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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  • Linnea Valdivia: PrEP Play, or, Blue Parachute by Yilong Liu
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    A touching intergenerational queer love letter. Liu's brilliant play is a provocative exploration of queerness, and the dangers and joys of nostalgia in an increasing globalized world.

    A touching intergenerational queer love letter. Liu's brilliant play is a provocative exploration of queerness, and the dangers and joys of nostalgia in an increasing globalized world.

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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.

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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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