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Dean Richards
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What a lineup!
The talent for our upcoming benefit on October 28 is
Simply Sensational!
Tickets are still available!
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Simply Sensational on October 28!
Join celebrity host
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Dean Richards from WGN as we welcome great entertainers from Chicago's broad landscape of musical theater and cabaret talent for our Simply Sensational benefit for Pride Films and Plays!
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The program is at 7 p.m. at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, on Monday, October 28, 2013.
VIP tickets are $50, and general admission tickets are $25. Entertainers for the evening include cabaret star Tom Michael, musical theater stars Sam Button-Harrison and Sharriese Hamilton. You will recognize Jeff Award winning musical director Robert Ollis* at the piano!
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Also included on the program are a dance from Kill Your Boyfriends, a scene from Directions for Restoring the Apparently Dead, and Kevin Webb* singing selections from PFP's upcoming Songs From An Unmade Bed.
Perhaps most intriguing will be the debut of a new song by Leo Schwartz, Jeff
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Award- winning composer of our musical hit Under A Rainbow Flag, from his new musical Till, about Emmet Till and his mother Mamie. This scene features Adrienne Walker, Sydney Charles, Daniel Riley, James Nedrud*, Sam Button- Harrison, and Edward Fraim.
VIP ticket holders are invited to sample food with a cash bar at Cooper's (across the street from Stage 773) at 6 pm.
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VIP Ticket holders will also have reserved seating for the performance which begins at 7 pm.
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All ticket holders will receive complimentary draft beer or wine from the Stage 773 bar! Intermission features a tasting of a special cocktail mixed for the event by Crew Bar & Grill with Halsted Vodka.
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And there will also be dessert buffet from great Chicago establishments including The Hearty Boys, Bittersweet, Eli's Cheesecake, Penny's Pastries and Taste of Heaven.
There will also be fabulous door prizes, including round trip airfare for two to Mexico or the Caribbean on Delta Airlines donated by GayOrbitz.com ($1400 value). Read more about the prizes in the sidebar to the right.  | | Sam Button-Harrison |
Tickets for Simply Sensational are $50 for VIP reserved center section seating and $25 general admission, and can be purchased here!Don't miss a great night which will be, well, Simply Sensational!
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The Wedding Singer
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Remember, the PFP production of
Directions for Restoring the Apparently Dead
is running through November 10 only! See some reviews here, and buy your tickets here. Directions... performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:00 through November 10 at Stage 773, 1225 West Belmont. www.stage773.com
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Patrick Gannon and Nick Stockwell*, along with Patrick Rybarczyk, will perform a scene from Directions....
at Simply Sensational!
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Buy a $20 door prize ticket here for the $1400 in airfare to the Caribbean or Mexico from anywhere in the US or Canda. The drawing will take place on October 28,
and the winner need not be present to win.
Buy your ticket here!.
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 More Door Prizes! From hotel stays to great dinners, photography packages, theater tickets, and VIP passes to attend a taping of Hot In Cleveland and get a script autographed by Betty White, our door prizes can't be beat.
Door prize tickets
(other than the airfare)
can only be purchased at the event that night. See the full list what you could win.
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Enter the 2013 Great Gay Play Contest by October 31. Find entry information here.
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*Indicates Pride Films and Plays Artistic Ensemble Member
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Pride Films and Plays
David Zak, Executive Director
John Nasca, Patrick Rybarczyk, Derek Van Barham,
Alexander St. John, Kyra Morris Artistic Associates
Allison Fradkin, Literary Coordinator, Women's Work
PPF Artistic Ensemble
Charles A. Berglund, Derek Bertelsen, David Besky, Tom Chiola, Jude Hansen,
Kris Hyland, Kelley Keough, David Leeper, Joan McGrath, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, James Nedrud, Robert Ollis, Beth Richards, Nelson Rodriguez, Raphael Schwartzman, Nick Stockwell, Kevin Webb
PFP Writers Network
Marilynn Barner Anselmi, Pat Branch, Martin Casella, Howard Casner,
Sean Chandler, Trish Cole, Dylan Costello,Tyler Dean Kempf,
Corinne J. Kawecki, Benjamin V. Marshall, Kari Morris, Dennis Nivens,
Perry Ojeda, Leo Schwartz, Kirt Shineman, Dennis Shinners, George Smart,
Ethan Steers, Enrique Urueta, Vanda, Kevin Michael West, Thomas Ziegler
Keith Stoneking, President Tom Chiola, Vice-President
Rebecca Kling, Treasurer Curtis Ksenak, Secretary
John Nasca, Steve Needham, Mike Weaver, David Zak
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Pride Films and Plays, 2215 West Giddings, Chicago, IL 60625 773 250 3112
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