Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches To Be Staged at Duke University
Durham, N.C.–Tony Kushner’s award-winning play, Angels In America, Part One: Millennium Approaches will play in Sheafer Theater in the Bryan Center on Duke’s West Campus April 13-16 at 7:30 p.m. and April 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Angels won Kushner two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, and an HBO film version of the play won a record 11 Emmys. “The brilliant reputation of the play is reason enough for us to produce it at Duke,” says Jeff Storer, faculty director of the play. “But from an academic standpoint, it is vitally important as well. The play is set in a time when the AIDS epidemic was sweeping the nation, and the Reagan administration’s response, or lack thereof, had a tremendous impact on society, on politics, on public policy. This play has an urgency that all theater doesn’t have. It doesn’t politely ask if it can be a part of our world - it demands that it be looked at. It is revelatory not only in terms of its message, but also in its design and sound and special effects – it is wonderful theatrics.”
Associated public events include a panel discussion, “Angels: Living Past Hope,” on April 16 at 2:00 p.m. on the second floor of the Bryan Center that will feature experts from health care, social work and theater and a reading of Angels In America, Part Two: Perestroika on May 2 at 2:00 p.m., 209 East Duke Building, East Campus (free admission).
Tickets are on sale for Angels In America, Part One: Millennium Approaches ($10 general admission, $7 students and seniors) at University Box Office (919-684-4444 and www.tickets.duke.edu).
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