The Kiss

Joanne is a free spirit who’s worked as a circus aerialist and a touring theatre performer, and her new Argentinian boyfriend (and ESL student) Alejandro is somewhat the opposite – clean cut, responsible and stable. When Joanne invites him to … Continue reading →
Keith is 22, and is the artistic director of a professional theatre company in Wilmington, DE. He loves being accessible to his audiences, and after a performance of one of the plays, a minister of a local church (“Scruffy,” Keith … Continue reading →
Paul is working at a boarding school in Switzerland, and one summer day, smokes pot with a new friend, Adam, out in the woods. Paul starts to feel a flushed giddiness that he equates with the beginnings of romance — … Continue reading →
Javier grows up in Puerto Rico on an American consulate base, frustrated by teachers who don’t understand how bilingual and bicultural he is. As he grows up and spends his graduate school years in Michigan, he feels both trapped between … Continue reading →
Ian is 10 years old, and a nerdy, “fey” kid, when his father wakes him up at 4am one day to take him deer hunting. Ian has the sense that this trip is his father’s attempt to instill him with … Continue reading →
Michael is 28 years old, living in NYC, and penniless after having invested everything he had in making his first indie film. After desperately searching the job ads, he gets an interview with a gay phone sex line, which is … Continue reading →
Ryan has been taking improv and acting classes to try to challenge himself to be more outgoing, spontaneous and adventurous. One night, he’s out with some guy friends, and they end up going into a gay bar. There’s a dance … Continue reading →
David has had Crohn’s Disease for years, which is now manageable thanks to medication and life adjustments, but he still has to be very conscious when he goes out about knowing where a restroom is, and, sometimes, making a very … Continue reading →
Tara grew up a working class kid in Queens, dividing her time between her divorced parents — one side Italian, one side Irish. She had tough street smarts, and, at the same time, a secret love for literature, especially Shakespeare. … Continue reading →
As a college student, Patrick was obsessed with masturbating. Then one day, his masturbation session in his dorm room was interrupted by Mayor R.T. Rybak, barging into dorm rooms to shake hands and discuss his bid for re-election.
It’s 2010, and Hank is living in NYC post grad school, and is in deep credit card debt. He becomes friends with a fellow actor, Walter, who’s so broke he’s living in his van. Hank invites Walter to be his … Continue reading →
After attending the birthday party of a guy he’s crushed out on, Greg takes a walk through Tompkins Square Park, intending to enjoy some solitude, then find dinner, then go home. When he goes to leave the park at about … Continue reading →
John does a gay Craigslist hook-up, and agrees to go to the ad-placer’s home. The man tells him, right before John leaves, that he’s a little person. John’s irritated that this man wasn’t more forthcoming prior to this, but feels … Continue reading →