Spoilers ahead:
Theme: Expansion in the sort of literal sense, of entering a black hole, and you know what? It haunts the piece. I get it. Nice.
Story: I carry some confusion with these memory issues. Is that early onset dementia for Nova? Al wrote the note in the music player? Why aren't they at home? Why do they have so much memory issues-- just constant drinking? Where is this happening?
Overall a poignant brief piece, but some of the framing and elements that arose left me with questions. Is it supposed to be as nova wanted? that they keep looping but sometimes they remember and notes are left behind? but how would those persist? Hard to reconcile those, for me.
Presentation: The music really hit the vibes. Liked the custom art throughout. I think those did great, but I had a personal major gripe with the first person narration being attributed to Nova's dialogue boxes. That felt against form to me. I don't think you'd have that in a play unless it's like actual though, and these were more like voice-over action, which don't belong there, and that was very distracting to me because it carries through the whole piece.
You also made the (mostly) one room set work quite well with the conceit, which was another boon.
Creativity: I like your choice to go with the poignant end of life via black hole approach, a low-key concern at the back of a lot of classic sci-fi.
Overall Thoughts: Overall, well done. My major gripes were your narrative "formatting", and the mysteries you set up that I don't think have adequate time to explore and lead to more questions. "The Philospoher" turning out to be dead? Sure. The notes? Are those dementia? Are they actually older than they think they are? Is it another death? Too much drinking?
I think they pull away from your message just a bit, albeit not in a way that super harms the piece, but in a way that is visible.
Congrats! I think you did a fantastic job overall.