An HIV-positive jazz musician is rushed by his partner to a hospital in Manhattan. A mild cough has become a massive infection, shutting down every organ in his body. The doctors put him into a medically-induced coma. Over the next two months, he enters a personal dream world, full of vivid experiences of confinement and release, of surreal comedy and ineffable beauty. He finds himself in hushed cathedrals; trapped in a cage beside jazz legend Thelonious Monk; careening through the night in a runaway van; dancing the tango in an impossibly luxurious airplane.

Music composed and performed by FRED HERSCH.

Conceived, written and directed by HERSCHEL GARFEIN.

Starring MICHAEL WINTHER, FRED HERSCH & ENSEMBLE.

For more information contact the Program in Narrative Medicine at 212-305-1952 or by email at narrativemedicine[at]columbia.edu. You can also visit the program's web site for further details.

Additional performance:
Saturday, March 2, 3:00 p.m.