CAPTIVATING THE ESCAPE ARTIST is a modern day tale that explores same sex relationships. A gypsy boy from Algiers meets an aspiring composer-musician in San Francisco. In unseemly settings they share lively conversations about ant etiquette rude idioms and a satirical history of mankind. Their two histories span childhood discoveries the insecurities of teenagers highs and lows of substance abuse and the miracles of recovery. Told with self-effacing heart and humor the two characters mature showing a capacitiy for loving and sharing each other in a world worth living in - yes a world scarred with war but also filled with magic and wonder.