Pecong (play)
| 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 (play) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | c.1890s; Fictional Caribbean island. |
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
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Awards and nominations
- 1990 Jeff Award, Best New Work
- 1993 Bay Area Drama Critics Award, Best Choreography (Halifu Osumare)[2]
External links
References
- ^ Carter, Steve (1993). Pecong (First ed.). New York: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-88145-107-X.
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