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THE NECESSARY THEATRE ALL SET FOR OLIVIER WINNER FOR BEST PLAY 'BLACKBIRD' ON SEPT. 1 Theater veteran Bart Guingona and Mikkie Bradshaw - Volante will portray the roles of Ray and Una in the forthcoming play BLACKBIRD written by David Harrower.

The Normal Heart is an autobiographical play by Larry Kramer which follows a story about the rise of HIV/AIDS crisis in New York City. A drama and medical thriller combined with medical-political issues concerning the ignorance and denial of the government, private organizations, and other entities that a new, unidentified strain of virus is spreading across humanity. The Necessary Theatre’s ‘The Normal Heart’ Ned Weeks, the main character of the play, was a heroic idealist and writer in New York City who after hearing words from the people he knew—gay men—have suffered and died from the epidemic have been eager to spread awareness.