Full-length play
A Series of 3 Full-Length Plays by
William Ivor Fowkes
- Part One: Roommates
- Part Two: Marriage
- Part Three: Aftermath
Three married men pay the price for leading double lives in a time of social change.
THE BRONXVILLE TRILOGY presents stories of three married couples whose husbands are closeted gay men. The setting is Bronxville, an affluent suburb in New York's Westchester County. The time is primarily 1971 to 2000, a time of sweeping changes for gay people.
In Part One (ROOMMATES), Graham
Walker and Dan Carlsen--two best
friends and lovers since college--struggle
with their desire to be together in a world
where marriage to women is the
unquestioned norm, and the AIDS
epidemic makes living out of the closet
a frightening option.
In Part Two (MARRIAGE), Chip
Miller--a college student on the verge
of committing suicide because he
fears he might be gay--decides to
marry his girlfriend instead.
In Part Three (AFTERMATH),
newly-out Graham and Chip Miller
embark on a challenging relationship
after their marriages fall apart.
LENGTH: 4 hours 30 minutes (Each part is approximately 90 minutes long.)
CAST: 4M, 3F
SETTING: Sissinghurst Castle, England; New Haven, CT; Manhattan; Bronxville, NY; The White House; Cornell University; Boothbay Harbor, ME; Montclair, NJ; Provincetown, MA.
TIME: 1862-2066