STA! speelt Koortsdromen in ITA Toneelbeeld
Amateur actors from Studenten Toneelvereniging Amsterdam (STA!) will have a unique opportunity to perform in the set of ITA ensemble's play Angels in America. They will perform Koortsdromen, a gripping play about the AIDS crisis in 1985. In New York, queer communities seek support from each other as the disease spreads. Angels descend, looking for a prophet to save humanity - but will it be enough?
Spelen in het toneelbeeld
Duration tba
Genre Theater
Please note that this performance contains strong language, aids/illness, death, homophobia and drug use
Koortsdromen
It is 1985. We are in New York. On the streets of the West Village, queer communities are seeking each other out. Meanwhile, the AIDS crisis is hitting hard. More than 3,000 people have died in New York alone. President Ronald Reagan has yet to utter the word AIDS once.
In Koortsdromen, we follow the stories of a few people from New York's queer community. Their lives are rocked by the AIDS crisis.
We see how AIDS impacts the characters who have the disease, their loved ones, their friends, family and others in the community.
Meanwhile, angels are looking for a prophet to save humanity from these afflictions. The divine meets the earthly, but the question is whether this meeting can solve the crisis in New York.
Credits
directed by Pieter van Boort
cast Anahita Randjgari, Evita Smits, Ezra den Besten, Floortje Evelein, Ia Cator, Jelle van der Reep, Louka Hakvoort, Lydia Tasiou, Martijn Kenselaar, Romy Sluijs, Saskia van Schaik, Stein Konings, Valentina van Drooge, Vera Breugem
production Femke Wennink
assistant director Luna Jongerling
dramaturgiy Janna Hoogerwerf
with special thanks to Nut Amsterdam, FondsvoorCentrum, Stichting Fonds de Trut
promotion Fee Spenkelink
