FIGHT BACK

FIGHT BACK is a theatrical experiment.

It’s March 13, 1989, and you are attending a meeting of ACT UP New York, the passionate group taking direct confrontational action to fight the AIDS crisis. But here's the thing: there are no actors. It's not a performance that you sit and watch. You and everyone there are active participants in the meeting. Participants get a biographical profile of their persona and instructions for how to engage. Some (self-selected) people will also get details about specialized roles they’ll have at the meeting. Every persona will be an actual person who was at that meeting.

A $19.89 donation is suggested for all participants.* All net proceeds will be donated to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center where FIGHT BACK takes place, in the actual room where the 1989 meeting happened.

FIGHT BACK
Created by David Wise
Produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO)
FIGHT BACK Ambassadors include Amber Ruffin, Joel Kim Booster, Margaret Cho, Michael Urie, Peppermint, Rosie O’Donnell, Roxane Gay, Ryan O’Connell, and Wilson Cruz.
@fightbacknyc on Instagram.

For further details, please visit https://www.fightback.nyc/.

*If this suggested donation is a financial barrier to entry, there are opportunities to volunteer for an hour before the event and then be a full participant at no cost. Please email fightbacknyc@gmail.com for further details.