Angels In America at The Actors Company

Written by: Tony Kushner, Presented by: Sidereal Productions. Directed by: Jack Filsinger. Assistant Directed by: Carlos Cameron. Choreographed by: Kylie Buckles-Hall

Cast includes: Nick Roy (Prior), Matthew Namik (Joe), Angelique Fustukjian (Harper), Bryan Snodgrass (Louis), Shawn Cahill (Roy), Marcus Rucks (Belize), Alexandra Ackerman (Angel), Kathleen Silverman (Hannah), Destiny McKinney (Dancer), Eadric Einbinder (Dancer), Michaela Adkins (Dancer), Carlos Cameron (Dancer)

Angels in America is a two-part play by Tony Kushner. It is a complex and metaphorical examination of AIDS and homosexuality in the 1980s. It follows the stories of two troubled couples, one gay and one straight, as their fates become intertwined.

Kushner was inspired to write the play after a dream he had in 1985 about a friend who died from AIDS. He wrote a poem about the dream, which eventually became Angels In America. The play was originally produced as two stand-alone works, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, which opened on Broadway in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Both productions won Tony Awards for Best Play.

The play explores themes of politics, religion, human connection, illness, identity, and societal change--all still pertinent themes that America is dealing with in this 2024 election year.