[OutVoice] Harrisburg, PA: "A Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in America"

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A Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in America
A solo musical comedy
 
Thursday, July 26, 2012
7:00 - 8:30 PM 

MCC of the Spirit
2973 Jefferson Street, Harrisburg

Performed by Jade Esteban Estrada 


Admission is free although love offerings 
will be accepted to benefit 
Alder Health Services





Comedy Central comedian Jade Esteban Estrada will perform “A Lullaby for Ryan: The History of HIV/AIDS in America” at 7 pm on Thursday, July 26th at MCC of of the Spirit in Harrisburg, PA.

“A Lullaby for Ryan” incorporates comedy with a tribute to Ryan White. White was an American teenager who became an HIV/AIDS poster child in the 1980s when he was expelled from school because of his disease, which he contracted from a contaminated blood treatment.

Estrada’s method is particularly interesting because he uses entertainment-education in his shows.  He uses comedy to educate people about HIV/AIDS.  The approach is appealing, particularly to young people.  The audience is entertained and at the same time learning.

Synopsis: Solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada chronicles the last quarter century of the AIDS epidemic in the United States with stories of courage, strength and human triumph. Meet “Boobs” AKA the Bubonic Plague, Jimmy, real estate agent in New York in 1981, movie star Rock Hudson, Miss Protease Inhibitor 1996, Bill McPhil, a Texan cowboy and LaShonda Johnson, a housewife in south side Chicago. The Southwest Actors Guide calls Estrada “one of the finest solo theatre artists of the 21st century.”