ATTACHMENT by William Ivor Fowkes

FULL-LENGTH 2-PERSON PLAY (95 MINUTES). Brian Leary, 47, a senior corporate executive in the process of coming out and divorcing his wife, meets Curtis Leary, 22, a recent college graduate, and embarks on an intense and rocky intergenerational love affair. As a newcomer to the gay scene, Brian is unsure what to make of Curtis’s mercurial behavior. For his part, Curtis has mastered the art of charming and...
FULL-LENGTH 2-PERSON PLAY (95 MINUTES). Brian Leary, 47, a senior corporate executive in the process of coming out and divorcing his wife, meets Curtis Leary, 22, a recent college graduate, and embarks on an intense and rocky intergenerational love affair. As a newcomer to the gay scene, Brian is unsure what to make of Curtis’s mercurial behavior. For his part, Curtis has mastered the art of charming and attracting other men but keeps undermining his own need for intimacy. This play is a study of the addiction that sometimes masquerades as love.

ATTACHMENT is available on NPX in both a stage version and a Zoom version. This is the STAGE version.
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Character Information

  • Brian Fields
    47,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    The head of Public Relations for the Celebrity Magazine Group. Separated from his wife, but not yet divorced. Gay, but just coming out. One son. Fascinated by the new world he’s entering, but naïve about how to act.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      40s, 50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • Curtis Leary
    22,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    Recent college graduate. Works as a receptionist and assistant at Superior Models, an agency, while figuring out what to do with his life. Charming and sexy, but mercurial and manipulative. Many men are attracted to him, but he doesn’t always handle their attentions well.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male