on Victor I. Cazares

Cazares stages their own burial on Instagram. Photo: Courtesy of Victor Cazares

This morning, Vulture reported on the HIV medication strike of playwright Victor I. Cazares, who has not taken their Dovato in almost three months. Cazares will continue to deprive themself of this life-saving medication until the New York Theatre Workshop—with which they have been affiliated since 2020—calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.

I urge you to take a few minutes to email anyone and everyone on staff at the NYTW (you can find their contact info here) and urge them to do the right thing. As well as being profoundly moral, Cazares' selflessness is, in my humble opinion, the praxis of art. What an honor to have an artist of this caliber associated with one’s institution!

I hope that our combined emails may contribute to the public pressure that will cause the NYTW to end this strike and the harm it is causing to Cazares, who for the first time since they seroconverted a decade ago is no longer undetectable. Phone calls, boycotting, and other means of applying pressure to the NYTW are of course a great idea as well!

Thank you so much, everyone.

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