Stray Cat Theatre at Tempe Center for the Arts

Seven college students come together for a self-defense workshop after a sexual assault rocks their campus. What begins as a practical crash course soon becomes an outlet for rage, confusion, anxiety and desire. With biting humor and unflinching honesty, “How to Defend Yourself” confronts questions of power, agency and the messy, often contradictory ways people seek healing in a world shaped by violence.

Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking masterpiece is one of the most ambitious works in modern American theatre. “Angels in America” spans politics, religion, sex and identity. Stray Cat Theatre takes on this epic two-part production with longtime ensemble member Louis Farber cast as Roy Cohn.