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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 7:30pm to Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 4:00pm
Price: 
$10 students \ $14 senior, UW employee or retiree, UWAA \ $20 regular \ Pay-What-You-Can Wed May 2
Angels in America
Angels in America Part II: Perestroika / Poster by Melanie Wang
Performance Showtimes: 
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 7:30pm
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 7:30pm
Friday, April 27, 2018 - 7:30pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018 - 7:30pm
Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 2:00pm
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 7:30pm
Thursday, May 3, 2018 - 7:30pm
Friday, May 4, 2018 - 7:30pm
Saturday, May 5, 2018 - 7:30pm
Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 2:00pm

"Are we doomed?
Will the past release us?
Can we change?
In time?"

Angels in America Part II: Perestroika 
By Tony Kushner
Directed by Mark Valdez, guest director
April 27 – May 6
Previews April 24 & 26
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theatre, University of Washington

Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in 1980s America begins in a ruined place where the old orders are splintering and everything—and everyone—has come apart. Prior Walter is a prophet, and now the “great work” of rebuilding this devastated world can begin. We meet characters who, having faced annihilation, must now confront their own stubborn indestructability. Profoundly funny, magnificently theatrical, and startlingly timely, Perestroika is a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos. The New York Times called it “a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.”

RUN TIME: 3 hours 30 minutes, including two intermissions
CONTENT ADVISORY: domestic violence, partial nudity, sexual content, loud noises, coarse language including strong racial and religious slurs, haze, and strobe light

DATES TO NOTE: 
Previews:
Tuesday, April 24th & Thursday, April 26th at 7:30 PM
Opening Night: Friday, April 27th at 7:30 PM, post-show reception
Pre-Show Lobby Talk: Sunday, April 29th at 1:00 PM. Click here for more information.
Pay-What-You-Can: Wednesday, May 2nd at 7:30 PM. Pay-What-You-Can tickets are available at the ArtsUW ticket office starting at 11:00 AM on May 2nd. $1 minimum.
Alumni Night: Friday May 4th at 7:30 PM, pre-show reception. School of Drama alumni should email Bobbin Ramsey at aramsey2@uw.edu for 2-for-1 discount code.

CAST
Hannah/Ethel/The Angel Asiatica Alyssa Franks
Harper/The Angel Africanii Hailey Henderson
The Angel/Henry Brandon Pascal
Roy/The Angel Antarctica Xavier Bleuel
Joe/The Father/The Angel Europa Semaj Miller
Louis/The Angel Australia Phillip Ray Guevara
Prior Taylor Jones
Belize/Mr. Lies/The Angel Oceania Allyson Brown
Aleksii/Nurse Emily/The Mother Annie Willis
Angel Posse Anna Noelle Kassing, Elliott Chinn, Anais Gralpois                                                       
CREATIVE TEAM
Director Mark Valdez
Set Designer Shin-yi Lin
Costume Designer Pamela Weinzatl
Lighting Designer Amber Parker
Sound Designer Kai Scheer
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