Angels in America

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Having family members living with HIV/AIDS really gave me the motivation for doing the dramaturgy on this play. Knowing how it affects real…

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Tony Kushner was a very interesting person, reading into his life was super interesting to me to see how many different things he had his…

Lesson Plans

1. Topic: Angels in America Lesson Title: Ronald Reagan Era Level: Intermediate Objectives: Obtain knowledge of Ronald Reagan’s stance on…

Public Outreach

1. Put on an open forum on the campus of K-State to discuss HIV/AIDS in 2019, preventative tactics, and how it is relevant still in today’s society.
2. Put on an event on the campus of K-State with individuals who live with HIV/AIDS to tell their stories and reduce the stigma…

Questions

1. What is the significance of Roy Cohn’s “I wish I was an octopus” speech?
2. What is the importance of the intertwining of the real and the imaginary in Harper’s visions?
3. In what ways do Roy and Prior have similar views on lawsuits?

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Angels in America really digs deep into the subconscious of the AIDS crisis and the people involved more so than I had originally realized. I believe this is the angels’ role in this play, playing the mind and the thoughts behind the characters and bringing the audience into the subconscious without telling…

Cultural Context-The AIDS Crisis

The AIDS pandemic began in the early 1980s and brought with it a surge of emotions from the public, they were afraid, angry, fearful, and defiant. The arrival of AIDS also brought with it a condemnation of the LGBT community. These emotions, along with the view on the…

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Through reading this play and now through the reviews, I think I have a greater perspective on what a human living with HIV/AIDS during this time would have been going through. Obviously, no one can ever know unless they were in that situation themselves, but the disparity of one going through this would be…