The music used during preshow, blackouts and intermission is John

Coriglianos Symphony No. 1, also known as the AIDS Symphony. Below are
his words on this moving piece. If you wish to read more about this symphony,
all of Mr. Coriglianos notes are available at the concessions stand.
Historically, many symphonists (Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich, to name a
few) have been inspired by important events in their lives, and perhaps
occasionally their choice of the symphonic form was dictated by extra-musical
events. In the decade preceding the composition of my own First Symphony I
lost many friends and colleagues to the AIDS epidemic, and the cumulative
eect of those losses, naturally, aected me deeply. My First Symphony was
generated by feelings of loss, anger and frustration.
A few years before I undertook this work, I was extremely moved when I first
saw "The Quilt," an ambitious interweaving of several thousand fabric panels,
each memorializing a person who had died of AIDS, and, most importantly,
each designed and constructed by his or her loved ones. This made me want
to memorialize in music those I had lost, and reflect on those I was losing. I
decided to relate the first three movements of the Symphony to three lifelong
musician friends. In the third movement, still other friends are recalled in a
quilt-like interweaving of motivic melodies.
JOHN CORIGLIANO

Tony Kushners

Angels in America: Perestroika

Starring
Lars Maurseth Jonathan Bailey
Crystal Zimmerman Crystal Davis Deremy Randall
Kate Felkins David Burton Ashley Bragg
Directed by
Stage Manager

Jessica Burton
Bonnie Ambers

Light Board / Sound / Video Operator Danie Clawson

Sound / Video Design Jessica Burton
Special thanks to PASO
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Tony Kushners Angels in America: Perestroika is presented
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.
Perestroika was first performed as a staged reading in May 1991
by the Eureka Theatre Company in San Francisco.
The play workshopped at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in May 1992.
The world premier of Perestroika was presented by
the Mark Taper Forum in November 1992.

The Cast and Crew of Perestroika

Jonathan Bailey (Joseph Pitt, the Angel Europa) first started acting at Amarillo High
School. He has been in a few shows at Avenue 10 such as Angels in America: the
Millennium Approaches, Clockwork Orange and Reefer Madness.
Ashley Bragg (Belize, Caleb, The Angel Oceania) is reprising her role as Belize. She
was last seen in the musical Reefer Madness and you can certainly expect to see her
in many more Avenue 10 shows to come. She would like to thank Ethan for being an
inspiration, not a negation.
David Burton (Roy M. Cohn, the Angel Antartica) is one of the founders of Avenue 10
and is happy to see the theatre back on its feet, delivering devious shows to the
Amarillo audience. He has been doing theatre for over 30 years, and if we started to list
his credits, wed end up having to have a supplemental program.
Crystal Davis (Harper Pitt, the Angel Africanii) has done many shows with Avenue 10.
She is very happy to be participating in Angels in America.
Kate Felkins (The Angel, Emily, Voice, Orrin, Mormon Mother) is excited to reprise her
role as the Angel this year. Since last she she has worked extensively behind the
scenes and directed Spike Heels, her first show as a director for Avenue 10. Kate
hopes to continue growing with Avenue 10 and would like to thank you all for your
support.
Lars Maurseth (Prior Walter) returns to play Prior in Angels in America: Perestroika.
He is very happy to be back in the role that first brought him to Avenue 10. The cast is
great, the show is great and hopefully youll take home an experience that wont leave
you. The dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living.
Deremy Randall (Louis Ironson, the Angel Australia) has done at least a million plays
with Avenue 10. He credits Tommy Toliver with all of his costumes in this show. Collect
autographs, theyll be worth a ton one day.
Crystal Zimmerman (Hannah Pitt, Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov, Henry,
Ethel Rosenberg, the Angel Asistica) has been performing for over 20 years. Some of
her favorite credits include: two O-Broadway showcases, Texas the Musical Drama,
and She Loves Me. Crystals Avenue 10 credits include The Rocky Horror Show,
Conference of the Birds, RENT and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Bonnie Ambers (Stage Manager) is very honored to be a part of this touching
production, and hopes it will touch your life as it has hers.
Danie Clawson (Theatre Monkey) is too lazy to write a bio. He runs the lights, the
sound and the videos.
Jessica Burton (Director) has been with Avenue 10 since its birth. Previous directing
credits for Avenue 10 include Angels in America: the Millennium Approaches, Bent
and The Laramie Project. She is currently studying opera at WT, and has the honor to
study opera in Salzburg, Austria this summer.

Avenue 10s 2011 Season

Up Next:

Euripidess Medea
August 5 - 20

Based on the Greek tragedy by

Euripides, "Medea" is a tale of jealousy at
its deadliest. Medea goes on a rampage
when her husband leaves her for another
woman. Adapted and directed by Ronnie
Nanos.

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