Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Date and Time
Thursday Feb 27, 2020 Saturday Feb 29, 2020
February 21-March 1, 2020 Thurs-Sat: 7:30-9:30 pm Sun: 2:30-4:30 pm
Location
Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall W.Wood St. West Lafayette, IN 47907
Fees/Admission
Price: $12.50-$19.50
Contact Information
Purdue Department of Theatre
Jodi Taylor
jzeltner@purdue.edu
765 494 3074
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Description
Winner of a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, this epic drama traces the intertwined lives of Prior, diagnosed with AIDS; his lover, Louis, who cannot cope with his illness; Joe, a closeted gay Mormon who works for the gay and homophobic power broker Roy Kohn; Harper, an agoraphobic addict, married to Joe; Belize, a former drag queen and Prior’s nurse; Hannah, Joe’s mother from Salt Lake City; and the Angel, who appears to Prior announcing that “The Great Work” is about to begin. Kushner weaves political, intellectual, and spiritual themes to generate a powerful play that changed the world when it was first produced, with profound resonance today.
