A contemporary comedy of manners about the things we keep from the people we love. From the Top examines(roughly) the same half-hour from three different perspectives as the characters prepare to leave for a special event. In Act One, young actor Edmund arrives with his new boyfriend, Paddy, seeking a private moment with his mentor, Brandon, a highly regarded theater director. His efforts are inexplicably blocked by Irene and Calvin, an actress-playwright couple. In Act Two, moments before Edmund and Paddy’s arrival, Irene tries to break up with a `bewildered Calvin. They discreetly negotiate the chaos going on around them, ultimately confronting the fate of their relationship. In Act Three, starting moments earlier than the previous act, Brandon welcomes Irene and Calvin, and soon the reasons for his sudden reclusiveness and their madcap efforts to hold Edmund at bay become heartbreakingly clear.