Pecong (play)

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.

Pecong
Written bySteve Carter
Date premieredJanuary 9, 1990
Place premieredVictory Gardens Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
Original languageEnglish
SubjectRetelling of the Medea story involving a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.
GenreDrama
Settingc.1890s; Fictional Caribbean island.

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

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.

References

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