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We have been working for six months on Gay Play Weekend, and we are thrilled that now it is right around the corner.
I guarantee you will enjoy the enhanced staged readings of these four new plays and one new musical.
What is an enhanced staged reading? Well there will be some costumes, movement - even a bit of choreography.
More importantly, each reading is followed by a talk back with the author and the artists who worked on the reading.
This is your chance to impact what happens next with new LGBT theater!
Performances are April 13 to 15 at the Hoover- Leppen Theater of Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted.
Hello Norma Jeane, a comedy about Marilyn Monroe, and Mr. Teddy, a very provocative look at a long-standing three-way role-playing relationship, are both highly entertaining and thought-provoking. At The Flash is destined to be a classic solo tour-de-force performance piece illuminating 50 years of gay history, while Lost in History is a beautifully personal story about parents, aging, and much more. And our first musical to be named a finalist, Under A Rainbow Flag, is a charming real-life story of a WWII naval corpsman who still lives in Evanston, Illinois.  | | At The Flash |
The schedule for the weekend is: - Friday, April 13, 7:30 - Lost in History, starring Artistic Ensemble Member Patrick Rybarczyk.
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- Saturday, April 14, 4:30 - Mr. Teddy, starring Artistic Ensemble Members Jude Hansen and Mark Smaglinski, and featuring Kyra Morris, Teddy Boone, Mark Boergers, and Alex Wolking.
- Saturday, April 14, 7:30 - Hello Norma Jeane, starring Artistic Ensemble members Kris Hyland, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Chad Ryan, and Kelli Walker, and featuring Rachel Payne and David Geinosky.
- Sunday, April 15, 1:30 - At The Flash, starring Artistic Ensemble member Lee Wichman.
- Sunday, April 15, 4:30 - Under A Rainbow Flag, starring Artistic Ensemble Members Tom Chiola and Kris Hyland, and featuring Bobby Arnold, Jon Landvick, Meghan Murphy, Colin Sphar and Nick Stockwell. Robert Ollis is Musical Director.
Directors for the series include Artistic Ensemble Member Derek Bertelsen (Mr. Teddy), Artistic Associates John Nasca (Hello Norma Jeane) and Andrew Souders (Lost in History), and Executive Director David Zak (Under A Rainbow Flag and At The Flash). Tickets for each performance are $10 and may be purchased here. |
Entries Are Being Accepted ForOur Women's Work Contest
Through April 10!
Women's Work has Stage, Screenplay, and Shorts categories. We aspire to honor excellence in work written by women for film or stage with lesbian characters or themes.
The entry fee is $30 and must be received by the final deadline of April 10. To make the final deadline, scripts must by received via email by 11:59 pm Central Time on April 10, 2012.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. You may enter as many scripts as you wish, but each entry form can be accompanied by only one (1) script. Each additional entry will require a separate entry form and separate entry fee. If submitting a second script, there is a $10 discount for the second entry fee. The full entry fee is due for all entries made after that.
A new category for 2012 is called Shorts, so entries for either stage or screen that are fewer than 30 pages will be accepted into that category.
The judges will name five finalists in both the Stage and Screenplay categories for full-length submissions, based on a scoring sheet found in the contest rules. The top two scoring scripts in each category will receive a cash prize of $400, and will be performed as staged readings July 27 to 29 during the Women's Work Weekend at the Hoover-Leppen Theater at Center On Halsted in Chicago. Authors will be invited to participate in up to ten hours of rehearsal with the cast and director prior to the performance.
In the Shorts category, up to 8 screenplays and plays will be selected to be performed during the Women's Work Weekend, and each author whose work is presented in that festival will receive a $100 cash prize. Authors will be invited to participate in one rehearsal with the cast and director prior to the performance. For more information, click here.
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Pride Films and Plays
3023 N Clark 327
Chicago, IL 60657
www.pridefilmsandplays.com
773 250 3117
pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com
David Zak
Executive Director
John Nasca, Andrew Souders
Artistic Associates
Allison Fradkin
Literary Coordinator, Women's Work
Artistic Ensemble
Steven Anderson, Derek Van Barham,
Charles A. Berglund, Derek Bertelsen,
David Besky, Tom Chiola, Brian Grey,
Sean-Edward Hall, Michael Hampton,
Jude Hansen, Nicholas Harper,
Valerie Heckman, John Highberger, Kris Hyland,
Kelley Keough, Michael Lasswell, Joan McGrath,
Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Tiffany Nasca,
Cyra K. Polizzi, Brian Rooney, Chad Ryan,
Patrick Rybarczyk, Mark Smaglinski,
Jamie Smith, Jake Szczepaniak, Kelli Walker,
Kevin Webb, Honey West, Lee Wichman
Pride Films and Plays is a member of the
League of Chicago Theaters,
Central Lakeview Merchants Association,
the Donors Forum, and the
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