A Pause in the Infinite: Studies in Stillness and Duration
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 31 2026
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.07 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A Pause in the Infinite is a minimalist theatrical work composed of stillness, fragmentation, and suspended time. Structured as a sequence of quiet encounters rather than a conventional narrative, the play examines what occurs when motion halts and choice becomes indeterminate.
Set within an abstracted space of thresholds and interruptions, the work stages moments of waiting, divergence, and incomplete resolution. Language appears sparingly, often as interruption rather than explanation. Silence functions as a primary dramatic force, shaping tension, perception, and meaning. Characters are less psychological agents than positions within a structure-presences subjected to constraint, uncertainty, and limited degrees of freedom.
The play draws on traditions of absurdist theatre, phenomenology, and post-dramatic performance, while remaining rigorously spare and stage-practical. Rather than resolving paradox, A Pause in the Infinite sustains it, allowing the audience to experience time not as progression but as pressure.
Intended for performance, study, and discussion, the work is well suited to university theatre programs, philosophy and performance studies courses, and readers interested in contemporary experimental drama. A Pause in the Infinite is part of The Infinity Theatre, a larger body of theatrical works that explore structure, constraint, and the expressive potential of minimal form.
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