SEP 27—OCT 27

ANGELS IN AMERICA,
PARTS I & II

by Tony Kushner
directed by Michael Socrates Moran

New York City, 1985. Amid the AIDS crisis, two couples struggle to navigate their relationships, families, careers, illness, dreams, and visions. As the journeys of Prior, Louis, Joe and Harper unfold, so do questions of cosmic justice, as each is confronted with truths they have struggled to face—about themselves, about one another, and about the world at large—and the painful, transformative power of those realities.

As Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning American epic combines the ghosts of historical figures with contemporary prophets and timeless angels, the power of its narrative reverberates into the perils of the present.

Is cosmic justice possible? Can the American democratic system and rule of law deliver such justice? Is the system capable of facing difficult truths and transforming, or is America bound to struggle under a political system intent on exclusion and scapegoating?

In OTP’s tradition of reconsidering classics, a radical interrogation of this uncannily relevant play reverberates into our present, as America barrels toward another election.

As humans—those with the power to change and create—Kushner’s timeless drama offers much-needed hope for our future—and an opportunity to re-engage with the “Great Work” before us.