Angels in America - Court Theatre

“If anyone remains unaware that Chicago ranks right alongside New York as America’s No. 1 theater town, this ‘Angels’ will drive the point home.” -Wall Street Journal

“Charles Newell is on an amazing theatrical roll” –Chicago Tribune

“electrifying production” -Chicago Sun-Times

“The Great Work Begins.” The year is 1985: Ronald Reagan has just been reelected to a second term, and the deadly AIDS epidemic is at its height in New York City. Charles Newell directs Tony Kushner’s ground breaking, two-part epic in repertory, giving audiences the unique opportunity to experience Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning magnum opus in its magnificent entirety.

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Artistic Team

Director/Artistic Director
Charles Newell
Scenic Designer
John Culbert
Costume Designer
Nan Cibula-Jenkins
Lighting Designer
Keith Parham
Sound Designer
Joshua Horvath
Sound Designer
Kevin O’Donnell
Projection Designer
Mike Tutaj
Projection Designer
Rasean Davonte Johnson

Cast

Louis Ironson
Eddie Bennett
The Angel
Mary Beth Fisher
Harper Pitt
Heidi Kettenring
Prior Walter
Rob Lindley
Joe Pitt
Geoff Packard
Belize
Michael Aaron Pogue
Hannah Pitt
Hollis Resnik
Roy M. Cohn
Larry Yando

Videos

Photos

Part One: Millennium Approaches

Part Two: Perestroika

Original Art by Lauren Nassef

Articles and Interviews

In Conversation with Tony Kushner

On the first day of rehearsal for Angels in America, an unseasonably warm day in February, Director Charles Newell and the cast were joined by playwright Tony Kushner. Before an audience of staff, crew, donors, and university professors and students, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Newell chatted about Angels in America and their working relationship to date.