NoteS
Yale School of Drama presents
A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe that keeps piling ruin upon ruin and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has
Angels in America, Part Two:
Perestroika
been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress. —Walter Benjamin, Theses on THE Philosophy of History
In Tony Kushner’s Perestroika, the second of two plays that comprise his epic Angels in America, people learn to accept the inevitability of loss and change as they are propelled into uncertain futures and forced to navigate the world’s inadequate social systems (religion, politics, sex, and so on). They resist the inertia of despair and find hope within seemingly hopeless circumstances, facing life with resilience, bravery, and humor.
Tony Kushner Ron Van Lieu
by directed by
Why are we so addicted to life when it’s so painful? In the face of immense devastation, why is the freedom to construct a new life so terrifying? —Delilah Dylan Dominguez, production dramaturg
2011–12 season
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.
Thursday, October 6 AT 4PM Friday, October 7 AT 3:30PM and 8PM Saturday, October 8 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET
production staff
OCTOBER 6 TO 8, 2011 Yale School of Drama Jam es Bundy, De an Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean presents
Angels in America, Part Two:
Perestroika Tony Kushner Ron Van Lieu
by directed by
Artistic Staff Scenic and Projection Designer
Edward T. Morris
Costume Designer
Martin t. Schnellinger
Lighting Designer
thomas delgado
Sound Designer
matt otto
Dramaturgs delilah dylan dominguez cheng-han wu Stage Manager
Associate Managing Director
Jaeeun Joo
Associate Production Supervisor
mikey rohrer
Assistant Director
Jack Tamburri
Assistant Scenic Designer
reid thompson
Assistant Costume Designer
jennifer salim
Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer
joel Abbott
Assistant Projection Designer
Michael F Bergmann
Assistant Stage Manager
Hannah Sullivan
Technical Director
nora hyland
Assistant Technical Director
Alex Bergeron
Master Electrician
Dade Veron
Costume Project Coordinator
linda kelley-dodd
Staff Sound Engineer
Paul Bozzi
Crew Cole Lewis Paul Lieber Junghoon Pi Jennifer Timms Assistant Managing Director/ House Manager
Lico Whitfield
Management Assistant
Alyssa Simmons
Nursing Consultant
Lillian Siegel
geoff boronda
cast
in alphabetical order Ethel Rosenberg et al.
molly bernard
Prior Walter et al.
tim brown
Joe Pitt et al.
robert grant
The Angel et al.
brenda meaney
Louis Ironson et al.
jack moran
Harper Pitt et al.
marissa neitling
Belize et al.
paul pryce
Roy Cohn et al.
max roll
Hannah Pitt et al.
hannah leigh sorenson
There will be a 10-minute intermission.
SPECIAL THANKS: MBD, Elm Shakespeare Company, Long Wharf Theatre
production staff
OCTOBER 6 TO 8, 2011 Yale School of Drama Jam es Bundy, De an Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean presents
Angels in America, Part Two:
Perestroika Tony Kushner Ron Van Lieu
by directed by
Artistic Staff Scenic and Projection Designer
Edward T. Morris
Costume Designer
Martin t. Schnellinger
Lighting Designer
thomas delgado
Sound Designer
matt otto
Dramaturgs delilah dylan dominguez cheng-han wu Stage Manager
Associate Managing Director
Jaeeun Joo
Associate Production Supervisor
mikey rohrer
Assistant Director
Jack Tamburri
Assistant Scenic Designer
reid thompson
Assistant Costume Designer
jennifer salim
Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer
joel Abbott
Assistant Projection Designer
Michael F Bergmann
Assistant Stage Manager
Hannah Sullivan
Technical Director
nora hyland
Assistant Technical Director
Alex Bergeron
Master Electrician
Dade Veron
Costume Project Coordinator
linda kelley-dodd
Staff Sound Engineer
Paul Bozzi
Crew Cole Lewis Paul Lieber Junghoon Pi Jennifer Timms Assistant Managing Director/ House Manager
Lico Whitfield
Management Assistant
Alyssa Simmons
Nursing Consultant
Lillian Siegel
geoff boronda
cast
in alphabetical order Ethel Rosenberg et al.
molly bernard
Prior Walter et al.
tim brown
Joe Pitt et al.
robert grant
The Angel et al.
brenda meaney
Louis Ironson et al.
jack moran
Harper Pitt et al.
marissa neitling
Belize et al.
paul pryce
Roy Cohn et al.
max roll
Hannah Pitt et al.
hannah leigh sorenson
There will be a 10-minute intermission.
SPECIAL THANKS: MBD, Elm Shakespeare Company, Long Wharf Theatre
NoteS
Yale School of Drama presents
A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe that keeps piling ruin upon ruin and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has
Angels in America, Part Two:
Perestroika
been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress. —Walter Benjamin, Theses on THE Philosophy of History
In Tony Kushner’s Perestroika, the second of two plays that comprise his epic Angels in America, people learn to accept the inevitability of loss and change as they are propelled into uncertain futures and forced to navigate the world’s inadequate social systems (religion, politics, sex, and so on). They resist the inertia of despair and find hope within seemingly hopeless circumstances, facing life with resilience, bravery, and humor.
Tony Kushner Ron Van Lieu
by directed by
Why are we so addicted to life when it’s so painful? In the face of immense devastation, why is the freedom to construct a new life so terrifying? —Delilah Dylan Dominguez, production dramaturg
2011–12 season
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.
Thursday, October 6 AT 4PM Friday, October 7 AT 3:30PM and 8PM Saturday, October 8 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET