←Recommendations of Cabana Boy

In "Cabana Boy" Mr. Williams has given us a quick, breezy romantic comedy for our modern-day world. The plot centers around a love triangle...or maybe it's a love quadrangle? Read and find out for yourself! There are good acting opportunities for four people and any scene designer would delight at the possibilities.

I'll grant you that the title sounds like a racy sex romp, but Cabana Boy is a beautifully done gay coming of age tale. The first scene ends with a line forecasting untoward machinations. The last scene provides a warm closure of contentment. And I, as a lighting designer, would love to do this play with the amber haze of seaside sunsets off left doing battle with the hotel's harsh mercury lights from off right. Thanks Philip Middleton Williams for yet another fine play.

I applaud Mr. Williams for this engrossing and entertaining play, with characters we care about, and attention to detail. This is a play that should have a fine future and deserves a production! A truly enjoyable read.

When Mitch has his first sexual experience with another man, one who is more worldly and experienced but is also married and deeply closeted, both of them face choices that will fundamentally change their lives. Williams handles this material with his usual deftness and the result is an excellent play with three-dimensional characters the audience will care about. Bravo!