A tender-hearted play that straddles the line between romantic comedy and politically-aware drama, and that possesses a layer of nuance due to its exploration of social circumstances it arises out of. The conversations about marriage equality and the differing relationships each character has towards it (due to generational difference, politics, personal history, etc.) are complex and well-articulated. Dawkins also writes these characters in hilarious and human fashion, mining humor from their natural interactions rather than contrived jokes. Alongside the humor is a dose of beauty and some subtle magic that centers mostly on David and Benoit's touching interactions. Lovely!

I had the opportunity of seeing this intelligent, sexy play produced by The Jungle in Minneapolis in 2016. This play perfectly captures through the character of David that generation of gay men who can't get enthusiastic about marriage equality. He questions that hetero-normative institution -- and, unsurprisingly, so do many his age ( is it necessary? is it worth it?) -- and it gets really complicated soon after meeting a beautiful guy from Quebec. A complicated character-study of a gay-man, the first of full length that I know of that tackles this marriage issue with such complexity.