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Beirut Play Synopsis:
We’re in New York, in the near future where Torch, a young man from the Bronx has been quarantined and tattooed after testing positive for a deadly disease. Blue, his girlfriend from Queens, won’t let that keep them apart and chooses to risk her life in order to be with him. "Living without love is death itself. If you’ve got love in your life, the true thing, then you’ve got everything". Defying a ruthless political regime, these two must now find the freedom that exists in their ultimate commitment to one another.
About the Author:
Born in 1945, Alan Bowne authored several plays, most of which were produced Off-Off Broadway. They include: Beruit (1987), Sharon and Billy (1987), A Snake In the Vein (1985), and Forty-Deuce (1981). Mr Bowne authored two screenplays for filmmaker Paul Morrissey: Mixed Blood (1984) and Throwback (1988). He also wrote a novel, Wally Wonderstruck. He received the Arthur Foundation Prize in 1986, and was a member of New Dramatists. Alan Bowne succumbed to AIDS on November 24 1989, at the age of 44.
Play History:
First Production of this One Act Play (Off-Off Broadway): March 23, 1987 by the Manhattan Class Company, directed by Jimmy Bohr, and starring Michael David Morrison (Torch), Marisa Tomei (Blue) and Terry Rabine (Guard). Second Production: (Off Broadway): June 9, 1987, at the Westside Arts Theatre, starred the same cast, except for Blue, who was played by Laura San Giacomo.