Boy With Beer

Upwardly mobile gay photographer, Karl, has trouble uncovering the finer feelings of course young raver, Donovan, who is initially only after a quick fumble under the sheets without his girlfriend finding out.

Thinking that AIDS is a white man's disease, Donovan comes across as cocky, confident, and streetwise at first, but this only serves to mask a mass of conflicting desires and insecurities that leave him unable to get close to another man without a few beers, a lot of bravadoes, and a small bottle of poppers.

One wonders up until then, why Karl, as the slightly older and much wiser man, puts up with the inadequacies of the beer boy himself until we learn of Karl's desire to find common ground with his fantasy "African Prince." So strong is this passion that he's even prepared to consider the roguish charm of a streetwise hustler.

But even handsome frogs can be turned into handsome princes in this turbulent and very funny two-hander, and we follow a good deal of the dynamics as they play out in the everyday process towards getting to know someone special.

Is it love? Will they last? With every twist in the tale of Boy with Beer, you'll be hoping and praying that love really can conquer all.