A friendship between gay men Yeats Williams, 30, a general manager for DWL Theatrical Productions, and Oliver (Ollie) Sanders, 59, a creative director at a leading ad agency, unfolded two years ago on the evening of their mutual acquaintance’s concert at the Jazz Room at Lincoln Center.  From across a crowded green room, the two bored guests spotted each other and found solace in genuine camaraderie and rosé.

Ollie, a native of Boston, was drawn to the glitz and glamor of NYC back in the 80’s when he attended Columbia University. Rakishly charming, Ollie quickly found himself at home in the  free love era of the NY gay scene. In 1981, the AIDS crisis hit the West Village, and Ollie’s newfound family was stricken. Impotently he watched as, one by one, they passed before his very eyes. Hardened and alone, he threw himself into his career and avoided serious relationships for fear of being hurt again.

Sandwiched between four sisters, Yeats grew up in the corn-fed midwest. Being a product of hippie parents immersed in heartland music festivals organically led Yeats to a life in the theater. His passion and proficiency pushed him to the Big City. With Victorian values, Yeats yearns for a life of love and monogamy, an enigma in the NY dating scene.

Also joining this displaced duo is Yeats’ female roommate Remy Martin, 30, a rising casting associate and native New Yorker. Her steadfast friendship and cynical outlook on love help serve as an emotional anchor to Yeats and Ollie in their individual quests for happiness. These three improbable equals come together as friends: an AIDS crisis survivor, a Puritan seeking true love, and an irrepressible workaholic.

Our story opens early Friday night, with Ollie catching Yeats online. Together they lament the state of the hookup scene (e.g. Grindr), fashion faux pas, and chronic heartbreak. Joined by Remy, we follow the three on an adventure through the pursuit of a compatible bed fellow, the etiquette of Tea on Fire Island, the intricacies of open marriage, and the blunders of mixing the perfect cocktail.

Beneath the frivolities and humor of the urban gay scene lies a dark underbelly of pain, laden with fear, betrayal, shame, and fatal repercussions. United, the three face the perils of frequent melodrama, the fragility of self confidence, the search for monogamy, and botched sexual encounters with verve and humility.  Amidst real life drama embellished with humor, the three find a prescription for loneliness in bridging their differences.

Colored with fabulous performances by drag queens and a trip over the rainbow to Oz, a.k.a. Fire Island, this urban adventure takes the viewer on a ride through friendship and heartache, love and fear and the ever present search for true family.