Ain Gordon's 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous at UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
11 - 12 Oct 2019
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, 340 Royce Dr., Los Angeles, California
Friday, October 11, 2019 to Saturday, October 12, 2019
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Dr. Anonymous at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting in 1972. Photo by Kay Tobin, courtesy New York Public Library Collections.
Obie award-winning playwright Ain Gordon's play 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous travels to UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, October 11-12. Created during a Center-supported residency with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 217 Boxes profiles Dr. John Fryer, known as "Dr. Anonymous," one of the pioneers of the LGBT rights movement.
217 Boxes premiered on May 5, 2016, at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia and previously traveled to the Baryshnikov Arts Center.