Actor and playwright DAVID DRAKE

2: Actor and playwright DAVID DRAKE. In 1985, DRAKE saw the play "The Normal Heart" by playwright Larry Kramer. It was a turning point for DRAKE. Kramer went on to become a founder of ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. DRAKE, a gay man, started on a path of self discovery and activism that has led to his writing a series of vignettes called "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me" (Anchor Books).