27 October| 19:00 – I.L.Caragiale National Theatre, Media Hall
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Angels in America is a colorful portrayal of the United States of America in the 1980s, depicting the time of Ronald Reagan’s presidency and the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
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Cast:
Roy M. Cohn, a successful New York lawyer and unofficial power broker : Zsolt Bogdán
Joseph Porter Pitt, mormon, chief clerk at the Federal Court of Appeals : Péter Árus
Harper Amaty Pitt, Joe’s wife, an agoraphobic with a mild Valium addiction : Éva Imre
Louis Ironson, a word processor working for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals : Balázs Bodolai
Prior Walter, Louis’s boyfriend, former drag queen : Ervin Szűcs
Hannah Porter Pitt, Joe’s mother, Mormon and widowed: Emőke Kató
Belize, a registered nurse and former drag queen : Szabolcs Balla
The Angel: Tekla Tordai
Isidor Chemelwitz, an orthodox Jewish rabbi : Emőke Kató
Mr. Lies, Harper’s imaginary friend, a travel agent : Szabolcs Balla
A Voice : Tekla Tordai
Henry, Roy’s doctor: Emőke Kató
Emily, a Nurse : Tekla Tordai
An Eskimo in Harper’s mind : Péter Árus
Prior 1, the ghost of a dead Prior Walter from the thirteenth century : Zsolt Bogdán
Prior 2, the ghost of a dead Prior Walter from the seventeenth century : Péter Árus
Ethel Rosenberg, phantom of Roy Cohn’s famous victim : Emőke Kató
Translated into Hungarian by : László Upor
Stage Direction : Victor Ioan Frunză
Set and Costume Design: Adriana Grand
Dramaturgy: Nóra Balázs
Assistant director : Emőke Veres
Length: 3 h 10 min (with intermission)
Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
Performance in Hungarian with English and Romanian surtitles
Suitable for ages 16 and above
All the characters of the play belong to a minority group: gays, Jews, Mormons. The play talks about the “great journey” that most of the characters are on, that of reevaluating their destiny and trying to face it.
A two-part production. The two performances are linked by their theme as well as characters, however, since they have different plots, they can be viewed separately.
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