Baptism by Green Fire: Skin Savers and Old Tavern Tales (AIDS Comes Home)

What is real or unreal? If one looks close, things may not be what they appear to be. In his second collection of plays set in the 1980s, Michael JP Williams takes a look back at a time when Ronald Reagan’s Hollywood glamour sparked the American spirit and prosperity graced many homes—even as the AIDS crisis quietly intensified in the shadows. In Skin Savers, Key West, Florida, a mecca for artists, writers, transplanted New Yorkers, seves as the setting and as a perfect place for Hank and B...