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People with AIDS (run-through, discussion, and Seth Glassman interview)

Title
People with AIDS (run-through, discussion, and Seth Glassman interview) [videorecording] / Produced by Sylvia Stein and the AIDS Theatre Project ; written and directed by Seth Glassman ; [video director] Miriam Lefkowitz.
Publication
New York, 1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Stein, Sylvia
  • Glassman, Seth
  • Glassman, Seth
  • Bugda, Thomas
  • Maas, Ron
  • Pippin, Nick
  • Edholm, Geoff
  • Madden, Kevin
  • Torres, Tony
  • Lefkowitz, Miriam
  • AIDS Theatre Project, producer
  • AIDS Theatre Project, donor
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Six actors who are members of the People with AIDS Theatre Workshop of New York, N.Y., rehearse a theater piece prior to a performance. The play consists of a series of monologs and skits dramatizing real-life struggles with AIDS and HIV-related health problems. The text was written by several persons with AIDS in a series of writing workshops.
Subject
  • Glassman, Seth > Interviews
  • AIDS Theatre Project
  • AIDS (Disease) > United States > Prevention
  • AIDS (Disease) > Patients > Drama
  • AIDS (Disease) > Patients > United States > Drama
  • Theater rehearsals > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • No credits on tape.
  • Video quality is poor during first portion. Audio buzz at times, echo-y sound obscures speech.
  • The first fifteen minutes of this video consists of a conversation between the actors and director Seth Glassman concerning the performance of 'People with AIDS' scheduled to take place that evening. The play is to be part of the Greenwich Village Arts Festival. The run-through of the play itself begins at 15:00, and ends at 69:00.
  • At 69:00, the People with AIDS Theatre Workshop's artistic director Seth Glassman is interviewed.
  • A videorecording of a dress rehearsal of this play, taped later the same day as this video, is available on NCOV 3359.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  • Actors: Thomas Bugda, Ron Maas, Nick Pippin, Geoff Edholm, Kevin Madden, and Tony Torres.
  • Speaker and interviewee: Seth Glassman.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at St. Joseph's Church, New York, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1987.
Call Number
NCOV 3467
OCLC
1143753133
Title
People with AIDS (run-through, discussion, and Seth Glassman interview) [videorecording] / Produced by Sylvia Stein and the AIDS Theatre Project ; written and directed by Seth Glassman ; [video director] Miriam Lefkowitz.
Imprint
New York, 1987.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
Actors: Thomas Bugda, Ron Maas, Nick Pippin, Geoff Edholm, Kevin Madden, and Tony Torres.
Speaker and interviewee: Seth Glassman.
Event
Videotaped at St. Joseph's Church, New York, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1987.
Biography
The People with AIDS Theatre Workshop was the progenitor of what became the AIDS Theatre Project.
Local Note
Gift of the AIDS Theatre Project.
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Added Author
Stein, Sylvia, producer.
Glassman, Seth. People with AIDS.
Glassman, Seth, director.
Glassman, Seth, interviewee.
Bugda, Thomas, actor.
Maas, Ron, actor.
Pippin, Nick, actor.
Edholm, Geoff, actor.
Madden, Kevin, actor.
Torres, Tony, actor.
Lefkowitz, Miriam, videographer.
AIDS Theatre Project, producer.
AIDS Theatre Project, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOV 3467
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