The time of this frank, no-punches-pulled play is right now. The place: "So nearby it will scare you to death." Jerome McDonough calls this "The most tragic and the most desperately needed play I have ever written." Carriers of sexually transmitted infections are primarily in the 15 to 24-year-old age group. HIV carriers used to be almost exclusively an "unknown group" that the public did not want to recognize as a problem. Today it may be the kid in the next desk. There is no cure for AIDS—and the best prevention is fear. Carriers is a face-the-facts play designed to instill fear in young adult audiences. Without obscenities, but with realistic language, Jerome McDonough presents the case against the spread of AIDS forcefully and frankly.

This play will save lives. The fear of AIDS must be made stronger than the fear of ridicule and rejection by macho/immoral peers and classmates. Carriers can do it.

"I have been a Drama teacher and Director here at Wilson High for 22 years and I feel 'Carriers' could easily be the most important show I've ever directed. I don't want to lose any of my children, or my students."—Randy Bowden, Wilson H. S., Long Beach, Calif.

One act; simple set and costumes.

Other McDonough Young Adult plays: Addict, Alky, Blues, Dolls, 'Hoods, Juvie, Splits, Turners, Users

See also: Awareness Plays for Young Adults