Due to popular demand, the run of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Tony Kushner’s monumental two-part play, ANGELS IN AMERICA, with a single cast performing both parts of the play in repertory, has been extended by two weeks. As most performances of the original run dates are now sold out, an additional five performances of each part have been scheduled. The entire original cast will continue through the extension. The performance schedule (detailed below) will allow audiences to see the two parts in sequence on the same day, or on successive days. The final performance of MILLENNIUM APPROACHES will now be on Saturday, September 20 at 12 p.m. and the final performance of PERESTROIKA will be Sunday, September 21 at 12 p.m.
Invictus’ ANGELS IN AMERICA received a four-star review from the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones, who called it “…the most powerful non-Equity production I’ve seen, all in all, since before the pandemic.” The production has been Jeff recommended and consistently at the top of Theatre in Chicago’s “Top Rated Plays” list.
From Part Two: Perestroika. Nicki Rossi as The Angel.
The company will celebrate the success of this production with its first-ever fundraising Gala on the late afternoon/early evening of the closing of ANGELS IN AMERICA on Sunday, September 21, from 5 to 10 pm at the ERIS Brewery and Cider House at 4240 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago. More information and tickets are available at https://secure.qgiv.com/event/invictus-theatre-company-equinox/
Tickets for both parts of ANGELS IN AMERICA are on sale now at www.invictustheatreco.com/angels
LISTING INFORMATION
ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
and
ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA
by Tony Kushner
directed by Charles Askenaizer
June 13 – September 21, 2025
Extension performance schedule September 8-21
- Part Two: Monday, September 8 at 7 p.m.
- Part One: Friday, September 12 at 7 p.m.
- Part One: Saturday, September 13 at 12 noon
- Part Two: Saturday, September 13 at 7 p.m.
- Part Two: Sunday, September 14 at 12 noon
- Part One: Monday, September 15 at 7 p.m.
- Part One: Friday, September 19 at 7 p.m.
- Part One: Saturday, September 20 at 12 noon
- Part Two: Saturday, September 20 at 7 p.m.
- Part Two: Sunday, September 21 at 12 noon
Performances at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago
Ticket prices: Monday $30. Friday through Sunday $45. Multi-show subscription packages available.
www.invictustheatreco.com
Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. A single cast will perform both parts of Kushner’s epic play in repertory, allowing audiences to experience the characters’ entire stories over a single day or successive days.
BIOS
Charles Askenaizer (Artistic Director, Director) is the Founding Artistic Director of Invictus Theatre. He won the 2023 Jeff Award (Non-Equity Wing) for his direction of the company’s WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? which also won Jeff Awards for Production of a Play, Scenic Design (Kevin Rolfs), and Performer in a Supporting Role – Play (Rachel Livingston). Other recent Invictus directing credits include: THE WINTER’S TALE, NETWORK, THREE SISTERS, THE CRUCIBLE (Jeff Award Nominations-Director, Production), JULIUS CAESAR, HAMLET, 'NIGHT, MOTHER (Associate Director), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, and OTHELLO: THE MOOR OF VENICE. Directing credits outside of Invictus include TITUS ANDRONICUS (Bare Knuckles Theater), JULIUS CAESAR (Associate Director- Brown Paper Box), THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Reutan Collective) and readings with Chicago Dramatists and Piccolo Theater. Since 2018, Charles has also directed several productions for Invictus's outreach programming in partnership with the Cook County Juvenile Justice System and Lawrence Hall. In 2024, Charles was named one of New City Magazine’s “Players 50 2024: The Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts.”
Tony Kushner (Playwright) made his Broadway debut in 1993 with both ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES and ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. He adapted the acclaimed 2003 miniseries of ANGELS IN AMERICA, directed by Mike Nichols, for which Kushner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie. In 2003, he wrote the lyrics and book to the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE which earned Kushner Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.
He has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg on the films MUNICH (2005), LINCOLN (2012), WEST SIDE STORY (2021), and THE FABELMANS (2022). His work with Spielberg has earned him four Academy Award nominations, one for Best Picture, two for Best Adapted Screenplay, and one for Best Original Screenplay.
ABOUT INVICTUS THEATRE COMPANY
At Invictus Theatre Company, our mission is to create theatre that promotes a better understanding of language: its poetry, its rhythm, its resonance; through diverse works by diverse artists. We respect the power of heightened language: spoken, written, sung; to express the breadth of the human condition. We work to harness the power of language: to promote diversity, to engender respect, to foster collaboration; and to empower our communities to share their voices.
Invictus Theatre Company incorporated in January 2017 and received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in February 2017. A diverse group of Chicago actors and directors founded Invictus with the vision to empower their communities through theatrical productions of heightened language. We are committed to the idea that our productions should reflect the communities we represent, and, to that end, we are committed to non-discriminatory hiring practices. In working with local artists, designers, and production teams, Invictus Theatre Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, nationality, citizenship, religion, or any other status protected by law.
ANGELS IN AMERICA's production sponsor is Timothy Sherck. Invictus Theatre Company is generously supported by Michael and Mona Heath of The Heath Fund, The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, and the Illinois Arts Council.