Richmond Jim closes Wednesday!
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There are only two more chances to see Richmond Jim, a long-lost classic gay play from an earlier time.
The final performances are at 8 pm Tuesday and Wednesday. August 7 and 8!
The performance is at National Pastime Theater, 941 West Lawrence. Take the elevator to the fourth floor! Regular tickets are $20 and can be purchased here.
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Openly Gay Actor & Comedian
Jason Stuart
Headlines Chicago Laugh Factory August 16 to 18
Including on the 16th a Benefit for
Test Positive Awareness Network
Jason Stuart was the first openly gay comedian to headline TheLaugh Factory in Hollywood, California, where he has been a making audiences laugh out loud since 1983. Jason came out publicly in 1993 on the Geraldo show in anepisode called "Unconventional Comedians". And with this appearance, he is celebrating 20 years of being openly gay in the entertainment biz! Friends of Pride Films and Plays can get $10 tickets for Jason Stuart by going here and using the code PFP!
Jason has been in over 150 film & TV shows and starred in his own hour special on the gay network Jason Stuart: Making It To The Middle. For two decades, he has headlined clubs all over the country, and to this day
Jason works alongside the best comedians in the business.
Jason recently appeared in the Lifetime movie Home Invasion, starring Haylie Duff and C. Thomas Howell. He also guest starred opposite Shailene Woodley in ABC Family's The Secret Life Of The American Teenager and HBO's Entourage. Coming up: he appears in the indie films
Bearcity 2 : The Proposal, playing a Hollywood wanna-be-producer with Kathy Najimy, and in K11 as a rough prison trustee with Goran Visnjic and D.B. Sweeney. Jason also has a major supporting role - as a straight
guy! - in The Guest House with Daniel Baldwin. Jason also just completed the movie Posey with Oscar nominated actress Sally Kirkland & Ray Wise and the sci-fi Goodbye World starring Adrian Gernier (Entourage)& Gabbie Hoffman. In addition to just being cast in Hush Up Sweet
Charlotte starring Varla Jean Merman & Mink Stole and The Heart Of A Women.
Jason supports other openly gay actors as national chairperson for SAG AFTRA LGBT Committee. Its pioneering work includes a survey on out actors. He is the comedy chair for Lifeworks at the Los Angeles Gay
Lesbian Center, producing and performing in their annual benefits hosted by The Laugh Factory in Hollywood. Jason also mentors gay youth. Jason was an out actor and comedian before Neil, Ellen, Rosie and a host of
others ever set foot in this unknown land of being gay in Hollywood. He has walked the walk and talked the talk by being of service to his community. "It's not always easy, but it became more important to me to be openly gay
than to be in show biz. I was willing to risk my career to be authentic, but itactually worked out OK and I'm a better artist because of it", he says.
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Dangerous To Ourselves
Join us on Saturday, August 18, for a very special PFP performance at Sappho's Salon at Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark.
Compiled by ensemble member Derek Van Barham, Dangerous to Ourselves weaves together prose, poetry, drama, stand-up, essays, and interviews to shed light on lesbian lives and culture. Proceeds benefit the performers and the Women's Voices Fund.
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 be performed for one night only on August 18 at 5233 N. Clark, Tickets are $7 to $10 and include food and wine. |
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All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret
Starts Previews Friday, and opens Saturday!
Mariah MacCarthy's hilarious and thought-provoking new work The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret starts performances next weekend at Mary's Attic.
Get $12 Early Bird Tickets for any performance of AAGCF now here. Thes Early Bird Tickets are only on sale this week!
We love being at Mary's Attic on Clark. Have a drink, start a conversation, and enjoy the show.
The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret plays with established gender stereotypes - tomboy, slut, man-hating lesbian, player, bro, sensitive guy, gay best friend, none-of-the-above - and stirs vigorously. The result is a free-wheeling evening of theater and dance that will have every inch of Mary's Attic rocking!
The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret features Echaka Agba, Moira Begale-Smith, Becky Blomgren, Britt DeVaney, Toph Enany, AJ Froeber, Amy Geist, Coy Benning Wentworth, and Bill Zimmerman. Tara Branham, who directed Still Fighting It for PFP's Women's Work Weekend in 2011, returns to direct.
The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret opens August 11 at 7:00. Performances thereafter are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 through September 1. The performances during the final week of the run are on Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7 at 7:00; September 7 is the final performance. All tickets are $20 and are available here or by calling 1800 838 3006.
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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 likewise essential viewing for a non-LGBT audience.
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, go here.
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PRIDE FILMS AND PLAYS
3023 N Clark 327
Chicago, IL 60657
www.pridefilmsandplays.com
David Zak
Executive Director
John Nasca
Artistic Associate
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, 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, Andrew Souders, 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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