? REACHES MY EARS FROM AFAR. IT HARDLY SEEMS TO MATTER, WHOEVER THOUGHT IT DID? WE FACE THE END TOGETHER, I NEED YOU. WHEN I HOLD OUT MY HAND I HOLD OUT MY HAND IT’S JUST A DULL PANTOMIME. AMAZING HOW IT WORKS! DOES MY VOICE REACH WHY HAVE YOU THE END OF TIME! I CAN FEEL THAT YOU’RE NEAR ME, YES, YOU’RE NEAR ME. FREE WILL IS THE DRILL NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME. YOUR EARS FROM AFAR? WAITED UNTIL NOW? BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. ALL WHEN I HOLD OUT MY WHAT IS LEFT FOR THE SUN BEGINS KLAUSEN OUT WITH THE OLD SOCIAL CLIMB HAND ARE YOU NEAR? US TO SAY, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I’M HERE, THE END OF TIME, OUR WHOLE RACE WE EMBRACE AS WE FACE IN THE END, THERE IS AS CREATION HER FINAL CLIMB. IF YOU ARE, THEN PLEASE HELP ME. I’M DYING TO HELP YOU. THE END OF TIME. THE END OF TIME. NOTHING TO FEAR. SLIPS AWAY? YOU MAY BE IN THE FLUSH OF YOUTH DO YOU KNOW I KNOW JOSETTE OR PAST YOUR PRIME, ENSEMBLE I’VE BEEN CALLING YOUR NAME? YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING MY NAME. ONLY ONE DAY LEFT, BUT EITHER WAY, IT’S JUST SUBLIME. WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! IF YOU COME TO MY SIDE, I’M BESIDE YOU THEN TIME EXPIRES. I WILL GIVE UP MY SECRETS. TO SHARE YOUR SECRETS. GOOD WILL PREVAILS EINSTEIN JUST ANSWER MY PLEA, I’LL ANSWER YOUR PLEA, AS EACH MAN HAILS EINSTEIN BUT WAIT! IT MIGHT SET YOU FREE, THEN I’LL SET YOU FREE. THE END OF TIME. It’s you! ENSEMBLE I DON’T THINK YOU’D CHOOSE ANNA JOSETTE WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! TO STAY UNAWARE. THEN YOU CAN STAY THERE. LIBERATION FILLS THE AIR. Shhhh! BUT FIRST LET ME KNOW JUST LET ME KNOW JOSETTE WE HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE IF YOU’RE THERE. IF YOU’RE THERE. HILDA TOO LATE! I’M SORRY I WAS NEVER THERE. TO LEARN WHAT OUR FATE REQUIRES. YOU’RE THE ONE I’VE WANTED, ENSEMBLE WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! EINSTEIN EINSTEIN EINSTEIN III I HATE EVERY WORD I CAN’T TOLERATE BUT WHY? THE AIR IS SHARP, SO I’VE STAYED HERE IN BERNE, YOU UTTER. YOUR CLUTTER. ENSEMBLE THE FIRST SNOWS OF NOVEMBER AND PROTECTED MY SANITY. YOU’RE THE ONE WHY ARE YOU WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! ADD EINSTEIN II NO HYSTERICS TO BOTHER ME, WHO’S A SLOB! SUCH A SLOB? I CAN LIVE WITHOUT FEAR. I LOVE YOU! BUT I NEED YOU! JOSETTE FLOAT FROM THE PALE GRAY SKY, STILL I SOMETIMES FEEL I’M CONSUMED WITH DESIRE GOOD-BYE! ADD EINSTEIN III WHEN WE SQUABBLE, WHEN WE SQUABBLE AND A RED HAT IN THE DRIFT DRAWS THE EYE. IF THINGS NEVER INTENSIFY, ENSEMBLE LIFE WILL GRADUALLY PASS ME BY… IT’S ONLY THE END OF TIME IS UPON US TODAY, EINSTEIN EINSTEIN II EINSTEIN III MARTA, LET’S GO HAVE A BEER. FOR THE THINGS I REQUIRE IT ONLY ADDS FUEL TO THE FIRE. AND IT’S ONLY ONE MINUTE AWAY! SHOULD I GO? SHOULD I GO? SHOULD I GO? LIKE CLOTHES AND I BUY YOU CLOTHES AND The lights come back up on Einstein and Josette in Freiburg, and the two SHOULD I VISIT SHOULD I VISIT SHOULD I VISIT DIAMONDS AND NECKLACES DIAMONDS AND NECKLACES THE END OF TIME, couples sing together. AND YOU DARE TO CALL ME… AND THAT’S WHAT IT COSTS ME THE END OF TIME. HER THERE? HER THERE? HER THERE? EINSTEIN JOSETTE TO LIVE WITH… ENJOY THE SIGHT AND SOUND SEEKING HEAVEN SEEKING HEAVEN SEEKING HEAVEN, I LOVE THE WAY YOU FEEL I LOVE THE WAY YOU TASTE OF NATURE IN HER PRIME. BY HER SIDE? BY HER SIDE? JOSETTE II EINSTEIN II CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE REAL? THERE’S NO TIME FOR US TO WASTE THE AIR SO COOL MY DESTINY’S MY DESTINY’S SEEKING HEAVEN, WELL, HERE YOU ARE. YES, HERE I AM. I WILL QUIT MY JOB IN BERNE YOU MUST QUIT YOUR JOB IN BERNE FEELS JUST SUBLIME. CALLING CALLING YOUR JOB GOES WELL? IT DOES, MADAME. AND LIVE HERE WITH YOU. AND LIVE, AND LIVE HERE WITH ME, RELEASED FROM FEAR WE’RE FREE TO CHEER AND YET DO I DARE MY DESTINY’S CALLING YOU STILL WORK AT— I STILL WORK HOW SOON WE COME THE END… AND YET CAN I AND I HAVE MY LIBRARY JOB... AS A PATENT CLERK... TO LEARN THE WAY YOU’LL LEARN THE WAY LET PASSION LET PASSION BUT CAN I The lights come back up on Einstein III and Marta, and all sing together. THINGS ARE DESTINED TO BE. THINGS ARE DESTINED TO BE. BE MY GUIDE? LET PASSION 3. THE RED HAT JOSETTE EINSTEIN BE MY GUIDE? MY GUIDE, MARTA EINSTEIN III CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL BE MY GUIDE? BE MY GUIDE? DARLING, ALL THESE I MUST HAVE EINSTEIN JOSETTE? JOSETTE! MONTHS BY YOUR SIDE, BEEN BLIND. THE AIR IS SHARP, EINSTEIN & EINSTEIN II EINSTEIN III YOU MAKE ME MISERABLE, SOMETIMES I’M JUST MISERABLE AND YET FEELINGS I CAN WHO WOULD THE FIRST SNOWS OF NOVEMBER CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL JOSETTE, I’LL KEEP TROUBLE YOU’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! NO LONGER HIDE. HAVE THOUGHT FLOAT FROM THE PALE GRAY SKY, AT BAY, SAY HOW MUCH YOU NEED ME I WILL SAY HOW MUCH I NEED YOU HOW I HOPED YOU I WOULD FIND MY LOVE AND A RED HAT IN THE DRIFT DRAWS THE EYE. SHE MIGHT MAKE ME MISERABLE AND YET, I WILL STAY FAR AWAY. AND THEN AND THEN WOULD NOTICE ME! WORKING RIGHT NEXT TO ME? THE WAY HER FACE TURNS SOFT BECAUSE I DON’T TRUST WE’LL MAKE LOVE WE’LL MAKE LOVE THE WIND BLOWS COLD, IT’S DESTINED TO BE. WITH HER SMILE, HER SMILE, I STAND HERE LIKE A STONE, AGAIN AND AGAIN. AGAIN AND AGAIN HER BRIGHT CONVERSATION, IT HIDES DECEPTION We now see a second iteration of Josette’s Freiburg apartment. Here, Einstein WHILE BARELY A CREATURE STIRS, WHY CAN’T YOU MAKE MONEY I TRY TO MAKE MONEY HER DAZZLING STYLE, AND GUILE, II is paired with an alternate Josette, sung by Anna. JUST THAT RED HAT IN THE DRIFT, LIKE MOST OTHER MEN? LIKE MOST OTHER MEN. IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING, I’LL STAY INDEPENDENT SO LIKE HERS. EINSTEIN II I LOVE YOU! YOU HATE ME! AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. AT LEAST FOR A WHILE! YOU MAKE DELICIOUS TEA. WHY MUST YOU BERATE ME? WHY MUST YOU BERATE ME? SHOULD I GO? IN THE END, WE SUBMIT IN THE END, ONLY MEN IN THE END WE SUBMIT IN THE END WE SUBMIT SHOULD I SEE HER AGAIN? TO OUR LUST, CAN YOU TRUST. JOSETTE II TO OUR LUST TO OUR LUST, IS THAT HOW IT’S MEANT TO BE? SO TRAVEL TO FREIBURG, STAY HERE IN BERNE, YOU’RE VERY NICE TO SAY SO. AND LIVE HERE IN FREIBURG! LIVE HERE IN FREIBURG… JOSETTE WAITS IN FREIBURG I MUST. I MUST. EINSTEIN II SURROUNDED BY MEN, JOSETTE II EINSTEIN II The lights shift to Einstein and Josette in her apartment in Freiburg. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING YOUR DAY FOR ME. BUT DOES SHE WAIT FOR ME? I’M GLAD HE’S GONE CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL JOSETTE! JOSETTE JOSETTE II HE WAS WRONG FOR ME WHAT A DISASTER, MISERABLE, SHOULD I GO? I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN’T COME. YOU TRAVELED ALL THIS WAY, SO I’M SO HAPPY NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SHOULD I VISIT HER THERE? I THOUGHT YOU’D LOSE YOUR NERVE. IT WAS THE LEAST I COULD DO. CAN I SAY HOW MUCH I COMPLETELY BORED HER, SEEKING HEAVEN BY HER SIDE? HE BORED ME? EINSTEIN II MY DESTINY’S CALLING AND YET DO I DARE EINSTEIN I’LL PROBABLY NEVER MAKE LOVE, WELL, I HAPPENED TO BE PASSING THROUGH. LET PASSION BE MY GUIDE? WHY SHOULD WE DENY OURSELVES HE’S KIND, BUT THANK YOU, NO, NEVER AGAIN. ALL THE LOVE THAT WE DESERVE? CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL JOSETTE, The lights come back up on Einstein and Josette. They sing in a quartet with NEVER AGAIN! SHE MIGHT MAKE ME MISERABLE AND YET, JOSETTE their alternate selves. I JUST SAY AMEN! I JUST SAY AMEN! THE WAY HER FACE TURNS SOFT WITH HER SMILE, HESITATION IS A WORD I’VE COME TO ABHOR! JOSETTE EINSTEIN IN THE END HIS WHOLE TRIP IN THE END MY WHOLE TRIP WAS A BUST. WAS A BUST HER BRIGHT CONVERSATION, HER DAZZLING STYLE, EINSTEIN YOU NEVER MAKE ENOUGH! WELL, I DO THE BEST I CAN. JUST LIVE HERE IN FREIBURG? AND I’M JUST GLAD TO RETURN. IT MIGHT BE WORTH TRYING, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. FEEL MY HEART, IT’S POUNDING I’M SO SICK OF YOUR REBUFF! I’M SO SICK OF YOUR REBUFF! IN THE END, WE SUBMIT TO OUR LUST, LIKE IT’S NEVER POUNDED BEFORE! AND YOU CALL YOURSELF MARTA EINSTEIN III SO TRAVEL TO FREIBURG, I MUST. A MAN? I’M GLAD CAPRICIOUS, JUDGMENTAL. The lights fade on them and come up on Einstein III working alongside YOU’RE A MOUSE WHO HAS YOU KNOW I’M A— I THOUGHT I WAS SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN Time splits into three, and two alternate versions of Einstein appear. Marta at the patent office. Einstein II is sung by Klausen; Einstein III is sung by Johannes. A STUPID POST OFFICE JOB! I WORK HARD AT THE POST OFFICE, WRONG FOR YOU WRONG FOR ME BRENNAN CALDWELL, VISHAL VAIDYA, ZAL OWEN, STACIA FERNANDEZ, MICHAEL MCCOY & TESS PRIMACK I’M SO HAPPY. I’M JUST HAPPY IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG THEN MAYBE SHE’LL SKIP A FEW GENERATIONS, FOR ME TO COME THIS FAR. GOING STRAIGHT TO GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT- HOW GENTLE AND KIND HOW GENTLE AND KIND GRANDMA BETTE! YOU ARE. YOU ARE. AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WE’LL GROW OLD WE’LL GROW OLD. OF MOTHERS OF MOTHERS AND TRAVEL TO PARIS AND TRAVEL TO PARIS WHOSE POINT OF VIEW I’M CERTAIN I WILL GET! AND STROLL BY THE SEINE! AND STROLL BY THE SEINE! THAT’S HOW IT ALWAYS GOES, IN THE END I’M QUITE CONTENT IN THE END I’M QUITE CONTENT UNFAILINGLY THE SAME. TO JUST LIVE HERE IN BERNE TO JUST LIVE HERE IN BERNE I CAN’T EVEN BLOW MY NOSE Einstein and Josette are clinched in a violent embrace, Marta and Einstein III WITHOUT CONSULTING ANCESTORS THAT I CAN’T EVEN NAME! hold hands contentedly, and Josette II sits disconsolately on her settee. The JOHANNES three Einsteins return to the balcony, where they reconstitute into one. I FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT GIRL, EINSTEIN II BUT SHE COMES WITH A PRICE: WHERE THE AIR IS SHARP, AN ENDLESS LINE OF MOTHERS-IN-LAW ADD EINSTEIN III ALL BURSTING WITH ADVICE. THE FIRST SNOWS OF NOVEMBER MY GRANDPA TRIED TO WARN ME WHEN MY MARRIAGE PLANS HE HEARD. ALL THREE KLAUSEN FLOAT FROM THE PALE GRAY SKY, MY BOY, EINSTEIN JOHANNES AND A RED HAT IN THE DRIFT DRAWS THE EYE. HE SAID, KLAUSEN 4. THE GREAT-GREATS THERE’S GRIEF AHEAD, BUT DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD! GO CHECK IT WITH ANNA GREAT-GRANDPA HERMANN I’VE MET A DARLING MAN, WHO FOUND OUT FROM GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPA WIM. HE’S TRULY A DELIGHT! HE CONSULTED GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPA LUDWIG. I WONDER, SHOULD I ASK HIM YOU COULD ALWAYS GO DIRECTLY TO HIM. TO THE OPERA TONIGHT? OH, MOTHER, WHY THAT FACE. JOHANNES MUST YOU BE SO PRIM? OF COURSE THAT MIGHT OFFEND SEVERAL OTHERS. I JUST DON’T SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE THAT’S HOW PATRIARCHS IN GENERAL REACT. TO SIT AND WAIT FOR HIM? IT’S PART OF THE BOTHER OF HAVING A FATHER WHOSE LINEAGE IS ENTIRELY INTACT. HILDA IT ISN’T THAT I MIND SO MUCH, JOHANNES & ANNA IT’S NOT THAT I WOULD CARE, IT’S WHAT WE ALL ENDURE, IT’S JUST THAT I’M NOT CERTAIN THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DARE. JOHANNES BUT LET’S ASK GRANDMA WHAT SHE THINKS, THE ONLY THING I KNOW FOR SURE AND THEN WE’LL GO FROM THERE. IS SOMEDAY I’LL BE SOMEONE’S ANNA GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT I’D LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPA TOO! THE END OF ALL PRETEXT, ENSEMBLE BUT SADLY, THAT IS NOT THE CASE, AND SO WE’RE STUCK WITH EXCESSIVE LONGEVITY, I KNOW WHAT’S COMING NEXT: AND RELATIVES WHO NEVER LEARNED BREVITY! SHE’LL HAVE TO ASK JUST PART OF THE JOY GREAT-GRANDMA GRETA ETERNAL LIFE CAN BRING. WHO WILL TURN TO GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA CAMILLE. WE GET TO LIVE FOREVER, SHE’LL CONSULT WITH GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA LIESL, BUT WE NEVER DO A BLESSED THING! WHO ALWAYS CHECKS WITH GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA LUCILLE. ZAL OWEN & ALEXANDRA SILBER 5. I WANT TO LOVE YOU THE ROOM IN WHICH WE’RE STANDING THOUGH MANY HAVE FOUND IT A THING TO TREASURE, 7. FITFUL GLIMPSES IS MULTIPLIED AND THEN, I FIND THAT IT ONLY CREATES DISPLEASURE! EINSTEIN WE FEEL OUR THOUGHTS REVERBERATE LOVE IS BUT EPHEMERA ENSEMBLE I’m sick of dreams! I want to be with you, flesh and blood! And I want more AGAIN AND AGAIN. ON WHICH THERE IS CLEARLY NO RELIANCE. TIME GIVES FITFUL GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE. than just to know you. OUR FEELINGS THUS ARE MAGNIFIED THOUGH FREUD MAY TALK OF THE ID OF LOVE, AND ONCE A PERSON HAS SEEN WHAT LIES AHEAD, WITH NEW AWARENESS OF IF I COULD ONLY BE RID OF LOVE, PLANS ABRUPTLY CHANGE, I WANT TO LOVE YOU, OUR PAIN, OUR JOY AND IS THAT SO EXTREME? I’D JUMP FOR JOY THERE ARE BRAND NEW OPPORTUNITIES, OUR PAIN, OUR JOY AND AND STICK TO SCIENCE! WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES JOSETTE OUR PAIN, OUR JOY AND OUR— LEARN TO SUBMIT TO THEIR FATE. BOTH BUT TIME IS REFLECTION ROADS LIE INCOMPLETE, IN MATTERS OF LOVE, AND LOVE IS A DREAM! WHEN A BUILDER HAS HIS VISION, YOU’RE ALWAYS DEFENSELESS. IT’S A VERY QUICK DECISION EINSTEIN 6. LOVE IS NOT A SCIENCE THERE’S NOTHING TO KEEP LOVE TO DROP WHAT HE’S DOING, IT’S NEVER TOO LATE. YOU SAY WE’RE JUST SHADOWS FROM ATTACKING AND BEATING YOU SENSELESS. AS WE STAND FACE TO FACE. BESSO JOSIE BESSO IF TIME IS JUST REFLECTION, Love? How can you be in love with someone who exists only in your dreams? A CHILD GLIMPSES HERSELF AS A PAINTER, IT’S EASY TO FIND SOMEBODY LET ME VANISH IN YOUR EMBRACE! SUDDENLY THERE’S NO NEED TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY. EINSTEIN YOU’D LIKE TO LIVE IN SIN WITH, I WANT TO LOVE YOU, I can’t stop thinking about her! Why isn’t love as easy as physics? HILDA EINSTEIN IN BODY, HEART AND SOUL. A MOTHER WHO SEES WHERE HER SON WILL LIVE BESSO BUT THEN LOVE DISAPPEARS MOVES HER HOUSE TO BE CLOSER TO HIM, JOSETTE PITY POOR ALBERT EINSTEIN, AS FAST AS IT CAME TO BEGIN WITH! BUT TIME IS ILLUSION THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG MIND AROUND. KLAUSEN BESSO BEYOND OUR CONTROL. HIS PATHBREAKING NOTION FLEXIBILITY IS IMPERATIVE, OF BROWNIAN MOTION REGRETTABLY, LOVE IS NOT ASTRONOMY. EINSTEIN JOHANNES IS WIDELY CONSIDERED PROFOUND. EINSTEIN MY HEAD SAYS IT’S NONSENSE, A SUDDEN SHIFT IS NEVER A WHIM, BUT MY HEART SAYS THE HURT IS REAL. HE SHOWED WHY WE WANTA IT HAS NO DESIGN, AND LACKS ECONOMY. ALL IF TIME IS JUST ILLUSION, DEFINE LIGHT AS QUANTA, BOTH ONLY DESTINY. LOVE BRINGS PAIN THAT WILL NEVER HEAL! I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WAS SMART. YOU CAN’T ATTEND ANY SCHOOL FOR LOVE, BUT HERE’S SOMETHING NEW: DESTINY. EINSTEIN & JOSETTE WHICH MEANS YOU’RE ALWAYS A FOOL FOR LOVE, HE HASN’T A CLUE TIME GIVES FITFUL GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE. THE ROOM IN WHICH WE’RE STANDING AND WE’D RATHER RETAIN COMPLETE AUTONOMY. WHEN IT COMES TO AFFAIRS OF THE HEART. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR YOU? IS MULTIPLIED AND THEN, BESSO JOSETTE WE FEEL OUR THOUGHTS REVERBERATE REGRETTABLY, LOVE IS NOT A SCIENCE. LOVE IS NOT… AGAIN AND AGAIN. IT PRACTICALLY BURSTS WITH SHEER DEFIANCE. Would you like to see what lies ahead for you? EINSTEIN OUR FEELINGS THUS ARE MAGNIFIED, THE HEAD AND THE HEART ARE A MISALLIANCE. EINSTEIN EMPIRICAL! WITH NEW AWARENESS OF YOU REALLY SHOULD SUE FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. You can tell me, can’t you? IT ISN’T CONVEX, OBLONG— OUR PAIN, OUR JOY AND OUR LOVE. LOVE IS NOT SCHEMATIC. BESSO EINSTEIN ITS SHAPE AND ITS FORM ARE TOO ERRATIC. OR SPHERICAL. I WANT TO LOVE YOU, THOUGH NATURE WANTS US TO PAUSE FOR LOVE, IT’S USUALLY SOFT AND VAGUE AND LYRICAL, 8. GREATNESS AND KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SHE DIDN’T PROVIDE ANY LAWS FOR LOVE, BUT TIME IS REFLECTION, REFLECTION! AND AS A RESULT, IT’S PROBLEMATIC! EINSTEIN JOSETTE YECCH! EMERGING ALIVE REQUIRES— JOSETTE EINSTEIN I’m afraid you’re destined for equal parts fame and incomprehension. Step BUT TIME IS REFLECTION THANK YOU, MY DEAR FRIEND BESSO, BOTH into the future and see. TIME IS REFLECTION! FOR PUTTING ME IN MY PLACE. A MIRACLE! ENSEMBLE YOU PROVED THAT MY MIND LOVE CREATES DEPENDENCE, EINSTEIN & JOSETTE GREATNESS, ADULATION IS THE LIMITED KIND, AND MAKES YOU ABANDON SELF-RELIANCE. TIME IS REFLECTION AND SEEMS TO BRING US NEARER. CELEBRITY, ETERNAL ESTEEM! AND YOU MADE QUITE AN ELOQUENT CASE. THOUGH SOME HAVE APPLAUDED THE JOYS, TIME IS LIKE LIGHT, REFLECTING OFF A MIRROR. FULL-OUT APPROBATION, YOUR VIEWS ARE EXTENSIVE WE JUST WANT TO BE FREE OF THE NOISE, PRODUCING AN INFINITE NUMBER OF IMAGES. DEIFICATION, AND SO COMPREHENSIVE, SO WE CAN LOUNGE WITH THE BOYS INFINITE NUMBER OF IMAGES GLORY IN THE EXTREME. YOUR POINT IS UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE. AND CONQUER SCIENCE! INFINITE NUMBER OF IMAGES LUSTER, LUMINESCENCE, SUCCESSFUL ADVANCING IN LOVE AND ROMANCING INFINITE NUMBER OF IMAGES SUCH LOFTINESS REQUIRES A MORON LIKE YOU. INFINITE, INFINITE… WE CANNOT RECALL, REGRETTABLY LOVE ALLOWS NO MEASURE. AND SPLENDOR, EFFERVESCENCE, IT WEAKENS YOUR MIND AND SPOILS YOUR LEISURE. DISTILLER OF LIFE’S VERY ESSENCE, RESULTING IN OUR ACQUIESCENCE, IT’S ALL I’VE GOT WHY I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO. BECAUSE TIME GOES SLOWER, FOR CELEBRITY CONQUERS ALL! WHEN I SIT HOME ALONE AT NIGHT! I WON’T GIVE UP THIS CHERISHED MOMENT. WHEN WE MOVE FASTER, AND SINCE TIME IS MONEY, HILDA IT’S NOT SO SCARY, THAT’S THE ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW: THEN FAST MEANS WEALTHY. Professor, what difficult problem are you going to tackle next? TO ME IT’S CLEAR. I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO. EINSTEIN EINSTEIN SO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW ONLY LOVERS AND MOTHERS HANG ON SO TIGHT. I’m trying to figure out— Preparing my income tax return. Now that’s difficult! BEFORE I DISAPPEAR. WE’RE THE ONES WHOSE HEARTS ARE OVERFLOWING. THINGS GO THROUGH PHASES, BUT SOMETIMES I WONDER, CAN THIS BE RIGHT? JOSIE JOHANNES MY STOCK MAY SAG, BY KEEPING YOU HERE, IS IT LOVE THAT I’M SHOWING? THERE YOU STAND ON THE STREET. Professor Einstein! Why do the stars shift their positions during an eclipse? BUT I’LL KEEP SINGING, MY BEAUTIFUL CHILD, I APPROACH, MOVING FAST, EINSTEIN SWAYING AND SWINGING, IF I LET YOU GO FREE, AND YET RELATIVE TO ME So they can get a better view? I’LL JUST KEEP SINGING RETURN TO THE WORLD, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GO WHIZZING PAST. THE RELATIVITY RAG! KLAUSEN LET TIME START ONCE AGAIN, BUT WHEN I INCREASE MY SPEED, Professor, can you summarize your new theory? AS YOUR LIFE RUNS ITS COURSE, I AM HORRIFIED TO SEE WILL YOU COME HERE LIKE ME, THAT YOU START MOVING EINSTEIN 10. I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO CLUTCHING A DAUGHTER OF YOUR OWN? EVEN FASTER RELATIVE TO ME, Well, I like to think of it like this: an hour on a park bench with a pretty girl WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER seems like a minute, while a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour. AND SINCE TIME GOES SLOWER JOSETTE OF ALL THAT WE’VE SHARED? WHEN YOU MOVE FASTER, There is a place where time stands still. Raindrops hang motionless in air. MY SWEET LITTLE GIRL, I’M NOT PREPARED IT MEANS THAT WHILE I’M SPEEDING, Pendulums of clocks float mid-swing. As a traveler approaches this place FOR IF I EVER LET YOU GO. IT’S YOU WHO’S GAINING. 9. RELATIVITY RAG from any direction, she moves more and more slowly. Her heartbeats grow IT WILL BREAK MY HEART TO LOSE YOU, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MY LIFE farther apart, her breathing slackens and her thoughts diminish, until AND BE A MEMORY YOU’LL OUTGROW. WILL ALWAYS BE EINSTEIN she reaches dead center and stops. For this is the center of time. Here, BUT IF I DON’T, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HAUNTED BY THIS RECIPROCITY. I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT, mothers can hold on to their children forever. And lovers separated by some HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. NOW IF YOU’LL EXCUSE ME, I DON’T KNOW WHY. misfortune of fate can find their own pocket of time where their dreams will AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO LET YOU GO. AWAY I MUST FLEE IT MAKES ME WONDER, finally come true. TO MAKE MY TIME GO SLOWER THAN HIS. ARE THEY CRAZY OR AM I? MARTA IN A RELATIVE WAY, THAT IS. THEY CALL ME A GENIUS, MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL, BUT HAVE THEY READ 11. HIGH-SPEED MOTION EINSTEIN WITH SPARKLING EYES, DON’T YOU EVER STOP TO REST? OR UNDERSTOOD A SINGLE WORD YOU’LL NEVER STOP WEARING I EVER SAID? EINSTEIN READ A BOOK OR STEAL A KISS? THE SMILE YOU HAVE NOW. Excuse me? Excuse me! DOES QUICKEST ALWAYS COUNT AS BEST? I’VE BEEN EXALTED, YOU’LL NEVER GROW OLD, WHAT’S THE VALUE OF A WORLD LIKE THIS? KLAUSEN AND THAT SUFFICED. GET WRINKLES, LOOK TIRED, WHEN YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME TRYING NOT TO COLLIDE, LET ME GO, DON’T YOU KNOW THEN I WAS CALLED YOUR CHEEKS WILL RETAIN IS ANYBODY EVER SATISFIED? “THE GREATEST JEW SINCE JESUS CHRIST.” THEIR ROSY GLOW. I LOSE TIME IF I SLOW? AT FIRST IT’S PLEASANT, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW EVIL, MY COMPETITOR IS RACING JOHANNES THEN IT’S A DRAG, BAD LUCK OR DISGRACE, WHILE I CRAWL ADAGIO Is he crazy? SO I JUST KEEP SINGING NOT HERE IN THIS FROZEN EMBRACE. I CAN’T STAND HERE WASTING TIME, ENSEMBLE EINSTEIN SPOUTING PLEASANTRIES IN RHYME, THE RELATIVITY RAG. AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO. TIME GOES SLOWER TIME GOES SLOWER RELATIVITY, PURE RELATIVITY, OPPORTUNITIES ARE PRIME! AS WE MOVE FASTER, AS WE MOVE FASTER, I WILL HOLD YOU HERE FOREVER. DON’T YOU KNOW THAT MAKES ME WANNA DANCE. TIME IS STILL, BUT LOVE WILL GROW, SO IF WE LOSE MOMENTUM, I SEE THEM GAIN MOMENTUM WHY WON’T THE HUMAN RACE AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO. TIME GOES SLOWER, IT SPELLS DISASTER AS THEY GET FASTER AND FASTER. JUST GIVE ME HALF A CHANCE? AS WE MOVE FASTER, ENSEMBLE MY MARVELOUS CHILD, WHICH MEANS OUR LIVES LAST LONGER, THEY CALL ME BRILLIANT, SO TRUSTING, SO DEAR, AND AT NIGHTTIME WE DREAM BUT ARE THEY PREPARED IF WE KEEP MOVING. OF SPEED AND YOUTH, AS WE FLOAT IN TIME, THEN THE HANDS ON THE CLOCK TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE SEASONS PASS, THE YEARS FLY BY. IN OUR ENDLESS SEARCH “E EQUALS M C SQUARED?” AREN’T NEARLY AS QUICK, FOR ETERNAL TRUTH. YOU’RE SAFE IN MY ARMS. AND THE FASTER WE GO, IT’S PRETTY EXPLOSIVE, THERE’S NOTHING TO FEAR. SO WE CAN’T RISK EVEN A SECOND’S DELAY, BUT I WON’T BRAG. THE SLOWER THEY TICK, EXCUSE ME, OUT OF MY WAY! JUST COMFORT AND WARMTH YOU’LL ALWAYS KNOW. AND THE LONGER WE LIVE, I’LL JUST SIT QUIETLY AND SING I’LL NEVER RELEASE YOU, THE RELATIVITY RAG. THE MORE WE GET DONE, I’LL HOLD FAST TO YOUR HAND. THEN THE RICHER WE’LL BE, RELATIVITY, PURE RELATIVITY, AND SOMEDAY, MY CHILD, YOU’LL UNDERSTAND WHICH IS WHY I MUST RUN KEEPS MY SPIRITS BRIGHT! ALEXANDRA SILBER, ZAL OWEN, TALIA COSENTINO & TESS PRIMACK 12. I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM 14. IF YOU WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK AND APPARENTLY I’M A STOCKBROKER. JOSETTE HAVING NO RECENT MEMORY OF THE MARKET ONLY MEMORY AND HABIT KLAUSEN JOHANNES HAS PRODUCED SOME TRULY EXCELLENT INVESTMENTS. BOTH I’LL SIT BY MYSELF EATING DINNER, WHY ARE WE HERE, HILDA TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF LUST! THE SAME AS I USUALLY DO. WILL SOMEONE REMIND ME? HAPPY TO HEAR IT. JOSETTE & EINSTEIN HILDA & JOHANNES I’VE LIVED ALONE FOR SO LONG NOW, WHY ARE WE HERE? HILDA IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST WE GET TREMOR-Y BUT THE TABLE’S SET FOR TWO. IF YOU’LL WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK. JOHANNES TIME FOR LOVE TEN YEARS AGO, MY FATHER SAT WITH ME, IT SAYS HERE A PROFESSOR EINSTEIN IF YOU WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK! WHEN YOU CAN’T REMEMBER IN THIS WORLD ALWAYS ALOOF AND WITHDRAWN. IS COMING TO SPEAK ON THE LAST TIME WITH NO MEMORY I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM. BOTH HIS THEORY OF RELATIVITY. GOING HOME IS LIFE MAKES ONLY AND NOW MY FATHER IS GONE. WE GET TREMOR-Y JOHANNES IN THIS WORLD WITH NO MEMORY. OUR FAVORITE PASTIME PARTIAL SENSE WE’D SIT EVERY EVENING IN SILENCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, WHAT’S YOUR NAME? LIFE MAKES ONLY PARTIAL SENSE FOR YOU NEVER KNOW KNOWING ONLY THE JUST EATING AND QUENCHING OUR THIRST. KNOWING ONLY THE PRESENT TENSE. WHAT QUITE PRESENT TENSE I HOPED ONE OF US WOULD SAY SOMETHING, HILDA RESULTS ARE VARIOUS, ATTRACTIVE STRANGER RESULTS ARE AND THAT HE WOULD SAY IT FIRST. IF YOU’LL WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK. WHEN YOUR SENSE OF SELF IS THIS PRECARIOUS, MIGHT BE THERE VARIOUS, HE READ HIS BOOK AND SOMETIMES HE NODDED. IT’S HILDA. AND I’M A— STILL THERE IS ONE POSITIVE THING WE’LL SAY, AND YOU BURN WHEN YOUR SENSE THAT’S ALL I KNEW OF THE MAN. WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK, WE GET TO KEEP MEETING NEW AND INTERESTING PEOPLE EVERY DAY. AS WE DID LONG AGO OF SELF I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM, I’M A BOOKKEEPER AND RECEPTIONIST, SO IT’S NEVER COMPARE AND NOW I NO LONGER CAN. AND I WORK IN AN OFFICE ON LAUPENSTRASSE. AND CONTRAST TIME IS THIS PRECARIOUS SO I KEEP IT ALL SET WITH THE GLASSES AND PLATES. JOHANNES THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THERE IS ONE I KEEP IT UNTIL ALL THE SADNESS ABATES. HAPPY TO MEET YOU, 15. IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME FOR LOVE YOUR PARTNER POSITIVE ASPECT THINGS WILL REMAIN AS THEY WERE THAT LAST NIGHT. YOUR NAME AGAIN? IS SOMEONE YOU’VE NOTHING ELSE I CAN THINK OF SEEMS RIGHT. EINSTEIN BEEN DREAMING OF I’VE BEEN THINKING OF HILDA I’ve never beheld such beauty. BESSO IF YOU WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK! WHEN IT’S ALWAYS IT’S ALWAYS JOSETTE THE FIRST TIME THE FIRST TIME I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE TRAPPED BY THE PAST, I GET TREMOR-Y I’m aching to hold you close. FOR BETTER OR WORSE TIME FOR BETTER OR WORSE TIME I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE SORROWS THAT LAST. IN THIS WORLD WITH NO MEMORY. IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME AND THOUGH TO ESCAPE FROM MY FATHER I TRIED, LIFE MAKES ONLY PARTIAL SENSE EINSTEIN & JOSETTE FOR LOVE! FOR LOVE! HE’S BEEN WITH ME EACH DAY SINCE HE DIED. KNOWING ONLY THE PRESENT TENSE. IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME FOR LOVE RESULTS ARE VARIOUS, WHEN YOU CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME. KLAUSEN & BESSO I THINK OF THE YEARS HE WAS WITH ME, WHEN YOUR SENSE OF SELF IS THIS PRECARIOUS, EINSTEIN I LOOK BACK AND TRY TO RECALL STILL THERE IS ONE POSITIVE THING I’LL SAY, GOING HOME IS MY FAVORITE PASTIME, 16. SIGNPOSTS OF TIME SOME CLOSENESS, SOME SIGN OF AFFECTION, I GET TO KEEP MEETING NEW AND INTERESTEING PEOPLE EVERY DAY. FOR YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT QUITE ATTRACTIVE HILDA IF HE NOTICED ME AT ALL. JOHANNES STRANGER MIGHT BE THERE. IN THIS WORLD, TIME IS A VISIBLE DIMENSION. PARDON ME, MA’AM, ONCE IN AWHILE, THE WORDS FORMED INSIDE ME, JOSETTE IN THIS WORLD, THE FUTURE IS A MATTER OF INTENTION. I COULDN’T HELP NOTICING, ONLY FOR ME TO IGNORE, AND YOU BURN AS YOU DID LONG AGO, JUST AS ONE MAY LOOK OFF IN THE DISTANCE, YOU CARRY A RECORD OF YOUR LIFE. I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM, IT’S NO LONGER COMPARE AND CONTRAST TIME AND SEE LANDMARKS IN SPACE, WHAT A GREAT IDEA, I NEVER TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM, LAKES TO SWIM AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO CLIMB, IT’S SOMETHING I SHOULD TRY FOR MYSELF. EINSTEIN AND NOW I CAN’T ANYMORE, NOT A PERSON YOU’RE USED TO ONE MAY LOOK IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND NOW I CAN’T ANYMORE. HILDA BUT SOMEONE YOU’VE BEEN DREAMING OF. AND SEE BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATH, WHAT’S THAT THING THAT YOU’RE HOLDING? THESE ARE THE SIGNPOSTS OF TIME. BOTH JOHANNES WHEN IT’S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME FOR LOVE. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STAY IN THE COMFORT OF THE PRESENT I DON’T KNOW, BUT YOU MIGHT DECIDE SOME SPOT A FEW YEARS LATER 13. ARE YOU THERE? (REPRISE) EINSTEIN BUT IF YOU WAIT ONE MOMENT, I’LL CHECK! LOOKS MORE PLEASANT I CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOU HOME. WELL, IT LOOKS TO ME, LIKE IT’S A RECORD TAKE A STEP TOWARDS YOUR DESIRE EINSTEIN SOON OUR CLOTHES WILL ALL BE SHED. ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OF SOMEBODY’S LIFE! GATHER SPEED AND RACE AHEAD, I NEED YOU! POSSIBLY MINE. JOSETTE THEN SOON THE CLOCK OF DESTINY WILL CHIME. DOES MY VOICE REACH YOUR EARS FROM AFAR? HILDA DO YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE KIDS? YOU’LL EXULT AS YOU LEAP TO THE FUTURE WHEN I HOLD OUT MY HAND, READ SOME AND SEE. EINSTEIN BUT YOU’RE THAT MUCH CLOSER TO DEATH, I CAN FEEL THAT YOU’RE NEAR ME, LURED BY THE SIGNPOSTS OF TIME. JOHANNES WELL, WE’LL SEND THEM RIGHT TO BED. BUT I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU… IT SAYS HERE THAT MY NAME’S JOHANNES, I’M SO PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOUR LIBIDO’S ROBUST. I KNOW FROM WHENCE I SPEAK AND SO I SAY, THINK HARD BEFORE YOU WISH YOUR LIFE AWAY. STACIA FERNANDEZ, TESS PRIMACK, ZAL OWEN & LISA HELMI JOHANSON 17. FITFUL GLIMPSES (REPRISE) convened a board to thoroughly investigate the possibilities of your sugges- ENSEMBLE 21. EINSTEIN’S DREAMS tion regarding the element uranium. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! JOSIE & JOSETTE EINSTEIN NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! EINSTEIN TIME GIVES FITFUL GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE. I made one great mistake in my life—when I signed that letter to President RELATIVITY OF THEORY I understand now. You came here to reveal yourself to me. And you’re more AND ONCE A PERSON HAS SEEN WHAT LIES AHEAD, Roosevelt advocating that the bomb be built. RELATIVITY OF THEORY beautiful than I could ever have imagined. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! PLANS ABRUPTLY CHANGE, JOSETTE THERE ARE BRAND NEW OPPORTUNITIES. DRAIN THE DOWN GO REASON AND RHYME. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME TEASES AND TIME CARESSES. ENSEMBLE 19. SIGNPOSTS TRANSITION (Instrumental) NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS SHE FRUSTRATES AND THEN ACQUIESCES. WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS… HER EXISTENCE LACKS PROOF LEARN TO SUBMIT TO THEIR FATE. BUT SHE’S NOT AS ALOOF AS SHE SEEMS. ANNA TIME RACES AND CAUSES YOU WORRY, JOSIE 20. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME BABY NEW YOUR ON CONGRATULATIONS! One must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. THEN LAGS WHEN YOU WANT HER TO HURRY, CONGRATULATIONS! JUST LIKE THE WOMAN IN EINSTEIN’S DREAMS. EINSTEIN YOU UPON BLESSINGS. Thank you. But how did I get to 1921? We were just in 1945! DIFFICULT WAS LABOR EINSTEIN’S DREAMS HOLD ALL OF HER SECRETS, 18. LETTER TO ROOSEVELT BUT JOY OF BUNDLE YOUR AT LOOK. AND ONLY THE RIGHT ONE COULD SORT THEM THROUGH. JOSIE SHE PLAYS MORE THAN THE ROLE THAT’S ASSIGNED HER, Didn’t you say that once you reach the speed of light, time stops? MILEVA AND THOUGH MANY HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND HER, EINSTEIN PREGNANT MONTHS SEVEN AM I! SHE HAS BEEN WAITING AN ETERNITY FOR YOU. MR. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, EINSTEIN Yes. PREGNANT MONTHS SEVEN AM I! PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BABY NEW AFFORD WE WILL HOW? TIME IS SELFISH, AND TIME’S DEFERENTIAL, THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C. JOSIE JOB PAYING BETTER MUCH GET MUST YOU. ALL-CONSUMING AND INCONSEQUENTIAL. THERE’S BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN DEAR SIR, It follows then, that if you go faster than the speed of light, time begins to ENSEMBLE AS SHE DRIVES YOU INSANE WITH HER SCHEMES. IT IS MY DUTY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION move backwards. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS— HER ADDICTIVENESS ONLY WILL WORSEN, THE FOLLOWING FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: EINSTEIN MILEVA YOU RESPOND AS IF SHE WERE A PERSON, IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, WE’VE LEARNED Time is moving backwards now? MAYBE THE WOMAN IN EINSTEIN’S DREAMS. THAT IT SOON MAY BE POSSIBLE PREGNANT MONTHS SIX AM I! JOSIE ENSEMBLE EINSTEIN’S DREAMS SHOW TIME IN FULL FLOWER. EINSTEIN & ENSEMBLE Now backwards moving is time! SHE MAKES INSINUATIONS YOU’RE OBLIGED TO PURSUE, TO START A NUCLEAR CHAIN REACTION NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS— ENSEMBLE BUT SO FEW HAVE THE RATIONAL ASSETS MILEVA EINSTEIN NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! TO APPRECIATE ALL OF HER FACETS, PREGNANT MONTHS FIVE AM I! IN A MASS OF URANIUM, NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! WHICH IS WHY EINSTEIN’S DREAMS HAPPEN ONLY TO YOU. BY WHICH VAST AMOUNTS OF POWER RELATIVITY OF THEORY YOUR THANKS TO. ENSEMBLE EINSTEIN AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF NEW ELEMENTS NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS— I SEE THE VAST, CHANGING POWER OF TIME. WOULD BE GENERATED. NOW BACKWARDS MOVING IS TIME! MILEVA I BASK IN YOUR GLORY, LIFE YOUR OF HIGHLIGHTS RETRACE LET’S. EINSTEIN & ENSEMBLE FOUR AM I, YOU REACHED THROUGH SPACE AND SEIZED MY SOUL, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT EXTREMELY POWERFUL BOMBS JOHANNES THREE AM I, AND NEVER LET ME GO. OF A NEW TYPE MAY BE THUS CONSTRUCTED. ASTRONOMER AN AM I, TWO AM I, AND WHEN I GRASPED JUST ONE HOUR OF TIME, ASTRONOMER AN AM I, ONE AM I! IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION I KNEW THE WHOLE STORY: PREDICTIONS YOUR CONFIRMED HAVE I! ALBERT, TO ME MAKE LOVE WANT YOU TO I! YOU MAY WELL THINK IT DESIRABLE YOU DEFINE OUR LIVES AND PUSH US TO EXTREMES. FAMOUS VERY BECOME NOW WILL YOU. TO HAVE SOME PERMANENT CONTACT MAINTAINED KLAUSEN OR SO IT SEEMS. BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE GROUP MILEVA WIFE AND MAN YOU PRONOUNCE NOW I. JOSETTE EINSTEIN OF PHYSICISTS WORKING ON CHAIN REACTIONS IN AMERICA. Albert! MILEVA EINSTEIN’S DREAMS IN EINSTEIN’S DREAMS EINSTEIN EINSTEIN MARRIED GET SHOULD WE HOLD ALL OF MY SECRETS I BASK IN YOUR GLORY GERMANY HAS ACTUALLY STOPPED EXPORTING URANIUM. Mileva! THOUGH EVEN PARENTS YOUR HATE ME. I KNEW YOU WERE YOU REACHED THROUGH AT THE KAISER WILHELM INSTITUTE IN BERLIN, MILEVA You’re Albert Einstein, aren’t you? My name is Mileva. I’m a first year student THE RIGHT ONE SPACE AND TIME MUCH OF THE AMERICAN WORK NOW YOU DIVORCING AM I! here too. In fact, I’m the only female student at the Polytechnic. I’ve heard so TO SORT THEM THROUGH AND NEVER LET ME GO. IS NOW BEING REPEATED. NOW YOU DIVORCING AM I! much about you, and we share the same field. Would you like to join me for YOU’VE PLAYED MORE YOU INVADED SINCERELY YOURS, JERK TO ME BEEN ALWAYS HAVE YOU. a cup of coffee? THAN THE ROLE MY SOUL ALBERT EINSTEIN. MEALS ALL THREE BRING YOU MADE ME I ASSIGNED YOU THE WHOLE BED IN ALWAYS. AND REWARDED TIME ROOSEVELT MY JOURNEY TO FIND YOU I WAS TRYING TO FIND YOU Dear Professor Einstein, I have found this letter of such import that I have NOW SORRY WHO’S? EVERYTHING YOU FOR TAKE GOING TO I’M! BOTH THAT’S WHY I’VE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING JUST FOR YOU!

22. I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO (REPRISE)

JOSETTE Albert, you’ve touched me more deeply than you will ever know. Which is why it’s more important than ever that we say good-bye. EINSTEIN It’s up to me to reveal your secrets to the world. Even if it means losing you. JOSETTE But you’re not losing me, not really. Whenever you contemplate time or discover love, I’ll be there. EINSTEIN & JOSETTE FOR IF I EVER LET YOU GO. IT WILL BREAK MY HEART TO LOSE YOU, AND BE A MEMORY YOU’LL OUTGROW. BUT IF I DON’T, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. EINSTEIN AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO LET YOU GO.

23. BOWS (Instrumental)

LISA HELMI JOHANSON & STACIA FERNANDEZ

ZAL OWEN & ALEXANDRA SILBER Recording Produced by TIM PEIERLS and JOSHUA ROSENBLUM Recorded at Sear Sound, NYC, February 2, 2020 Chief Engineer: CHRIS ALLEN Engineer: GRANT VALENTINE Assistant Engineer: HENRY BAKER Additional recording at Kilgore Sound & Recording, NYC, February 20, 2020 Engineer: JOHN KILGORE Edited and Mixed by TIM PEIERLS Mixed and Mastered by MICHAEL J. MORITZ JR. Mixed and Mastered at Kontinuous Jams Studios, a division of Moritz Worldwide, Inc For Moritz Worldwide, Inc Engineers: BRANDON LEOWITT, LAKE BAUM, BILLY LAGUARDIA, KHALED TABBARA, KATIANNE TIMKO Legal: MATT STEVENS Production Photos: RICHARD TERMINE Logo Graphic: ALAN BUTTAR Package Design: ROBBIE ROZELLE

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Einstein’s Dreams was first produced in the United States by the Prospect Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters, opening Off-Broadway on November 20, 2019.

Premiere production sponsored by The Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund. Additional funding provided by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Einstein’s Dreams was originally commissioned and developed on behalf of the CUNY Graduate Center by Brian Schwartz and Linda B. Merman.

This recording made possible by a generous donation from THE TED & MARY JO SHEN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND.

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