Peter Cureton (1965 â€" March 2, 1994) was a Canadian actor and
playwright. He was best known for his 1993 play Passages, an
autobiographical show about living with HIV/AIDS.Born and raised in
Ottawa, Ontario, Cureton was a cousin of actor R. H. Thomson. He
attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and later studied
drama at Concordia University. He acted in theatre roles in both
Ottawa and Montreal, including productions of Agatha Christie's The
Mousetrap, Jack Todd's The Day Luzinski Stole Home and William
Mastrosimone's Shivaree, participated in Montreal's first bilingual
theatresports competition, and appeared in the television film The
Boys of St. Vincent as Brother Peter.Diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988
while acting in The Mousetrap, he also worked as an HIV
educator.Passages premiered in Montreal in 1993, with Cureton as the
director of the inaugural production. The cast included Joe de Paul,
Susan Glover, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Brosseau and Pauline Little.
The play was favourably reviewed, with Montreal Gazette theatre critic
Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".
playwright. He was best known for his 1993 play Passages, an
autobiographical show about living with HIV/AIDS.Born and raised in
Ottawa, Ontario, Cureton was a cousin of actor R. H. Thomson. He
attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and later studied
drama at Concordia University. He acted in theatre roles in both
Ottawa and Montreal, including productions of Agatha Christie's The
Mousetrap, Jack Todd's The Day Luzinski Stole Home and William
Mastrosimone's Shivaree, participated in Montreal's first bilingual
theatresports competition, and appeared in the television film The
Boys of St. Vincent as Brother Peter.Diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988
while acting in The Mousetrap, he also worked as an HIV
educator.Passages premiered in Montreal in 1993, with Cureton as the
director of the inaugural production. The cast included Joe de Paul,
Susan Glover, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Brosseau and Pauline Little.
The play was favourably reviewed, with Montreal Gazette theatre critic
Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".
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