In 2004 Positive Women Victoria commissioned playwright Graham Pitts to write a play based on interviews with our members. Women from rural areas, aboriginal women, women from CALD (culturally & linguistically diverse) communities and those who had been living with the virus for a long time were some of our members invited to share their stories. The stories of partners and families who live with HIV positive women were also included. Our aim was to provide HIV positive women with a forum in which their voices, their stories could be told in their own words. We also understood the potential for creating a powerful educational product, a play that informs and educates as well as entertains. In The Family challenges the stereotypes and myths regarding HIV positive women and their families. In the Family was first performed as a Positive Women Victoria World AIDS Day event in December 2004 to a packed house. We received so much positive feedback from the audience and we were encouraged to make sure that In The Family would be included on the VCE Play List. Well, now our dream has come true and this is your chance to come along and see our play. You'll laugh, you'll cry, we promise to entertain you and you might even change the way you think about HIV and AIDS.