About this Event
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. Fight Back is not a performance that you sit and watch. You and everyone there are active participants reliving the historically accurate minutes of the March 1989 meeting, with each ticket holder assuming the specific and predetermined role of an ACT UP member who was there.
Prior to the date of "performance," you'll receive a Fight Back dossier by email containing the biographical profile of a specific historical persona, as well as instructions on how to engage onsite. Attendees will be asked to remain in character from the moment they arrive, but you absolutely don’t need to be an actor to join Fight Back. What you will need to do is Act Up: vocally participate, practice acts of civil disobedience, organize upcoming protests with your fellow activists and mourn those you’ve lost.
A $19.89 donation is suggested for all participants.*
Presented in partnership with Under the Radar -
FIGHT BACK
Created by David Wise
Produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO)
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*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 [email protected] for further details.
Under the Radar brings bold, risk-taking artistry to New York City in a celebration of groundbreaking theater and performance with companies from around the world and from just down the street. Produced in collaboration with dozens of venues at a selection of historic and emerging theaters, the festival showcases innovative multidisciplinary artists whose work speaks powerfully to the present moment. Under the Radar’s Founding Director is Mark Russell; UTR’s Co-Creative Directors are Jenn Kidwell and Janet Wong; and the exclusive Festival Producer is ArKtype, led by Thomas O. Kriegsmann and Sarah Bellin. Find out more at utrfest.org.
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The Space at Irondale, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, United States
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