MID-WILSHIRE : Play, Fund-Raiser for AIDS Awareness Set
Stars from television and the movies will provide the talent for “Secrets & Letters,” an educational play about AIDS that will serve as the centerpiece for a night of fund raising at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on Friday.
Tatyana Ali of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Christopher Barnes of “The Brady Bunch Movie” and several other actresses and actors will perform in the play, which is based on letters written by teen-agers affected by AIDS and HIV.
Proceeds will go to the Dreams to Reality Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that promotes AIDS awareness through literature, public service announcements and events such as stagings of “Secrets & Letters.”
The play has been seen by more than 900,000 students in high schools and colleges across the nation, said event coordinator Christopher M. Spencer.
A silent auction also will be held to raise funds beyond those generated by the $20 ticket price ($12 for those under 18 and senior citizens). Auction prizes include two tickets to the play “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” by Steve Martin, and a two-night stay at the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas.
Kaiser Permanente is underwriting the event, which begins at 8 p.m. at the theater, 4401 W. 8th St. The Wilshire-Ebell box office number is (213) 939-1128.
More ticket information: (213) 480-3232.
Information about Dreams to Reality: (818) 972-1745 or (800) 75-REALITY.
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