Composed by Michael Shaieb for three actors, dancers and chorus, the piece wrestles with a burgeoning crisis in the GLBT community: methamphetamine addiction. Very simply, it is a story of a young man addicted to crystal meth, and how it changes his life and the lives of the people around him.

The music captures the hard-driven sound of the club scene with a combination of electronica and more traditional choral singing. Commissioned and first performed by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus in March, 2008 to sold-out audiences, the piece reinforces the truth that, with friends, we might gain the insight to see life more clearly.

The East Coast Premier is sponsored by the DC Center's Crystal Meth Working Group.

"Through a Glass Darkly" is the second half of GMCW's kickoff of Pride Week show. The first half is a tribute to the joys of friendship.

The show will be on June 6th at 8 PM and an ASL interpreted version will be on June 7th at 3 PM. Both shows will be at the Lisner Auditorium at GW, 730 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052 .