Written 1997-2008
Cast of four (Three male, one female)
Faced with demanding relationships and difficult ambitions, Buddy Starlight and Lisa Martinez are struggling to keep their heads above water. Their only hope, they soon find out, lies in each other; but to keep this hope alive, both of them must come to terms with their dangerous desires and appetites: appetites that have come to define their identities, but that also threaten to tear them apart.
This was, in fact, the second full-length I wrote, in the late 1990’s. I put it aside for awhile, then came back to it after a fight with a girlfriend – somehow our dynamic brought the play back to me. I had the pleasure of working on it further at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in 2004, then saw it produced at Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep in 2008. Part of me is a little embarrassed by it – it’s earnest in its way, and straightforward. I couldn’t write it now, but I’m glad I did.