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Pride Films and Plays
2215 West Giddings 1
Chicago, IL 60625
773 250 3112
Pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Contact: David Zak dgzak1@gmail.com
Leo Schwartz's musical Under A Rainbow Flag
Has its world premiere of Saturday, March 23 at Main Stage
with direction by David Zak, and musical direction by Robert Ollis
Please join us for opening night March 23 at 7:30. RSVP here.
Chicago, IL - Based on the real-life story of a WWII naval corpsman Jon Philips (who lives in Evanston, Illinois), Under A Rainbow Flag is an high-energy work about a group of soldiers who meet on a transport train heading west from Chicago and about the choices they make during and after the war.
Phillips (Sam Button-Harrison) meets Gibbs (Nicholas Stockwell), Russell (James Nedrud), and Stefano (Jordan Phelps) on the train. Stefano is an army surgeon headed to the Pacific theater, while Russell is an auto mechanic stationed stateside. Phillips loses his heart to Gibbs. But Gibbs has met a woman (Kyrie Anderson) who has plans of her own. Schwartz' script, full of humor and surprise, explores all types of love - with its satisfactions and heartbreak.
Title Under A Rainbow Flag (please note the capitalization of A)
Author Book, Music, and Lyrics by Leo Schwartz
Director David Zak
Musical Director Robert Ollis
Choreography Tracy Strimple
FeaturingSam Button Harrison, Kyrie Anderson, Jordan Phelps, James Nedrud, Nicholas Stockwell, Kevin Webb, David Besky, Luis Herrera, Donterrio Johnson and Bobby Arnold.
Location Main Stage, 4139 North Broadway, Chicago.
Previews March 21 and 22 at 7:30
Press Opening March 23 at 7:30
Closing April 21
Curtain Times Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30. Sunday 2:30.
Also Wednesday 7:30 on April 3, 10, and 17.
Prices$15 for previews, $20 for Wednesday and Thursday, $25 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Tickets BrownPaperTickets.com or 1 800 838 3006
Discounts For veterans, students, and seniors.
 | | (L to R: Jordan Phelps, James Nedrud, Nick Stockwell, and Sam Button-Harrison in "Under A Rainbow Flag" |
Leo Schwartz is a multi-award winning composer of film, musical theatre, concert music, and jazz. Under A Rainbow Flag was a finalist and first musical ever chosen for the Great Gay Play and Musical Contest in 2012. In 2011, he won a Gold Medal for Film Scoring at the Park City Film Music Festival. His musical Naughty! was Director's Choice at the 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Another musical, Me and Al - Or How I Died In The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, was a Finalist in the Sony Search For New Musicals in 2001 and was presented off-Broadway at The York Theatre. The films he has scored have won numerous awards. Leo's works have been performed off-Broadway, on the radio, and in concert halls across the United States and Europe.www.leoschwartz.com
Under A Rainbow Flag completes PFP's first full Jeff-eligible season, which included the world premiere of At the Flash by Sean Chandler and David Leeper, and the 20th anniversary revival of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing.
About Pride Films and Plays
PFP's mission is to develop professional-caliber stage plays and screenplays. To date, two dozen authors have come to Chicago for developmental workshops of their writing with PFP's Artistic Ensemble of actors and directors. The workshops culminate in enhanced staged readings during festivals hosted by PFP's sponsor, Center on Halsted. PFP has also provided more than $20,000 in contest winnings to authors around the world over the last two years.
Entries for the 2013 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest were accepted by PFP from August 15 to October 16, 2012. The five finalists will be judged by a panel of professionals including Artistic Directors from around the country, and they will be performed as enhanced staged readings in Gay Play Weekend May 16 to 19, 2013 at Center on Halsted.
Finally, PFP's program for women writers - Women's Work - will accept entries in spring 2013 for stage and screen works written by women that feature lesbian characters or themes. The finalists in that program will be performed as enhanced staged readings during Women's Work Weekend in summer 2013.
For more information on PFP Productions and Development Programs, including the writing contests, please visit www.pridefilmsandplays.com.
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