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Pecong
Pecong
Written by	Steve Carter
Date premiered	January 9, 1990
Place premiered	Victory Gardens Theatre; Chicago, Illinois
Original language	English
Subject	Retelling of the Medea story involving a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.
Genre	Drama
Setting	c.1890s; Fictional Caribbean island.

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Pecong is a 1990 play by American playwright Steve Carter. Set "well in the past" on a fictional Caribbean island, the play tells the story of a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.

Original production

Directed by Dennis Zacek
Produced by Victory Gardens Theatre
Artistic Director: Dennis Zacek
Set designer: James Dardenne
Costume designer: Claudia Boddy
Lighting designer: Robert Shook
Sound designer/stage manager: Galen G. Ramsey
Composer/percussionist: Willy Steele
Choreographer: TC Carson
Assistant director: Sandra Jean Verthein

Opened: January 9, 1990 at the Ruth Page Dance Center^[1]

Cast

Pat Bowie - Granny Root
Celeste Williams - Mediyah
Gary Yates - Cedric
Catherine Slade - Persis
Wandachristine - Faustina
Ernest Perry, Jr. - Creon Pandit
Diane White - Sweet Bella
Daniel Oreskes - Jason Allcock

Feleccia C. Boyd
Shanesia L. Davis
Lydia R. Gartin
Shawn Goodwin
Thomas W. Greene V
Alison Halstead
Dexter L. Warr
Christopher Williams

– Oppidans

Awards and nominations

1990 Jeff Award, Best New Work
1990 (Jeff Award), Willy Steele-Original Score
1993 Bay Area Drama Critics Award, Best Choreography (Halifu Osumare)^[2]

Publication

Pecong is published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.

External links

New York Times review of 1992 production

References

^ Carter, Steve (1993). Pecong (First ed.). New York: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-88145-107-X.
^ "Lit Lounge". San Francisco, California: Hotel Metropolis. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

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[Carter-Pecong-1] Carter, Steve (1993). Pecong (First ed.). New York: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-88145-107-X.

[Lit-Lounge-2] "Lit Lounge". San Francisco, California: Hotel Metropolis. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

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+'''''Pecong''''' is a 1990 play by American playwright [[Steve Carter (playwright)|Steve Carter]]. Set "well in the past" on a fictional Caribbean island, the play tells the story of a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.
-==Original Production==
+==Original production==
 *Directed by Dennis Zacek
 *Produced by Victory Gardens Theatre
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 *Sound designer/stage manager: Galen G. Ramsey
 *Composer/percussionist: Willy Steele
-*Choreographer: [[TC Carson]]
+*Choreographer: [[Terrence C. Carson|TC Carson]]
 *Assistant director: Sandra Jean Verthein
-Opened: January 9, 1990 at the Ruth Page Dance Center<ref name='Carter-Pecong'>{{cite book |title=Pecong |edition=First   |last=Carter|first=Steve |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1993 |publisher= Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.|location= [[New York, New York]]|isbn=0-88145-107-X |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref>
+Opened: January 9, 1990 at the Ruth Page Dance Center<ref name='Carter-Pecong'>{{cite book |title=Pecong |edition=First   |last=Carter|first=Steve |year=1993 |publisher= Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.|location=New York|isbn=0-88145-107-X }}</ref>
 ===Cast===
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 * Pat Bowie - Granny Root
 * Celeste Williams - Mediyah
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 * Diane White - Sweet Bella
 * Daniel Oreskes - Jason Allcock
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+{{Col-break}}
 * Feleccia C. Boyd
 * Shanesia L. Davis
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 * Dexter L. Warr
 * Christopher Williams
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 ==Awards and nominations==
-*1990 [[Jeff Award]] (Best New Work)
+*1990 [[Jeff Award]], Best New Work
+*1990 (Jeff Award), Willy Steele-Original Score
+*1993 Bay Area Drama Critics Award, Best Choreography (Halifu Osumare)<ref name='Lit-Lounge'>
+{{cite web
+ |url=http://www.hotelmetropolis.com/html/lit-lounge.html
+ |title= Lit Lounge
+ |publisher= Hotel Metropolis
+ |location= [[San Francisco, California]]
+ |access-date=2009-12-05
+}}
+</ref>
+==Publication==
+''Pecong'' is published by [[Broadway Play Publishing Inc.]]
+==External links==
+*[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/26/nyregion/theater-pecong-medea-s-tale-retold.html ''New York Times'' review of 1992 production]
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Caribbean in fiction]]
+[[Category:Plays set in North America]]
+[[Category:African-American plays]]
+[[Category:Plays based on Medea (Euripides play)]]
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