Plays

AFTERTASTE

A love story that rots over time.

AFTERTASTE is a queer, intimate, slow-burning two-hander about Micah and Ashwin — two men bound by guilt, vastly different desires, and the need to be accepted for the things that turn them on.

There’s cruising. There’s control. There's highly intimate, suggestive acts that's carefully veiled, but dripping with desire.

What begins with a fig flatbread and bacon jam spirals into something darker: a meal poisoned by miscommunication, fear, and the emotional barriers we hide behind.

This is the wreckage of two people just trying to reach each other — even if it means giving something up.

It’s queer. It’s fractured. And it’s deeply, painfully human.

It doesn’t ask who was right.
It asks: Why do we stop trying? And when should we?

• Two-hander / ~90 mins
• Minimal set, emotionally complex
• Available for reading and study only
• For staging rights, do contact ian@ianskatu.com

---