Patrons will also be required to wear masks while indoors at all times. In an endeavor to continue the legacies of author Paul Monette and his husband Roger Horwitz, The Monette-Horwitz Trust has honored and recognized individuals and organizations worldwide for their significant contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, especially in work toward eradicating homophobia. *All attendees and artists will be required to display proof of at least 2 doses of a Covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Sound and projections designed by Zaire Baptiste On September 3, 1974, Monette was introduced to Roger Horwitz at a party given by Richard Howard in Boston. In the five months that followed, Monette wrote an exquisite cycle of poems that traces an epic journey from grief back to the land of living, full of rage, humor, and a love that transcends death.Īctor Jonah Scott Mendelsohn brings these poems to the stage in a solo show that gives voice to a lost generation of gay men, teaching the courage with which they faced the epidemic and injustice of their time, as we continue to face them in our own.Īdapted and performed by Jonah Scott Mendelsohn In 1986, poet Paul Monette lost Roger Horwitz, his partner of 12 years, to AIDS. Shortly before his death in 1995, Monette established the Monette-Horwitz Trust to commemorate his relationship with Roger Horwitz and to support future. Livestreaming tickets available for December 4 and 5Ī true story of love persevering in the face of calamity. In re- constructing the experience Monette repeatedly draws analogies between living with AIDS and the construction or occupation of space. December 3 at 3:00pm, December 4 and 5 at 7:00pm IN Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (1988) Paul Monette presents an impassioned chronicle of his partner Roger Horwitzs ordeal with AIDS from his diagnosis in March 1985 to his death in October 1986.
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