written by Tony Kushner
directed by Alan Demovsky
Friday September 12th 1997 — Saturday October 4th 1997
In Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in 1980s New York City, a gay man is abandoned by his lover when he contracts the AIDS virus, and a closeted Mormon lawyer’s marriage to his pill-popping wife stalls. Other characters include the infamous McCarthy-ite lawyer Roy Cohn, Ethel Rosenberg, a former drag queen who works as a nurse, and an angel.
Cast
- Roy Cohn/Prior II: Michael Gruda
- Joe Pitt/Eskimo: Robert Burns
- Harper Pitt: Kathleen Kearney
- Belize: Phil James
- Louis: Joe Adams
- Prior Walter: Andrew Gitzy
- Hannah Pitt: Lucille Schroeder
- The Angel/Emily/Ethel Rosenberg: Blanche Norman
- The Rabbi/The Woman in the South Bronx: Rita Penny
- Martin Heller: Charles Castrovinci
- Mr. Lies/Man in the Park/Henry/Prior l: Steve James Cochran
- Young Man: Craig Bender
Production Staff / Crew
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Director: Alan Demovsky
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Scenic Designer: Robert Sven Olson
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Lighting Designer: Michael Greene
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Costume Designer: Eileen McGrath Polinsky
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Special Effects Designer: Jennie Marino
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Sound Designer: Chris Ishoy
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Choreographer: Kathy C. Gnazzo
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Technical Director: David Vogel
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Technical Director: Tim Palumbo
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Stage Manager: Nancy Hogan-Logan
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Producer: Sandy Chiappino
