KRAMER/FAUCI

About the show

Director Daniel Fish dramatizes a pivotal 1993 televised encounter between epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci and playwright-activist Larry Kramer during the height of the AIDS crisis. The production stages their fierce debate—rooted in deep disagreement over treatment urgency and public health policy—as both a historical document and a contemporary examination of how activism, medicine, and human compassion intersect. The work features the actual C-SPAN recording from their exchange and explores the unlikely mutual respect that developed between two figures who initially saw each other as adversaries. With a cast including Tony Award winner Will Brill and Thomas Jay Ryan, the production runs one hour without intermission.