We are down to the final 5 performances of
Under A Rainbow Flag...

Under A Rainbow Flag cast.

Goodbye...

I will be sad to say goodbye to our four funny soldiers after this weekend. And I sure hope that Under A Rainbow Flag will have a long life as a musical around the country.

Thanks to those of you who cheered, laughed, and stood at our performances.
Closing day is Sunday, April 21. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30, and Sunday at 2:30. Tickets are $20 Wednesday and Thursday, and $25 for weekend performances and tickets are remaining for all shows.

This is one original Chicago musical you can root for from the heart!

Congratulations to composer Leo Schwartz, Musical Director Robert Ollis, Choreographer Tracy Strimple, Costumer John Nasca*, Lighting Designer Garvin Jellison, Set Designer Ashley Woods, and Production Stage Manager Jessica Forella for doing excellent work!

Thanks to the great guys who played in the band. And the fine cast - Kyrie Anderson, Bobby Arnold, David Besky*, Sam Button-Harrison, Luis Herrera, Donterrio Johnson, James Nedrud, Jordan Phelps, Nick Stockwell*, and Kevin Webb*.

I appreciate all your hard work and dedication! - David Zak*

*Indicates a member of Pride Films and Plays Artistic Ensemble.

Please order your tickets now here!

Would you like to join our team? Pride Films and Plays seeks people with business experience and a passion for the arts to join our Board of Directors. As we conclude our first full season with

Under A Rainbow Flag, we are looking to expand our team. Send emails of interest to pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com with Team in the subject line. Thanks.

Get tickets now for our great spring benefit

at Sidetrack on Tuesday June 4.

AND THE WINNER WASN'T III

celebrates the great music of Broadway

performed by the very best of Chicago's outstanding musical theater talent.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased
here now!

Gay Play Weekend is coming up May 17 to 19

You may know that both At The Flash and Under A Rainbow Flag were finalists in last year's Great Gay Play Contest, and showcased as Enhanced Staged Readings in the Center On Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater jn April.

This year, we have five exciting new works we want your feedback on. Come see the presention of these very exciting and vastly differenct scripts recommended by our contest readers from around the country. Who knows - one of them may be presented as a full production new year!

A blues-infused work about an esteemed James Baldwin-esque African American and his meeting with a young black writer in The Red Train.
Broken Glass, a new drama about illicit love and intrigue among gay Iranians.
Dancing in the Mirror is a fusion of dance and theater, as a Broadway dancer returns to his hometown to teach in the dance school in which he was brought up, and to confront the memory of the teacher who abused him.
Sand Man is a drama about a Chicago reporter whose work on bullying and the suicide of a gay teen has left him emotionally and physically battered
And Directions For Restoring The Apparently Dead, in which past and present collide when a straight man and gay man are reunited after life-shattering experiences.

The complete schedule for the weekend is:

Red Train by B. V. Marshall, directed by Kyra Morris, Friday May 17 at 7:00
Dancing in the Mirror by Perry Ojeda, directed by Jay Andrew Espana, Saturday, May 18, 4:00 pm.
Directions for Restoring The Apparently Dead by Martin Casella, directed by Chuck Berglund, Saturday, Mary 18 7:00 pm
Forbidden Glass by Kirt Shineman, directed by Alexander St. John, Sunday May 19 1:00 PM
Sand Man by G William Zorn, directed by Derek Bertelsen, Sunday May 19 4:00 pm.

The plays are performed as 'enhanced staged readings', with blocking, costuming, dance, and design elements. Tickets for each performance are $10, and can be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com.

Hello...

As we begin planning for another exciting season, I am happy to introduce our Artistic Associates for 2013-14.

You will be hearing a lot more from (left to right) Alexander St. John, John Nasca, Kyra Morris, Patrick Rybarczyk, and Derek Van Barham in the weeks and months to come. We have some great projects up our sleeves, and look forward to sharing them with you soon!