HELLO AND... GOODBYE!
                               (play and screenplay)

          This is not a play about the politics of social issues. It is a
          portrait of a relationship. Except for the very end, this entire
          two-character work takes place over the telephone.
          
          DANNY is a young man with AIDS. He refuses to bend to the
          obvious depression accompanying his illness. Instead, he is
          enraged, defiant, acidly humorous. He spends his days sleeping
          and his nights drinking and calling everyone he knows in a
          lonely desperate effort to keep himself focused. He is in the
          process of overusing his friends and family, and reduced to
          talking to long distance operators for companionship.

          One day, he receives a call from SANDRA. She is a straight,
          narrow-viewed, homophobic, suburban-type who has been
          traumatized when diagnosed HIV positive, a "gift" from her
          husband. She calls DANNY as part of an outreach program to help
          her cope. They clash immediately.
          We see them both on stage at the same time, each in his/her
          respective room.What follows is a blizzard of telephone conversations
          that becomes a kiln in which an unusual and rich relationship is
          forged. Each is defiant while at the same time reaching out for
          nurture and healing. This unlikely duet creates a portrait of
          human weakness and strength, of passion and hope.
          The ending is surprisingly uplifting and sings with the curative
          power of reconciliation         

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