I Am Saying This Right Now

Our memories are stored in objects—snapshots, heirlooms, souvenirs—and they have an uncanny power both to summon the past and to embody its irrevocable loss. This poignant fact underlies Kaitlin Byrd’s collage of sounds and vignettes based on the memories and audio recordings of a group of 13 credited writers. Codirectors Paul Kastner and Kim Miller haven’t given much thought to the script’s visual possibilities, beyond a half-hearted promenade staging through three rooms of the Berger Park Cultural Center in Edgewater. Aurally, though, the show is haunting, touching and true.