PrEP Play, or, Blue Parachute

by Yilong Liu

What if you had the chance to rewrite history? Erik’s world is thrown into free-fall when he’s pulled into a wondrously bizarre time-traveling journey by Agent 701 (aka his now-sentient PrEP pill). Landing into the AIDS epidemic of the 80s, Erik finds himself in a race against history to save a life lost decades ago. From award-winning playwright Yilong Liu comes a contemporary queer fantasia that examines the...

What if you had the chance to rewrite history? Erik’s world is thrown into free-fall when he’s pulled into a wondrously bizarre time-traveling journey by Agent 701 (aka his now-sentient PrEP pill). Landing into the AIDS epidemic of the 80s, Erik finds himself in a race against history to save a life lost decades ago. From award-winning playwright Yilong Liu comes a contemporary queer fantasia that examines the ghosts of our past and the hopes for our future.

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  • Gaven Trinidad: PrEP Play, or, Blue Parachute by Yilong Liu
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    Liu creates a theatrical world through which we see and discuss the AIDS epidemic in NYC through multiple nuanced lens; encouraging intergenerational conversation about death, love, and queer futurity. This is also a rare play that we see the AIDS epidemic in 80s and 90s NYC via the perspective of a young millennial gay Asian immigrant. This international perspective gives opportunity to start looking at the global impact of LGBTQ activism in the US of the 80s and 90s. Lastly, like all of Liu's work, it is emotionally honest, vulnerable, and creatively inventive.

    Liu creates a theatrical world through which we see and discuss the AIDS epidemic in NYC through multiple nuanced lens; encouraging intergenerational conversation about death, love, and queer futurity. This is also a rare play that we see the AIDS epidemic in 80s and 90s NYC via the perspective of a young millennial gay Asian immigrant. This international perspective gives opportunity to start looking at the global impact of LGBTQ activism in the US of the 80s and 90s. Lastly, like all of Liu's work, it is emotionally honest, vulnerable, and creatively inventive.

    ”
  • Cheryl Bear: PrEP Play, or, Blue Parachute by Yilong Liu
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    A revealing and important look at the reach of the AIDS crisis and its affect on all it touched. Well done.

    A revealing and important look at the reach of the AIDS crisis and its affect on all it touched. Well done.

    ”
  • Sam Hamashima: PrEP Play, or, Blue Parachute by Yilong Liu
    “

    Okay, the fact that PrEP is a character already sent me, but the characterization is so specific and fun that you can't help but find that little blue pill a charming and exciting friend. The humor balanced against the tension is strikingly energized. If you would like to dive deeper into what PrEp means for HIV prevention, you would benefit from reading this work.

    Okay, the fact that PrEP is a character already sent me, but the characterization is so specific and fun that you can't help but find that little blue pill a charming and exciting friend. The humor balanced against the tension is strikingly energized. If you would like to dive deeper into what PrEp means for HIV prevention, you would benefit from reading this work.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, Stella Adler Studio of Acting Harold Clurman Playwrights Division, 2020
  • Workshop, National Queer Theater, 2020
  • Reading, Ensemble Studio Theatre - Bloodworks Reading Series , 2019

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