Reading of "Angels in America" @ SLAC (Salt Lake City:November 3rd-December 5th)

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY PRESENTS READING OF ‘ANGELS IN AMERICA PART TWO: PERESTROIKA’ BY TONY KUSHNER, DIRECTED BY KEVEN MYHRE.



"This disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all, and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. We won't die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous creatures, each and every one." – Prior Walter, Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika



Following its successful run of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches, Salt Lake Acting Company will present the conclusion of Tony Kushner’s epic as a reading. Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika directed by Keven Myhre and read by the same cast as Millennium Approaches will run November 4 – 7, 2010.



The second half of Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama follows the characters introduced in Millennium Approaches into the 1990s as they continue to struggle with the ravages of AIDS. While still exploring the themes of sexuality, love, and death from the first part, Perestroika also examines redemption and self-empowerment.



The cast includes Alexis Baigue, Alexander Bala, Colleen Baum, Lucas Bybee, Sean J.

Carter, Charles Lynn Frost, Nell Gwynn, and Christy Summerhays.



Angels in America debuted on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in 1993, with

Millennium Approaches being performed in May and Perestroika joining it in repertory

in November. Both Millennium Approaches and Perestroika were awarded the Tony

Awards for Best Play back to back in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Both parts also won

back to back Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Play.



Recommended for mature audiences.


SLAC NOTES

Tickets for the reading of ANGELS IN AMERICA PART TWO: PERESTROIKA are $16 regular, $12 for subscribers.

Season subscribers are the heart of Salt Lake Acting Company. They always pay the lowest price and can exchange their tickets as many times as they want for free.
Mini-Season ticket packages that include 4 plays are now available and range from $46-$146. Call 801.363.7522 for more info and details on subscriptions.

Tickets available at 801-363-SLAC (7522), at www.saltlakeactingcompany.org, or in person at 168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103

FACT SHEET

SLAC READING ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA

PLAYWRIGHT Tony Kushner

DIRECTOR Keven Myhre

CAST Alexis Baigue, Alexander Bala, Colleen Baum, Lucas Bybee, Sean J. Carter, Charles Lynn Frost, Nell Gwynn, Christy Summerhays

DATES November 4 – 7, 2010

TIME Thursday – Saturday – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday – 2:00 p.m.


ALSO PLAYING



boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Directed by Robin Wilks-Dunn

With Emily Burnworth, David Fetzer, and Holly Fowers.


DATES Previews: November 3-4, 2010
Opening: November 5, 2010
Closing: December 5, 2010

TIMES Previews: Wed & Thurs- 7:30 p.m.
Regular: Wed –Sat- 7:30 p.m.
Sun- 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 2nd @ 7 pm- ZAPped Tuesday- Free performance.
Nov. 5th @ 7:30 pm – Opening night
Nov. 7th - Post Play discussion following the matinee performance



SLAC was founded in 1970 and is dedicated to producing, commissioning and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists. SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group, a national organization for non-profit professional regional theatres, and the National New Play Network.