Rebecca Ranson

Rebecca Ranson was a playwright and civil rights and AIDS activist. Her most notable work, Warren, was one of the first plays dealing with HIV/AIDS, staged in December 1984. It was based on her close friend Warren Johnston, who passed from AIDS complications earlier that year. The play was performed at 7 Stages Theatre. 

Program cover of "Warren," by Rebecca Ranson, staged December 12-22, 1984, at 7 Stages.
“Warren,” by Rebecca Ranson, program of the production at 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, December 12 – 22, 1984. (8 pages),M219-Programs-1984-08-23bgs
A male actor sits onstage in a hospital gown.
Jon Goldman as Warren in Rebecca Ranson’s play “Warren,” 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, August 23 – September 1, 1984.
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Press release for the two-week run of "Warren."
Flier and press releases for a new production of revised script of Rebecca Ranson’s “Warren,” 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, December 12 – 22, 1984.M219-Plays-1984-08-23b
A woman and two men sit at a table, reading through a script.
Rebecca Ranson, Atlanta playwright (left); Jon Goldman, actor (center); Rick Bowles, stage manager, go over Ranson’s script of “Warren,” Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 1986.AJCP495-181a
Press release for "Warren," featuring art of a man and a handwritten synopsis, 8:00pm, $4.
Flier and press releases for Rebecca Ranson’s “Warren,” 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, August 23 – September 1, 1984. M219-Plays-1984-08-23a