Angels in America

Angels in America

Study Guide

Part One: Millennium Approaches

Act One: Bad News

1. Act One, Scene 1
2. Act One, Scene 2
3. Act One, Scene 3
4. Act One, Scene 4
5. Act One, Scene 5
6. Act One, Scene 6
7. Act One, Scene 7
8. Act One, Scene 8
9. Act One, Scene 9

Act Two: In Vitro

1. Act Two, Scene 1
2. Act Two, Scene 2
3. Act Two, Scene 3
4. Act Two, Scene 4
5. Act Two, Scene 5
6. Act Two, Scene 6
7. Act Two, Scene 7
8. Act Two, Scene 8
9. Act Two, Scene 9
10. Act Two, Scene 10

Act Three: Not-Yet-Conscious, Foward Dawning

1. Act Three, Scene 1
2. Act Three, Scene 2
3. Act Three, Scene 3
4. Act Three, Scene 4
5. Act Three, Scene 5
6. Act Three, Scene 6
7. Act Three, Scene 7

Part Two: Perestroika

Act One: Spooj

1. Act One, Scene 1
2. Act One, Scene 2
3. Act One, Scene 3
4. Act One, Scene 4
5. Act One, Scene 5
6. Act One, Scene 6

Act Two: The Epistle

1. Act Two, Scene 1

Act Three: Borborygmi

1. Act Three, Scene 1
2. Act Three, Scene 2
3. Act Three, Scene 3
4. Act Three, Scene 4
5. Act Three, Scene 5

Act Four: John Brown's Body

1. Act Four, Scene 1
2. Act Four, Scene 2
3. Act Four, Scene 3
4. Act Four, Scene 4
5. Act Four, Scene 5
6. Act Four, Scene 6
7. Act Four, Scene 7
8. Act Four, Scene 8
9. Act Four, Scene 9

Act Five: Heaven, I'm in Heaven

1. Act Five, Scene 1
2. Act Five, Scene 2
3. Act Five, Scene 3
4. Act Five, Scene 4
5. Act Five, Scene 5
6. Act Five, Scene 6
7. Act Five, Scene 7
8. Act Five, Scene 8
9. Act Five, Scene 9
10. Act Five, Scene 10

Epilogue: Bethesda

1. Perestroika Epilogue

Characters

Roy Cohn

Joseph Porter Pitt

Harper Amaty Pitt

Louis Ironson

Prior Walter

Hannah Porter Pitt

Belize

The Angel

Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz

Mr. Lies

The Man in the Park

The Voice

Henry

Emily

Martin Heller

Sister Ella Chapter

Prior I

Prior II

The Eskimo

The Woman in the South Bronx

Ethel Rosenberg

Works Cited

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• Layman, Bruccoli Clark. "Tony Kushner,"in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 228: Twentienth Century American Dramatists, Second Series. Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley.

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