AFTERMATH

by William Ivor Fowkes

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (90 MINUTES). After the collapse of their respective marriages, two newly-out gay fathers who live in the same town embark on a challenging relationship. In the aftermath of divorce, and still mourning the death of his best friend and male lover of many years, Graham is juggling his new identity, his relationship with an ex-wife who can’t make sense of what happened, his desire to come out to...

FULL-LENGTH PLAY (90 MINUTES). After the collapse of their respective marriages, two newly-out gay fathers who live in the same town embark on a challenging relationship. In the aftermath of divorce, and still mourning the death of his best friend and male lover of many years, Graham is juggling his new identity, his relationship with an ex-wife who can’t make sense of what happened, his desire to come out to his young sons despite her objections, and the news that she is already getting remarried. Chip Miller faces similar challenges, although the end of his marriage is much more explosive and public—the result of a gay sex scandal splashed across the front page of the tabloids—and his family has moved away after the embarrassment of the scandal. While their common circumstances and mutual attraction bring Graham and Chip together, their very different histories and conflicting approaches to navigating their new gay lives diminish their chances for success as a couple. AFTERMATH is about trying to create a new life after your old one is snatched away from you.

AFTERMATH is a “standalone” play that may be performed on its own or together with the other two plays (ROOMMATES and MARRIAGE) that make up THE BRONXVILLE TRILOGY, or Marriages of Inconvenience. (AFTERMATH is the third play in the trilogy and includes a PROLOGUE and an EPILOGUE when performed with the other two plays.)

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AFTERMATH

Character Information

  • ACTOR #1: Graham Walker
    Investment banker from Westport, CT. Articulate and intense.
    Character Age
    Starts at age 40; ends at 48
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • ACTOR #2: Chip Miller
    Senior executive at a packaged goods company. Handsome.
    Character Age
    He ages from 34 to 42.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • ACTOR #3: Dan Carlsen; James
    Dan Carlsen – Lawyer from Fargo, ND. Athletic and boyish.
    James – Flirtatious young gay man.
    Character Age
    Dan Carlsen—age 40, then 44. James—starts at age 22; ends at 24.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • ACTOR #4: Kitty Walker
    A book editor, then a stay-at-home mom. Attractive and shy.
    Character Age
    Starts at age 37; ends at 44.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • ACTOR #5: Debbie Carlsen; Brenda Heckenkamp
    Debbie Carlsen - Advertising account exec, then a stay-at-home mom. Preppy. Funny & chatty.
    Brenda Heckenkamp – Nosy neighbor with a secret.
    Character Age
    Debbie Carlsen—starts at age 37; ends at 44. Brenda Heckenkamp—46.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • ACTOR #6: Sally Miller + Voice of Emcee.
    Sally Miller - Chip’s wife. Good at taking charge of things.
    Character Age
    Starts at age 34; ends at 40.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race or Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Female