Introductory Skit
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Actors

Husband and Wife The wife remains faithful to the husband, and for themost
part, her husband remains faithful to her. In a moment of
weakness near the end of the skit, the husband “clinks
glasses” with the coy woman, after which he becomes
infected with HIV. Later, he passes the infection on to his
wife. Both begin with water in their glasses, and end the
skit with coffee mixed into the water.

“Partying Man” This man actively seeks sex with all the women in the skit.
He begins the skit with coffee in his glass.

HIV+ woman This woman begins the skit with coffee in her glass, but
refuses to clink glasses with anyone in the skit. She is
approached often by the “partying man” and is given
some attention by the abstinent man, but refuses to engage
with either of them.

Abstinent Man This man seems interested in the ladies, smiling and chatting
with them, but he never clinks glasses.

Female Sex Worker Although she clinks glasses often with the partying man she
always uses a condom. She is seen to clink glasses and
exchange money, but she never exchanges fluid.

“Coy” woman This woman appears to be very shy, and rejects the advances
partying man repeatedly. Finally she shares fluid with the
partying man and then goes back to her shy behavior, until
she finally shares fluid again with the husband.


This skit is performed silently, with all actors gathered in the front of the room. Every few moments, one of the actors engages with another, before going back to his or her position. The actors may sometimes clink glasses (which represents having sex) and may sometimes clink glasses and exchange fluids (which represents having unprotected sex). Having coffee in one’s glass represents having HIV in the bloodstream. During rehearsal we will determine the natural order of the movements, but by the end, everyone but the sex worker and the abstinent man will have some coffee in their glasses.