Kevin Webb*, Jordan Phelps*,   and Adam Fane in   Songs From An Unmade Bed at   Pride Films and Plays

Tommy Thurston and Jonas Davidow are understudies.   

*Denotes member of PFP's Artistic Ensemble 

Kevin Webb* is a member of the artistic ensemble of Pride Films and Plays. Previous credits with the company include Under A Rainbow Flag and Love Sucks! Other Chicago credits: The Pitchfork Disney (Interrobang Theatre Project - upcoming), Assassins (The GoForth), The Ritz (Circle Theatre), All My Sons (Eclectic Full Contact Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Muse of Fire Theatre Company), HMS Pinafore (Light Opera Works) and Forest Fantasies (Lingerie Lyrique). Kevin received his Masters in Music from Roosevelt University. You can also hear Kevin in the choir every Sunday at Saint Clement Church. For more information about Kevin and his burlesque alter-ego Lee O. Narcissus, visit www.kevinwebb.org.

Jordan Phelps* is a recent addition to the PFP Artistic Ensemble after originating the role of Stefano in Under A Rainbow Flag. He has been performing in and around Chicago since 2008. Other Chicago credits include two seasons at Light Opera Works in Oliver and The Student Prince, The Whole World Is Watching with Dog and Pony Theater Company, All the Girls Love Bobby K with Point of Contention, The Ritz at Circle Theater, and Adrift In Macao with Innatevolution Theater Co. Jordan also does regular Supernumerary work with Chicago Opera Theater at The Harris Theater and other public locations and is an avid performer in new works with MODOFAC Productions. He attended the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and was raised in Bellingham, WA.

Adam Fane is thrilled to be joining PFP for Songs from an Unmade Bed! Credits include: Gypsy (Chicago Shakespeare); Rock of Ages (national tour); Shrek (Chicago Shakespeare); Alice in Wonderland (Marriott Theatre); Signs of Life-reading (Victory Gardens Theater); Spring Awakening (Griffin Theatre Company);Hello Again (Bohemian Ensemble Theatre); and Avenue Q (Jeff Award nomination, NightBlue Performing Arts). Recently Mr. Fane received his BFA in Musical Theatre from Roosevelt University.

Songs from an Unmade Bed explores the experiences (romantic, sexual and otherwise) of gay men living in the city. Lyricist Mark Campbell worked with eighteen composers (one per song) to create a unique musical revue, accompanied by piano and cello, with gorgeous songs that range from funny, poignant, melancholy and ultimately hopeful about life and love.  Songs from an Unmade Bed has previously been presented in New York City (Off-Broadway), Los Angeles and elsewhere; this will be its premiere professional production in Chicago.

Location:  The Apollo Theater Studio, 2540 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Previews: Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28 at 7:30pm

Press performance/opening: Saturday, March 29 at 7:30pm

Regular run:  Thursday through Sunday, March 30 through April 27, 2014

Curtain Times:  Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays, and Sundays at at 7:30 pm

Tickets: Previews $15. Opening $30. Regular Run: Thursdays $25; Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays $30. Students and seniors: $5 off all performances. Industry: $10 during previews. Tickets are at Ticketmaster starting January 10.

About the Lyricist

Mark Campbell is one of the most in-demand librettists working in opera today, recently profiled in Opera News as one of twenty-five people "poised...to become major forces in opera in the coming decade."  He has collaborated with many leading composers of this generation, including Mark Adamo, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie, Martin Hennessy, Paul Moravec, John Musto, Kevin Puts, Richard Peaslee and Michael Torke. His most successful operas include Volpone, Later the Same Evening, Bastianello/ Lucrezia, Rappahannock County, and Silent Night.  Mark has received many prestigious awards for his work. Most recently, Silent Night was honored with the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Volpone received a 2010 Grammy® nomination for best Classical Recording. He also received the first Kleban Foundation Award for Lyricist, two Richard Rodgers Awards and a New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship.   As a lyricist, Mark penned all of the lyrics for Songs from an Unmade Bed, a theatrical song cycle with music by 18 composers including Jake Heggie and Duncan Sheik. Other musicals for which he has written lyrics include: And the Curtain Rises, The Audience, Splendora, Akin, and Light Shall Lift Them.

The Composers

Debra Barsha, Mark Bennett, Peter Foley, Jenny Giering, Peter Golub, Jake Heggie, Lance Horne, Stephen Hoffman, Giheih Lee, Steven Lutvak, Steve Marzullo, Brendan Milburn, Chris Miller, Greg Pliska, Duncan Sheik, Kim D. Sherman, Jeffrey Stock, Joseph Thalken

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