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Saturday, June 6 @ 3pm
Free drag queen performance and HIV screening at Studio Theater in Exile, June 6. A fun and educational event for the whole family in celebration of pride.
On June 6, Studio Theater in Exile (“STIE”), housed in Hudson Valley MOCA, together with Peekskill Pride, will present a free and family-friendly drag performance with an educational element about HIV prevention, screening, and treatment. At intermission and after the show, a mobile HIV and hepatitis C testing unit from The Ally Care Center at Westchester Medical Center will be on hand, and results will be available by the end of the show.
Liam Bohan, a resident of New Rochelle, will perform as drag queen Amber Guesa, and he will share his story about living with HIV. Bohan has been performing in Westchester for ten years, and for the past three years, he has served as spokesmodel for the “HIV Stops with Me” campaign. He also works for The Ally Care Center, which provides HIV testing, screenings, care, prep, primary care, mental-health care, and more. Occasionally he has opportunities like this to combine his multiple roles and educate the public in an engaging way about the ongoing epidemic of HIV and the need for government resources.
To celebrate pride, STIE will also present The Normal Heart, a poignant autobiographical play by HIV/AIDS activist Ned Weeks that explores one man’s fight in the 1980s to bring attention to the epidemic. The play will run from June 12 to June 28, and tickets are now on sale at studiotheaterinexile.com/events.
