Auditions for ANGELS IN AMERICA at Stray Cat Theatre announced for December 21

AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR ANGELS IN AMERICA PARTS 1 AND 2

by Tony Kushner

directed by Ron May

Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre

May 1-16, 2026

WHEN/WHERE:

Sunday, December 21st, 2025 - 10am - 2pm

MAIN STREET CREATIVE ARTS CENTER

933 E Main St

Mesa, AZ 85203

Callbacks will be on Sunday, December 28th in the afternoon.

ROLES AVAILABLE:

4M, 3F

The role of ROY COHN has already been cast. We ARE casting for an understudy, though.

You must be 21 years of age to audition

Non-union only.

All abilities, ethnicities are encouraged to audition.

We will also be casting understudies.

PRIOR WALTER / MAN IN THE PARK - Male, 25-40; Louis' uptight, bourgeois boyfriend, works as a club designer/caterer but otherwise lives off a trust fund. Extremely charismatic and witty, but also frail, intense, and vulnerable.

LOUIS IRONSON - Male, 25-40, Jewish; Prior's boyfriend, works as a court clerk in Brooklyn. Intelligent, idealistic, neurotic, anxious, and full of self-loathing and guilt.

JOSEPH PITT / PRIOR 1 / ESKIMO - Male, 25-40, Mormon; Married to Harper, a handsome, Republican lawyer working alongside Roy Cohn. Grapples with his suppressed homosexuality.

HARPER PITT / MARTIN HELLER - Female, 25-40, Joe's wife; agoraphobic with an addiction to Valium; perpetually fearful. In order to cope with her failing marriage, hallucinates and invents imaginary characters to escape her troubles.

HANNAH PITT / RABBI ISIDOR CHEMELWITZ / HENRY / ETHEL ROSENBERG - Female, 50s; Joe's mother; chilly demeanor. Moves from Salt Lake City to New York after Joe calls with unsettling news.

BELIZE / MR. LIES - Male, 25-40, African-American; Registered nurse, ex-drag queen, Prior's best friend and Roy's caretaker. Extremely stylish with a personality to match. Mr. Lies is one of Harper's imaginary creations.

THE ANGEL / EMILY / SISTER ELLA CHAPTER / WOMAN IN SOUTH BRONX - She/Her/They, 30-40s, Imposing, terrifying, divine presence who descends from Heaven to bestow prophecy on Prior. A force to be reckoned with. Powerful, forceful, and full of intensity.

PLEASE PREPARE: 

Prepared sides from the script - will be emailed to you upon scheduling your audition.

TO SCHEDULE AN AUDITION:

PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO rmay@straycattheatre.org WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. NAME 

2. PHONE NUMBER

3. CHARACTER(S) YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR

4. A WINDOW OF TIME YOU WOULD PREFER. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND ALL AUDITIONS ARE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SCHEDULED BASIS IN 5 MINUTE INCREMENTS. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ADHERE TO YOUR WISHES.

YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL WITH:

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2. SIDE(S) TO PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION

3. AN AUDITION FORM TO COMPLETE BEFORE ARRIVAL

4. AN AUDITION TIME SLOT 

ANY QUESTIONS: rmay@straycattheatre.org

PAY: There is a minimum $500 stipend for all actors cast. 

A smaller stipend is offered for understudies.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Arguably the most ambitious American play of our time: an epic that travels from earth to heaven; focuses on politics, sex and religion; transports us to Washington, the Kremlin, the South Bronx, Salt Lake City and Antarctica; switches between realism and fantasy, from the tragedy of AIDS to the camp comedy of drag queens to the death or at least the absconding of God…and we’re finally taking our swing at it. We’re doubly thrilled to announce our Associate Head Kitty Louis Farber will be taking on the role of Roy Cohn. 

“A vast miraculous play … provocative, witty and deeply upsetting … a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama … PERESTROIKA is not only a stunning resolution of the rending human drama of MILLENIUM APPROACHES, but also a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.” ⁠- New York Times