DECEMBER 2010 W(ill) sees M(ikhaela) perform in short plays written by children, and is charmed. DECEMBER 2015 M sees W perform in a short play as a neurotic hitman. They talk for the first time. DECEMBER 2016 W & M sit next to each other in the audience risers of Ensemble Studio Theatre and watch their friends dance to George Michael's "Careless Whisper" at a New Year's Eve party. NOT-DECEMBER 2017 M directs a scene from Brecht's Galileo for grad school and asks W to act in it. They get to know each other on train rides as they commute between Brooklyn and Columbia University for rehearsals. After the performance, they meet up for coffee and crossword puzzles a few times, strictly daytime stuff. Then W asks if M wants to get a drink. She has tickets to an 8pm show, so W lies and says he'll be up late. He takes a nap, and then they meet up at 10:30pm on Cortelyou Road. W & M chat over a delicious cheese plate, and don't stop chatting or eating cheese from then on. DECEMBER 2022 W & M get married.