Beautiful Thing casting
Pride Plays and Films is pleased to announce the cast for the upcoming staged reading of Beautiful Thing. The play, written by Jonathan Harvey and directed by John Nasca, will feature Jonas Grey, Robert Hilliard, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Teresa Scalise, Jake Szczepaniak and Kevin Webb. The evening will be hosted by retired judge Tom Chiola.
The reading will be stage managed by Sara Krobinson and assistant directed by Tiffany Nasca. Christine Rivera and Josh Davis will serve as productions assistants.
Beautiful Thing will be presented on June 6, 2010 at 7 pm at Theatre Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. Tickets can be purchased for $10.00 ($5.00 for industry members) at Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106704 or by calling 1-800-838-3006.
Auditions
Pride Films and Plays is holding auditions on April 10 for Five Decades of Great Gay Plays. Check out Pride Films and Plays on Facebook - the readings have a play from each decade - Boys In the Band (60's) to today. If you would like to audition send an email to prideactor@gmail.com!
John Nasca to direct staged reading of Beautiful Thing
Pride Productions, headed by David Zak, will be presenting Five Decades of Great Gay Plays, a series of staged readings which recognizes that an understanding of the history of great gay writing is a key to moving forward.
Pride Production strives to achieve this goal through classes, writing contests, staged workshops, and ultimately, the production of gay films and plays.
Five Decades of Great Gay Plays is an exploration of the history of gay drama, with readings performed on Sunday evenings at the Theatre Building Chicago from May 9 to June 20. Performances include:
May 9 -The Boys In The Band, Mart Crowley’s ground-breaker from 1968 Directed by Michael Lasswell
May 16 -Fifth of July, Lanford Wilson’s drama from 1973 Directed by Patrick Walsh
May 23 -As Is, William M. Hoffman’s searing drama, which opened on Broadway in 1985 Directed by Steve Scott
June 6-Beautiful Thing, Jonathan Harvey’s British love story from 1993 Directed by John Nasca
June 20 -Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg’s Broadway smash from 2003 Directed by David Zak
All performances are at 7:00pm at the Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont. All tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased by calling 773-327-5252 or online at Ticketmaster.com.