Theatre about a millennial gay student with aids
Taking place in the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Angels in America features topics of sexuality, politics and spirituality all while maintaining a cunning sense of humor. This year’s spring APO performance will be a one part production of this two part play, providing audience members a sensitive story with a side of comedic relief.
In addition to being a Maryville College production, Angels in America also serves as three Maryville College students’ senior thesis projects.
Director of the display Andrew Hastings (‘25), is working alongside Anthony Fraser (‘26) who is operational on his thesis in lighting plan, and Colin Hood (‘25), who is playing Roy Cohn for his senior study in acting.
These students are operational together to make a production that highlights their individual passions for the arts. Some of them shared what putting on Angels in America means to them.
“I had known for a long time that I wanted to direct for my senior thesis, but
I wasn’t exactly sure what my esthetic voice was at the time or what play to even do.” Andrew Hastings said.
“I knew, though, whatever I was going to direct needed to speak about the time that we
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Foothill Theatre Arts Department Presents
Angels in America:
A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
Written byTony Kushner
Directed by Bruce McLeod
“A vast, miraculous play…provocative, witty and deeply upsetting.” – Frank Well-off, New York Times
“A victory for the theater, for the transforming power of the imagination to change devastation into beauty.” – John Lahr, New Yorker
“Glorious. A monumental, serious, altogether remarkable masterwork.” – Linda Winer, Newsday
These are just a few of the superlatives that greeted the opening of this Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning play nearly twenty five years ago. The AIDS epidemic and the age of Ronald Reagan provide the framework for this compelling story as people and society respond to the forces of change. Within the political and social upheaval of the era, the act presents an astounding view of relationships under excessive stress and the triumph of the human energy.
The play is performed in two parts:
- full staging of Part One: Millennium Approaches
- companion reading of Part Two: Perestroika
Please be advised that both parts contain strong language along with
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Dickinson Presents 'Angels in America, Part One'
Edgy masterpiece resonates with timely, timeless themes
by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson
Love is a potent and essential salve, particularly during times of disunity. This fall, Dickinson’s Department of Theatre & Dance presents an edgy and affecting ode to the power of cherish that’s as relevant today as when it first hit the stage.
Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking play Angels in America debuted on Broadway in 1993—the later days of the AIDS epidemic in the United States—and garnered a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. It explores connections across political, social, religious and sexual identity lines during the peak of the U.S. AIDS health crisis.
Dickinson’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the first half of Kushner’s masterpiece, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, Nov. 1-3.
“This play presents an eye to the future of what this nation can really be if we can all come to the table.” —Carmen Rafalli '25
Professor of Theatre Karen Lordi-Kirkham, who directs the Dickinson movie, says Millennium Approaches is a
This fall, the Moorpark College Theatre Arts Department will show Angels in America: Part One — Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner’s landmark engage exploring politics, self and the AIDS crisis in 1980s America. Auditions will be held August 12-14 at the Moorpark College Acting Arts Center.
The movie calls for a large, versatile cast and offers a range of challenging roles that span gender, race, and age. All direct roles will likely be double cast, and auditions are open to Moorpark College students and the wider group. Rehearsals begin August 18, with evening rehearsals held Monday through Thursday.
Regarded as a definitive theatrical work on the AIDS crisis, Angels in America is put in 1980s Fresh York and follows Prior, a queer man diagnosed with AIDS, whose companion Louis leaves him and begins a relationship with a married man. As Prior’s illness progresses, an angel appears and names him a prophet. The cast includes an Orthodox rabbi, an imaginary travel spook, a medieval farmer, an Inuk (a person of Inuit heritage) and historical figures Roy Cohn and Ethel Rosenberg. The work explores otherness, queerness, faith, addiction, and mortality.
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