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Great Entertainment! | With Randy Buehler at the piano, our entertainment for the evening includes the city's most talented musical theater performers singing songs from Broadway Musicals Nominated for Best Musical, but that did not win!
Don't miss Jon Landvick, Chad Ryan, Kris Hyland, Lee Wichman, Lili-Ann Brown, Bethany Thomas, Meghan Murphy, Bree Gordon, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, David Geinosky, Justin Kilduff, Kyrie Anderson, and Mark Jacob Chaitin. The performance begins at 7:30 pm. And our hosts for the evening are Keith Stoneking and Patrick Rybarczyk! |
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Kyrie Anderson
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2012 Great
Gay Screenplay Contest!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Great Gay Screenplay Contest from May 1 to June 30, 2012.
We are looking for fresh material that represents the community and is essential viewing for our friends and families everywhere.
The five finalists receive a $400 cash prize, plus the chance to see an "enhanced staged reading" of their work during Gay Screenplay Weekend
October 17 to 19 at Center on Halsted in Chicago.
For application materials and rules, go here.
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Your $20 ticket includes one free drink and one door prize ticket. Prizes include theater, hotel stays, and dinner packages.
Buy your tickets here today!
Current prizes include:
Two tickets to Opening Night of Broadway in Chicago's Henson Alternative Stuffed and Unstrung--Puppets Behaving Badly www.broadwayinchicago.com Hotel Allegro, downtown Chicago, one-night stay in King Premier Guest Room ($199 value)
Enoteca Roma Ristorante, five-course dinner for 2 with matching wine progressions ($130 value)
Letizia's Fiore Vino Bar, five-course dinner for 2 with matching wine progressions ($130 value)
BoHo Theatre Ensemble, 2 tickets to Floyd Collins
Steep Theatre, 2 tickets to Moment
Two tickets to Assassins, produced by Billy Pacholski at Viaduct Theatre Two tickets to Richmond Jim, a Pride Films and Plays production which is part of the Naked July Fest at National Pastime Theater
La Taberna Tapas, $40 gift certificate
Hamburger Mary's, $25 gift certificate
Halsted's Restaurant, $25 gift certificate
Make sure you are there when the winners are announced between 7:30 and 8:30 pm! Buy your tickets here today! AND THE WINNER WASN'T II is sponsored in part by Windy City Media Group. |
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The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
by David Drake
In June 1992, David Drake opened his one-man show The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, which went on to make theatrical history as one of the longest running one-man shows in New York. The New York Times called the writing "angry, occasionally ferocious... Every line is spare, quick, complex, as it chronicles an important time of change for gay men in America."
Now, 20 years later, Chicago actor and PFP Ensemble Member Chad Ryan will perform a 20th anniversary edition with new material penned by David Drake. The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me will be performed at Luna Central, 3914 North Clark Street.
There is one preview performance on Wednesday June 20th at 7:30; tickets for this preview are $15. Opening night is Thursday, June 21 at 7:30. Performances thereafter are Friday, June 22 at 7:30; Saturday, June 23 at 7:00 and 9:30; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 26 through 29 at 7:30; and Saturday, June 30 at 7:00 and 9:00. Tickets for all regular performances are $20. For tickets call 1 800 838 3006, or reserve on line at www.brownpapertickets.com.
To get more information about The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, and meet star Chad Ryan, go here.
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Mark Your Calendar For Great Summer Fun from Pride Films and Plays!
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Kris Hyland and Chris Kossen in Richmond Jim.
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Mark your calendars now for great PFP events coming your way this summer!
Richmond Jim, a long-lost classic gay play by Cal Yeomans opens on June 29 at part of the Naked July Fest at National Pastime Theater. More details will follow next week. To make a donation to support the production of Richmond Jim, go here.
The Summer Pride Festival at Chandler series of readings of new and classic LGBT work is July 13 to 22 in Randolph Vermont. Find more information here.
Our Women's Work Weekend of enhanced
staged readings of lesbian plays and screenplays is July 25 to 28 at Center on Halsted. To make a donation in support of Women's Work Weekend, please go here.
A new comedy is coming to Mary's Attic starting August 10 through September 8.
Dangerous To Ourselves features a combination of lesbian prose, poetry, drama, stand-up, essays, and interviews. Through the voices of many, the story of a universal woman will emerge. "Such women are dangerous to the order of things," writes poet Adrienne Rich. "And yes, we will be dangerous to ourselves." Dangerous to Ourselves will perform for one night only on August 18 at Women and Children First Bookstore.
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About Pride Films and Plays
Pride Films and Plays, based in Chicago, links an international network of writers with professionals working in film and theater. PFP fosters excellent writing for the stage and screen that speaks not only to the LGBT community, but is essential viewing for our friends, family, and co-workers.
Using stories with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters or themes, Pride Films and Plays develops human stories that become a cultural bridge to understanding.
Through readings, contests, classes, screenings, and full theater productions, PFP engages artists and audiences in the full developmental process needed to make great artistic experiences.
For more information, visit www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
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PRIDE FILMS AND PLAYS
3023 N Clark 327
Chicago, IL 60657
www.pridefilmsandplays.com
David Zak
Executive Director
John Nasca and 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,
Jude Hansen, Valerie Heckman, John Highberger,
Kris Hyland, Kelley Keough, Michael Lasswell,
Joan McGrath, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Kyra Morris,
Tiffany Nasca, Cyra K. Polizzi, Stewart Quarles, Chad Ryan,
Patrick Rybarczyk, Mark Smaglinski, Jamie Smith,
Alex St. John, Nicholas Stockwell, Jake Szczepaniak,
Kelli Walker, Kevin Webb, Lee Wichman
Pride Films and Plays is a member of the
League of Chicago Theaters,
Central Lakeview Merchants Association,
and the
Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. |
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