←Recommendations of Happy Together

A passionate and engaging tale as a ménage à trois immerses and intimacy is explored. Well done.

I watched a reading of this play last night as part of Imprint Theatreworks' First Impressions Festival! This was such a beautifully tragic piece that begs to be performed on stage in full. There is poetry in the language and it feels like such a fun challenge to be able to craft a second character with another actor so you both can portray that character accurately... Cannot overstate how much I enjoyed this piece!

I was lucky enough to watch this live as part of Imprint Theatreworks' First Impressions Festival last night. Franky Gonzalez has created a work that is experimental... but not as a gimmick; as a truly character-driven, thematically grounded choice. Two actors play WOMAN and MAN, and they both share the part of the CUCKOLD. I've never seen anything like this before and I was a little nervous I would have trouble following it, but I shouldn't have worried-- all three of the characters are fully formed and easily identified in each scene. I also love the poetic dialogue!! Bravo!

This play is a knife fight in a tight corner; Intimate and Harrowing. Gonzalez’s characters are deceptively simple yet contain multitudes. This is further emphasized by the split casting of the Cuckold which in and of itself is a stroke of pure genius.

A wonderfully bizarre and dramatic play with wonderful roles for two actors each doubling as one other character which adds so much! I also appreciate the tone and spareness of the play reminiscent of Duras or Hemingway taking place in some far away country full of beaches, cafes, and whispers. The play also seems to have a conscience - well done!

What a refreshing and daring take on the menage a trois story. I love the poetry and passion of Gonzalez’s dialogue and action and his reimagining of the three central characters in this age old story and the merging together of the characters. I am blown away by the execution and love how it plays out in so many inexpected ways. This would make a great play to see live. Other writers should add this play to your reading list and theatres please add this play to your season soon!!!

Interludes of passion inspire deep, critical, abstracted reflection, not quite subjective, not quite objective, because the process has you undergoing the journey all over again, and the couple in Gonzalez's 'Happy Together' do just that, simultaneously, however, as a remembrance, cataclysm, and presentation. Actress and actor are tasked with two roles each, one which they share, and the possibilities in performance coupled with the minimalist set design suggest a dark, haunting, hypnotic, mesmeric evening of pure, fundamental theatre. The story streams with such moments of mounting desperation, intensity, silence, tension, and vulnerability, that performers will have to give themselves over.