Chasing Happy by
Chasing Happy is a modern comedy about personal identity, intense love, raucous sex and the elusive chase for happiness.
Nick, a still handsome and successful architect in his early fifties, has a quick infatuation with Sergio, a sexy, Brazilian man half his age. Since his former lover’s tragic death ten years earlier, Nick feels that all men he’s met are mostly interested in John and the much...
Nick, a still handsome and successful architect in his early fifties, has a quick infatuation with Sergio, a sexy, Brazilian man half his age. Since his former lover’s tragic death ten years earlier, Nick feels that all men he’s met are mostly interested in John and the much...
Chasing Happy is a modern comedy about personal identity, intense love, raucous sex and the elusive chase for happiness.
Nick, a still handsome and successful architect in his early fifties, has a quick infatuation with Sergio, a sexy, Brazilian man half his age. Since his former lover’s tragic death ten years earlier, Nick feels that all men he’s met are mostly interested in John and the much acclaimed book he wrote before his murder. But young, carefree Sergio doesn’t care about Nick’s past and lives every day in the moment. Nick has convinced himself that Sergio is his last chance at finding true love (or is it just lust?) and wants nothing to come in the way of his happiness . . . not even Rob, Sergio’s overbearing, controlling boyfriend who refuses to let go of Sergio without a fight. Nor Helen, Nick’s very British ex-wife and best friend who needs Nick’s help and support to get over a health crisis. Nor his eccentric mother, Maria, who shows up in search of attention and support after losing her closest friend.
All five characters in the play are haplessly chasing happy, sometimes oblivious their pursuit can be at the expense of a loved one. Driven by their complex emotional needs, all five characters desperately want something from the other that each is sadly not willing or capable of giving.
Nick, a still handsome and successful architect in his early fifties, has a quick infatuation with Sergio, a sexy, Brazilian man half his age. Since his former lover’s tragic death ten years earlier, Nick feels that all men he’s met are mostly interested in John and the much acclaimed book he wrote before his murder. But young, carefree Sergio doesn’t care about Nick’s past and lives every day in the moment. Nick has convinced himself that Sergio is his last chance at finding true love (or is it just lust?) and wants nothing to come in the way of his happiness . . . not even Rob, Sergio’s overbearing, controlling boyfriend who refuses to let go of Sergio without a fight. Nor Helen, Nick’s very British ex-wife and best friend who needs Nick’s help and support to get over a health crisis. Nor his eccentric mother, Maria, who shows up in search of attention and support after losing her closest friend.
All five characters in the play are haplessly chasing happy, sometimes oblivious their pursuit can be at the expense of a loved one. Driven by their complex emotional needs, all five characters desperately want something from the other that each is sadly not willing or capable of giving.