 Finally, confronting his demons, an award from the Ingram Merrill Foundation allowed him to complete "Adam And The Experts", his first play dealing with AIDS.It was loosely based on his relationship with his friend, the novelist and journalist, George Whitmore, and their search for a way out of the nightmare.The New York Times said of the play "it is the most important play to deal with the AIDS crisis in gay society since William Hoffman's "As Is" and Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart"."