The mask comes off! Set during the Frank Rizzo campaign for mayor of Philadelphia and the dawn of Gay Pride, and loosely based on the true story of Dr. John E. Fryer, this world premiere drama by playwright/psychiatrist Guy Fredrick Glass tackles the controversial subject of gay conversion therapy in a tale of love, liberation and opera. (Dr. Fryer, wearing a mask and using a voice-distorting microphone, declared himself a homosexual in front of the 1972 American Psychiatric Assoc. convention – leading to the de-listing of homosexuality as a mental illness. Yet, it took another 40 years for California to become the first state to ban gay conversion therapy, and efforts to change sexual orientation continue to be practiced to this day.) March 27-May 4; Zephyr Theatre 7456 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 (between Fairfax and La Brea); $15-$25; (323) 960-7724 or www.plays411.com/doctor
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