A Play By Larry Kramer

Presented at Wright State University

Jubilee TheatreNovember 16, 2001

Directed by: Nicholas Barnard

The windiest militant trash

Important Persons shout

Is not so crude as our wish:

What mad Nijinsky wrote

About Diaghilev

Is true of the normal heart;

For the error bred in the bone

Of each woman and each man

Craves what it cannot have,

Not universal love

But to be loved alone.

All I have is a voice

To undo the folded lie,

The romantic lie in the brain

Of the sensual man-in-the-street

And the lie of Authority

Whose buildings grope the sky:

There is no such thing as the State

And no one exists alone;

Hunger allows no choice

To the citizen or the police;

We must love one another or die.

- W. H. AudenFrom “September 1,

1939”

During the last weekend of June of 1969, police and

Alcoholic BeverageControl Board agents entered a gay bar, The Stonewall Inn, on

Christopher Street, in New York City.

Allegedly there to look forviolations of the alcohol

control laws, they made the usual homophobic

comments and then, after checking identification, threw

the patrons outof the bar, one by one.

Instead of quietly slipping away into the

night, as they had done for years, hustlers, drag queens,

students andother patrons held their ground

and fought back.

The agents and policewere trapped inside. The

crowd grew. Someone set a fire. More people

came. For three days, people protested.

And for the first time, afterinnumerable years of oppression, the chant,

Gay Power, rang out.

They fought for many rights: marriage, legal

benefits and protections. Unfortunately this

movement would be stifled with a more immediate

concern.

Cases: 381Deaths: 339

Cases: 767Deaths: 683

Cases: 2708Deaths: 2436

Cases: 6865Deaths: 6012

Cases: 6865Deaths: 6013

47 million people have been infected with HIV since the start

of the global epidemic. As of December 2000, 21.8 million children and adults have died,

and 36.1 million people are living with HIV infection or AIDS.

The AIDS Quilt, established in 1987, covers 26 football fields.

The AIDS Quilt, established in 1987, covers 26 football fields.

It only represents 19% of US AIDS deaths

The AIDS Quilt, established in 1987, covers 26 football fields.

It only represents 19% of US AIDS deaths

It is no longer displayed because it is too large.

Cast(In Order of Appearance)

Craig Donner Jared AndersonMickey Marcus Patrick McCartyNed Weeks Cory TraresDavid Scott GrayDr. Emma Brookner Meghan

LawniczakOrderly Jason DunlapOrderly Mark Mozingo

Bruce Niles Adam Michael Rihacek

Felix Turner Bernard SolomonBen Weeks Mark MozingoTommy Boatwright Jared AndersonHiram Keebler Scott GrayGrady Jason DunlapExamining Doctor Scott GrayOrderly Jared Anderson

CrewDirector Nicholas BarnardStage Manager Sarah StairLight Designer Michael FendeLight Board Operator Sarah StairCostume Designer Sarah StairProperties Mistress Jayme Sue Swisher

Properties Crew Chief Jason DunlapMulti-Media Operator Scott GrayVideographer Kevin Nettles

Special Thanks to:Brian Barnard Robert Barnard Matthew Benjamin Andrea BurnsJohn Lavarnway Stuart McDowellRandi McNeil Minuteman Press Victoria Oleen Molly Rice Tim Rowe James Wilger

Support Provided by

Tim RoweMike Kersh

This video is for Archival Purposes Only, it is not for Public Exhibition

Copyright 2001 Nicholas Barnard and Kevin Nettles

Play Produced by special arrangement with SAMUEL

FRENCH, INC.