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The Destiny of Me

Full-Length Play  /  2w, 5m

"Full of moments that tear at the heart." - Variety
"Bitter and angry and full of the biting humor that comes not from a joy of life but from trying to make the best of it."- Wall Street Journal

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 5m
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 1993 Lucille Lortel Award, Best Play of the Year
    Winner! 2 1993 Obie Awards
    Finalist! 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Drama

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Summary

Gay activist Larry Kramer scored a triumph in New York with this absorbing sequel to The Normal Heart. Ned Weeks, having lost his lover to AIDS, has tested HIV positive and has checked into a hospital to begin treatment. He battles with the medical establishment even as he battles his past in this memory play in the tradition of The Glass Menagerie. Moving fluidly from present to past and back again, The Destiny of Me reveals the young Alexander who grows up to be Ned, his coming to terms with his homosexuality and his family's reluctance to do so.

  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Full of moments that tear at the heart." -Variety

"Bitter and angry and full of the biting humor that comes not from a joy of life but from trying to make the best of it."-Wall Street Journal

"May be the most comprehending, and certainly the most comprehensive, AIDS play so far."-New York Magazine

"This play will stand as a memorial to the personal force of a single man and to a fearful trauma in American life."-Newsweek

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  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer (1935-2020) founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981 with five friends; the organization remains one of the world’s largest providers of services to those with AIDS. In 1987, he founded ACT UP, the AIDS advocacy and protest organization, which has been responsible ...

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