High Tide

Relishing the freedom to openly be oneself can be a fulfilling and liberating experience, especially for those who have lived most of their lives hiding from disapproving family members and a close-minded society. So it is for Lourenço (Marco Pigossi), a Brazilian transplant seeking to resettle permanently in Provincetown, MA, a goal dependent on him acquiring a work visa to replace a tourist visa that’s about to expire. He has an added incentive to fulfill that objective when he meets and falls for Maurice (James Bland), a vacationer from New York who’s visiting the oceanside resort town befo…

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2026-05-13

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"Lourenço" (Marco Pigossi) had come to America from Brazil to be with his boyfriend, but when that man absconded without so much as a text message, leaving him on his own, he finds himself having to come to terms with the prospect of leaving the very gay friendly Provincetown and returning to a provincial homeland where he lives with his devoutly Christian mother to whom he isn't "out". He makes a living working for the slightly flaky "Bob" (Sean Mahon) cleaning holiday lets and lives in a small bungalow in the garden of "Scott" (Bill Irwin) who has recently lost his husband and who fancies hi…