ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I AND II at Stray Cat Theatre

Tempe, AZ  - Stray Cat Theatre is proud to announce its upcoming production of ANGELS IN AMERICA, Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning play that remains one of the most powerful and resonant works in the American theatrical canon.

A sweeping, deeply human epic, ANGELS IN AMERICA explores love, identity, politics, and spirituality in the midst of the AIDS crisis in 1980s America. With equal parts raw emotion, biting humor, and surreal theatricality, Kushner’s masterwork confronts the complexities of community, illness, and change with urgency and compassion.

“ANGELS IN AMERICA is a monumental piece of theatre,” says Artistic Director Ron May. “It challenges audiences while also offering moments of incredible beauty, hope, and connection. It feels especially vital to revisit this story now, as we continue to navigate questions of justice, empathy, and what it means to care for one another. It also strangely - almost prophetically - provides a look at the seeds to an answer to that ever present question lately of “HOW, as a nation, did we get HERE?”

Stray Cat Theatre’s production promises a bold and intimate staging, staying true to our  reputation for fearless, thought-provoking work.

ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS I AND II
by Tony Kushner
directed by Ron May
May 1 - 16, 2026

Arguably the most ambitious American play of our time: an epic that travels from earth to heaven; focuses on politics, sex and religion; transports us to Washington, the Kremlin, the South Bronx, Salt Lake City and Antarctica; switches between realism and fantasy, from the tragedy of AIDS to the camp comedy of drag queens to the death or at least the absconding of God…and we’re finally taking our swing at it. We’re doubly thrilled to announce our Associate Head Kitty Louis Farber will be taking on the role of Roy Cohn. 

F 5.1 - 7:00pm - PART I
Sa 5.2 - 7:00pm - PART I
Su 5.3 - 2:00pm - PART I

F 5.8 - 7:00pm - PART II
Sa 5.9 - 7:00pm - PART II
Su 5.10 - 2:00pm - PART II

T 5.12 - 7:00pm - PART I
W 5.13 - 7:00pm - PART II
Th 5.14 - 7:00pm - PART I
F 5.15 - 7:00pm - PART II
Sa 5.16 - 12:00pm - PART I & 6:00pm - PART II

“A vast miraculous play … provocative, witty and deeply upsetting … a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama … PERESTROIKA is not only a stunning resolution of the rending human drama of MILLENIUM APPROACHES, but also a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.” - New York Times

CONTENT WARNING: Both plays contain graphic depictions of illness, scenes of simulated sexual acts, partial nudity, drug/alcohol abuse, and explicit language including homophobic/racist slurs, and antisemitism.

WHERE:       
Tempe Center for the Arts
STUDIO THEATRE 
700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ  85281
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE!**

 **THE PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE IS OPEN. ALL PATRONS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY VALIDATION.

TICKETS: 
$50 ADULTS
$45 SENIORS 65+
$30 STUDENTS W/ VALID, CURRENT ID
GROUPS 10+ receive a larger discount - please contact the box office.
Prices do not include service or convenience fees
Buy online 24/7 at http://straycattheatre.org or call 480.350.2822

CAST: 

PRIOR WALTER - MARSHALL GLASS (Stray Cat DEBUT!)

LOUIS IRONSON - NATHAN SPECTOR (Stray Cat’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL, and ANYTHING YOU HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE)

JOE PITT - DEVON MAHON (Stray Cat’s REYKJAVÍK, FAIRVIEW, SHEEPDOG, AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL, and SILENCE THE MUSICAL)

HARPER PITT - COURTNEY WEIR (Stray Cat’s STUPID f*ckING BIRD, THE FLICK, AN IMPENDING RUPTURE OF THE BELLY, and KATE CRACKERNUTS)

HANNAH PITT - NINA MILLER (Stray Cat’s BLACKBIRD)

ROY COHN - LOUIS FARBER (Stray Cat Associate Artistic Director, Stray Cat’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SLEEPING GIANT, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS, THE ANTIPODES, HAND TO GOD, STUPID f*ckING BIRD, YEAR OF THE ROOSTER, THE FLICK, HEDDATRON, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S BIG, GAY DANCE PARTY, 12TH NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and THE PLAY ABOUT THE NAKED GUY)

BELIZE - MICHAEL THOMPSON (Stray Cat’s BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS, THE ANTIPODES, THE BROTHERS SIZE, SONS OF THE PROPHET, and THE PLAY ABIUT THE NAKED GUY)

ANGEL - MEGAN HOLCOMB (Stray Cat’s GLORIA and THE CAKE)