Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

Angels is a sweeping, soul-stirring epic that cracks open the American psyche at the height of the AIDS crisis. With wit, fury, and unflinching honesty, Kushner weaves together stories of love, betrayal, faith, and survival, exposing the raw wounds of a country grappling with illness, politics, and identity. The play’s characters—both real and fantastical—move between intimate heartbreak and cosmic revelation, demanding that we confront our deepest fears and our highest hopes. It is a work of towering imagination and urgent humanity, reminding us that even in the darkest times, transformation is possible.

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Meet the Artists

Jeffrey King (Roy Cohn, others)

Jeffrey was a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company for 20 seasons where he appeared in more than 50 productions, as well as performing in regional theaters around the country and appearing in television, film and radio. He most recently performed at The Public Theater in New York in Manahatta and Rogue Theater Company in a reading of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Circle Mirror Transformation. Also Virginia Stage Company as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Great Lakes Theater as Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet. Other stage roles include: Dick Fuld and Peter Minuit at Yale Repertory Theatre's east coast premiere of Manahatta; Roger in the world premiere of Mother Road; John Heminges in The Book of Will; Henry IV in Henry IV, Pt. 1 and Henry IV, Pt 2; Bolingbroke in Richard II; Flip Benham in Roe; Henry II in The Lion in Winter; Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra; Clarence in Richard III;  Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire; Claudius in Hamlet; Achilles in Troilus and Cressida; Antonio in The Tempest; Belarius in Cymbeline; Steve Heidebrecht in August: Osage County; Wagner in Room Service; Beralde in Imaginary Invalid. He originated the role of Joe Pitt in Angels in America, first performed at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco and later at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.  Other theaters at which he has worked include Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, The Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Empty Space Theatre in Seattle, Marin Theatre Company, The Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville and The Asolo Theatre in Sarasota. Film and television credits include: According to Jim, ER, Chicago Hope, Wings, Beverly Hills 90210, The Practice, Mars Attacks! with Jack Nicholson, That Darn Cat with Christina Ricci, Clean Slate with Dana Carvey, among others. He received his MFA in acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory.

Robin Goodrin Nordli (Hannah Pitt, others)

Robin was last seen in Rogue Theater Company's production of Off Peak. She has also appeared in RTC’s Chapatti and A Doll’s House, Part 2. She has been a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 27 seasons, most recently performing her one-woman show VIRGINS TO VILLAINS: My Journey with Shakespeare’s Women, as a part of their 2024 season. In past seasons at OSF she has performed in 76 roles in 58 productions including: Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Jack’s Mother in Into the Woods (both at OSF and the Wallis Annenberg Center, Los Angeles); Gertrude in Hamlet; The Chorus in Henry V; Rosalind in As You Like It; Viola in Twelfth Night; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth; Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance; Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler and The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler; Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac; Margaret in Henry VI Parts One, Two/Three and Richard III; Irene in Idiot’s Delight; Becca in Rabbit Hole; Portia in The Merchant of Venice; and Rebecca West in Rosmersholm. Other theatres include California Shakespeare Theater, (two seasons), Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, (three seasons), South Coast Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Grove and VITA Shakespeare Festivals and Artist Repertory Theatre, among others. She authored and performed “VIRGINS TO VILLAINS: My Journey with Shakespeare’s Women” (a one-woman show), “BARD BABES” and “SHAKESPEARE’S LABORS IN LOVE.” Film/TV credits include White Mile, Eyes of Terror, Wolf, Dead Pan Alley, Amen, Cutters, and Raspberry Heaven, among others. Awards: Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship (2013), Oregon Arts Commission 2009 Individual Artist Fellowship, Bay Area Theatre Critics, Drama-logue, and Back Stage West Award. Robin holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Tulsa and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre. RGNordli.com

Christian Bufford (Belize)

In four seasons at OSF: Marian Starrett in Shane; Lady Macduff and Gentlewoman in Macbeth; Gloria and Copper Haired Woman in The Copper Children; Understudy: Marley, Barney, Spirit Elderflower, Barbara Crotchit, Rebecca, Elizabeth Ruble, Dino Mom, and Ensemble in It’s Christmas, Carol! Regional: Shane (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Guthrie Theater); Kiss, The Nether, Detroit, Stunning, Gruesome Playground Injuries (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Destiny of Desire (Arena Stage); Uncle Vanya (Round House Theatre); Mockingbird (The Kennedy Center); The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Water by the Spoonful (Studio Theatre); The Lyons, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Round House Theatre); After the Fall (Theatre J). She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Lini Dissanayake (Harper Pitt, others)

Lili is a choreographer, director, writer, and actor. She was the choreographer for RTC’s Stones in His Pockets and the assistant director, choreographer, and intimacy coordinator for Heisenberg. She has worked with the Geffen Playhouse, Rogue Machine Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, ETC Theatre Company, The Pico Playhouse, Gay Men’s Chorus of LA, Varsity Vocals, and Musical Theatre Repertory, among others, and has choreographed over 30 plays and musicals for the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her work has been featured on the stages of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Royce Hall, and the Beacon Theatre. Lili was the co-founder and artistic director of the Ovation winning Boom Kat Dance Theatre and has developed two TV series with her husband, Joe Sofranko, for FOX and Netflix. lilifuller.com

Jordan Barbour (Prior Walter)

In 26 seasons at OSF: Fennyman and Ensemble in Shakespeare in Love; Justice Shallow in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Duke of York in Richard II; Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls; Pisanio in Cymbeline; Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet; Provost in Measure for Measure; Charlie Aiken in August: Osage County; Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing; Sam Katz in Paradise Lost; Brabantio, Gratiano in Othello; Alfieri in A View from the Bridge; Zangler in On the Razzle; Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank; Harry Binion in Room Service; George Pye in Humble Boy; Mitch Vine, Ira Kirschenbaum in Continental Divide (OSF; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, England; The Barbican); Gloucester in King Lear; Peppino in Saturday, Sunday, Monday; Shylock in The Merchant of Venice; Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing; Zeizel in Vilna’s Got a Golem; Charley in Death of a Salesman; Uncle Morty in Awake and Sing!; Sam Truman in Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Dr. Gibbs in Our Town; Artie Shaughnessy in The House of Blue Leaves; Black Swan Lab (2010). Other theatres: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Shakespeare St. Louis, others. Education: MA, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Jamie Newcomb (Reverend Tooker)

Jamie is happy to be back at Rogue Theater Company after appeared in readings of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and of August: Osage County. Other theaters: The Old Globe: Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing. San Diego Rep: Honky, Zoot Suit, Brooklyn Boy, The Illusion. North Coast Rep: The Homecoming, Christmas Carol (as told by one man who cares - Streamed), How the Other Half Loves. Cygnet Theatre: Roy Cohn in Angels in America (Craig Noel award). Other Theatre: OSF (14 seasons), Denver Center Theatre (nine seasons), The Public Theatre, B.A.M. Utah Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare & Company (founding member), The Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, Missouri Rep, Arizona Theatre Co., and Geva Theatre. Representative roles: Oxford Society Award for Richard III (O.S.F.) Drama Logue Award for Touchstone, (S.S.C.), Coriolanus, Iago, Bottom, Feste, and The Duke in Measure for Measure. T.V.: “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle,” “Honky” (P.B.S.), and “I Want To Keep My Baby” (CBS). Film: “Lone Wolf”. Directing: Much Ado, Midsummer (USD Graduate Program), Lone Star, True West, and Found a Peanut (National Theatre Conservatory). Fight Director: SD Rep, SD Opera, The Old Globe, L.J.P. , O.S.F., Chicago Shakes, Idaho Shakes, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Shak&Co. Continuing Lecturer: U.C.S.D. Graduate Theatre Program.

Benjamin Pelteson, he/him (Louis Ironson, others)

Selected OSF credits: Edgar in King Lear, David in The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, Lemml in Indecent, Dick Dickens in It's Christmas, Carol. Elsewhere: Playwrights Horizons, 2ST, Ensemble Studio Theater, City Opera, South Coast Repertory, O'Neill, George Street Playhouse, Denver Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Wilma Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Williamstown, Shakespeare on the Sound, and others. TV: Homeland, The Americans, The Blacklist, Law & Order, Unforgettable, and the ESPN Film Silly Little Game. He was a Barrymore Nominee for Louis in Angels in America at the Wilma in Philadelphia (a long time ago) and Associate Directed Angels at the Intiman in Seattle shortly thereafter. BFA, Carnegie Mellon.

Stephen Michael Spencer (Joe Pitt, others)

Stephen appeared in RTC’s Ripcord last year. Broadway: Clyde’s (u/s performed.) Off-Broadway: Music City, The Assassination of Julius Caesar (Bedlam), Julius Caesar (TFANA), Medea:Reversed (RedBull). Regional: Four Seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, McCarter Theatre, The A.R.T., Arena Stage, The Rep. at St. Louis, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Cleveland Play House, Triad Stage, Ensemble Theatre Co, Chautauqua Theatre Co. International: The Heart of Robin Hood with Mirvish Productions in Canada. TV/ Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), This Wild Abyss. Education: BFA UNC-Greensboro, MFA Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House. Stream “stephenspencer” original music on all platforms. @stephenmspencer www.stephenmichaelspencer.com

Vilma Siva (The Angel, others)

Vilma is delighted to return to RTC! She previously appeared in RTC’s Doubt, a reading of August: Osage County, and in productions of Circle Mirror Transformation and Mala. She also sits on RTC’s Advisory Council. Most recently, Vilma appeared in Coriolanus with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Other credits include Sense and Sensibility for Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Old Jo and Scrooge in the McCarter Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol and King Philip of France and Lord Salisbury in King John, an all-female and non-binary production in collaboration with the Upstart Crow Collective and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Vilma has been a company member at OSF for 28 seasons, appearing in over 50 productions. Some of her favorites at OSF include Destiny of Desire, Mojada, The River Bride, Water By The Spoonful, King Lear, Henry VIII, A View From The Bridge, The Taming of the Shrew, Gibraltar, Pericles, Two Sisters and a Piano, The Three Musketeers, and The Magic Fire (OSF/Kennedy Center). Other theaters include Steppenwolf Theatre, TheatreWorks, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Dallas Theater Center, American Conservatory Theater, El Teatro Campesino, among others. Vilma represented OSF at Ten Chimneys as the 2011 recipient of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. Vilma dedicates her work to her parents Vilma Perez and Silvio Antonio Silva-Re.

Tony Kushner (Playwright)

Tony Kushner is an American playwright, screenwriter, and essayist whose work is celebrated for its intellectual rigor, political urgency, and deep humanity. Born in Manhattan and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Kushner grew up in a Jewish family and later studied at Columbia University before earning his MFA from New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science. He is best known for his monumental two-part play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1991–1992), which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards, and a place in the canon of modern American theater for its unflinching exploration of AIDS, homosexuality, politics, and spirituality in 1980s America. Kushner’s other notable stage works include Caroline, or Change (2003), a semi-autobiographical musical with composer Jeanine Tesori that blends the personal and political through the lens of the Civil Rights era, and Homebody/Kabul (2001), which grappled with Western perceptions of Afghanistan before and after 9/11. Beyond the stage, Kushner has had a distinguished career as a screenwriter, collaborating with director Steven Spielberg on Munich (2005), Lincoln (2012), West Side Story (2021), and The Fabelmans (2022), projects that showcase his ability to intertwine historical events with emotional depth and moral inquiry. A committed activist, he has been outspoken on issues of social justice, race, sexuality, and politics, often weaving these themes into his art with rare eloquence and ferocity. Honored with numerous awards, including a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013, Kushner continues to be regarded as one of the most influential voices in contemporary theater and film, a writer whose work challenges audiences to confront both personal and collective truths.

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