Pitt Rep Theatre 2008-2009
American Revelations
Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika
Tickets now on sale.
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October 15–26, 2008
Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial
Directed by Tommy Costello, PhD candidate
A Pulitzer Finalist and Pittsburgh premiere, Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House takes place in a “metaphysical Connecticut” where no affluent household is complete without a Latin housekeeper. Matilde, a Brazilian cleaning lady, has no interest in cleaning. She prefers to devote her time to composing the world’s funniest—and therefore, lethal—joke. Ruhl’s fantastical fable reminds us that the best homes—like the best jokes—are not always clean.
Bonus Show:
October 29–November 9, 2008
Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning
Directed by Kaitlyn Wittig, Pitt undergraduate
“Make love, not war” is the message of Aristophanes’ raunchy political comedy from 411 B.C. How do Athenian women bring an end to the unpopular Peloponnesian War? By withholding sex—how else? More than two millennia later, the Father of Comedy’s classic romp rings true, naughty, and hilarious. Tickets are only $10; students pay $7.
See both Part One and Part Two for only $35.
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Angels in America
Part 1: Millennium Approaches
By Tony Kushner
February 19–March 1, 2009
Charity Randall Theatre
Directed by Holly Thuma, teaching artist in residence
Kushner’s epic masterpiece has been hailed as one of the greatest works of American drama. AIDS, Reaganomics, and hypocrisy plague the nation. The afflicted and their loved ones brace themselves as physical realties unravel to make way for disturbing supernatural forces. The intersecting dramas of humans, angels, and phantoms converge on the arrival of a heavenly messenger. What will the millennium bring – a new age, or the apocalypse?
Angels in America
Part 2: Perestroika
By Tony Kushner
April 2–11, 2009
Charity Randall Theatre
Directed by Robert C.T. Steele, teaching artist
Picking up where Millennium leaves off, Perestroika plunges the audience into a fever dream of political unrest, personal revelation, and celestial instability. God is AWOL, leaving bureaucratic angels in charge of the universe. New York City becomes a psychic confluence of waking dreams and miraculous visions. At turns shocking, heartbreaking and funny, Kushner’s majestic conclusion reproaches humanity’s hypocrisy, greed, and cowardice. It also illuminates our capacity for forgiveness, love, and survival – attributes that reveal the true angels among us.