Call for Auditions
Angels In America: Millenium Approaches
By Tony Kushner
Auditions for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, by Tony Kushner, will be held on Monday, March 9th, and Tuesday, March 10th, at 7:00 pm. Callbacks, if needed, will be held on Wednesday, March 11th, at 7:00 pm.
Auditions will be held at PM&L Theatre’s Tribute Hall, located at 877 Main Street in Antioch, IL.
About The Production
Millennium Approaches, is the first part of Tony Kushner’s epic Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. The play is set in New York City during the mid-80’s and introduces the story of a gay man who abandons his partner when he contracts the AIDS virus, a pill-popping Mormon housewife and her closeted husband who has connections with the infamous McCarthy-ite lawyer Roy Cohn. Other characters include a former drag queen turned nurse, a philosophizing Rabbi, and an Angel straight out of a Steven Spielberg movie.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches opens at PM&L on Friday, May 8th, and will run Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until May 24th. Rehearsals will typically be Mondays-Thursdays, beginning at 7 pm. There will also be a reading of Angels in America: Perestroika on Sunday, May 31st for Millennium Approaches ticket holders.
Audition Notes
Auditioners will be reading selections from the script. Please arrive 15 minutes early to fill out audition paperwork. Please be prepared to list any date conflicts for rehearsals and performances. The director is looking for movement-oriented actors, the ability to speak in multiple dialects, and encourages actors to be familiar with the play before auditioning. All actors should be comfortable with staged intimacy, strong language, and adult themes.
The Cast
The director, Rebecca Zellar (previous PM&L credits include The Secret Garden and A Christmas Carol) is looking to cast the following characters:- Louis Ironson
- Adult, All Ethnicities
- Prior Walter/The Man in the Park
- Adult, White/European Descent
- Harper Amaty Pitt/Martin Heller
- Adult, All Ethnicities
- Roy M. Cohn/Prior 2
- Mature Adult, White/European Descent
- Joseph Porter Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo
- Adult, All Ethnicities
- Hannah Porter Pitt/Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz/Henry/Ethel Rosenberg
- Mature Adult, All Ethnicities
- Belize/Mr. Lies
- Adult, African-American
- Angel/Emily/Sister Ella Chapter/A Homeless Woman
- Adult, All Ethnicities
