37th Young Playwrights Final Round Event

Pegasus Theatre hosts A virtual event celebrating the student plays who made it to the Final Round of the 2023 Young Playwrights Festival.  The afternoon will include excerpted readings of the ten Finalists Plays.

WhenSunday, August 27th 2:00-3:30PM
WhereZoom
Price: Suggested Donation $10

Gonna Be Somebody: From The Mississippi Delta Community Events

Pegasus Theatre Chicago presents Gonna Be Somebody community and post-performance events in support of Lifeline Theatre and Pegasus’ co-production of From the Mississippi Delta. All events are complementary. Reservations are required!

Nikki Patin, Executive Producer and Curator

The current events include:

Saturday, April 8 at 4 p.m. 

From The Mississippi Delta Sneak Peek 
With Community Partner Guild Literary Complex
Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave.

Part of Lifeline’s season programming, join the actors, director and a member of the production team discussing the process with an excerpt from the play From the Mississippi Delta. A Q+A will follow with guest co-facilitator: Andrea Change, executive director, Guild Literary Complex


Thursday, April 13, 6-8pm

Writing Workshop at the Honeycomb Network
Humboldt Park, 2659 W. Division Street 

Facilitator Mojdeh Stoakley will work with participants to  create pieces based on their life experience, using both poetry and prose. 


Monday, April 24, 7 p.m.

Black Women and the Power of Organizing 

Virtual Panel produced by Nikki Patin

Anne Ream (Voices & Faces Project), Anika Sterling Florez (Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation), Scheherazade Tillet (A Long Walk Home) and Brenda Myers-Powell (Dreamcatchers Foundation) will participate in the virtual panel discussion on Black women and the power of organizing in a reflection on the coalition that they created in 2021 called #ProtectBlackGirls. 


May 8th, 7:30 p.m.

Black Feminist Poetics: From the Dirt to the Delta 
Co-produced by Guild Literary Complex and Surviving the Mic
Pegasus at Chicago Dramatists, 765 N. Aberdeen (May and Aberdeen)  

This program explores the poetics inspired by From the Mississippi Delta. Saunte Harden-Tate, Nikki Patin, Mojdeh Stoakley and members of the Guild Complex will perform works written by Nina Simone, Beah Richards, Gwendolyn Brooks and other Black feminist poets and then perform their own pieces written as response, resulting in a poetic conversation about and for Black women. 


ABOUT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

From the Mississippi Delta is based on Dr. Holland’s memoir of the same title as she recounts her 20-year journey from humble beginnings in Greenwood, Mississippi to achieving her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.  Directed by Lifeline Artistic Director and Pegasus Executive Producing Director ILesa Duncan, invites audiences to experience a story of triumph in the face of extreme adversity that expertly weaves through the trials and tribulations of Dr. Holland’s life relayed through the bodies and voices of only three actors, all in tribute to one of America’s unsung “sheroes.”

ABOUT PEGASUS THEATRE CHICAGO

Pegasus Theatre Chicago has been a mainstay in the Chicago theater community for forty-three years. Its mission is to champion new, authentic voices and produce boldly imaginative theatre primarily by and about black or other people of color. The company promotes cultural equity while celebrating diversity, inclusion and first voice and is committed to initiating important conversations through the arts with strong community engagement and socially relevant programming, including the Young Playwrights Festival for high school-age scribes, which celebrates its 36th year this season. Pegasus Theatre Chicago has received 77 Joseph Jefferson Awards since its inception.

ABOUT LIFELINE THEATRE

Celebrating its 40th season, Lifeline Theatre continues to explore, interpret, and reimagine books and other literary works to create stories that move us beyond the margins of our own lives. Lifeline Theatre – Big Stories, Up Close. 

36th Young Playwrights Final Round Event

Pegasus Theatre hosts A virtual event celebrating the student plays who made it to the Final Round of the 2022 Young Playwrights Festival.  The afternoon will include excerpted readings of the ten Finalists Plays.

WhenSunday, August 28th 2:00-3:30PM
WhereZoom
Price: Suggested Donation $10

MUSE 2017

Femmes Noires de la Resistance | July 13-23, 2017 | Chicago Dramatists

Rounding out its 2017 season, Pegasus Theatre celebrates new works, new artists and new voices with its annual series of theatrical readings, panels and performances featuring female artists intersecting ideas, visions, and artistic excellence.

This year’s MUSE,  Femmes Noires de la Resistance, focuses on black women holding their own power.  Hosted by curator and spoken word artist Nikki Patin, MUSE  will feature storytelling duo In The Spirit, spoken word artists Surviving The Mic and HerStory, as well as musician L11, Khala Elizabeth, and theatrical performances by 3Arts Awardee Candace Hunter, Quenna Barrett, Tasia Jones, and excerpts from the plays of Marsha Estell, Loy Webb and Kendeda Winner Tsehaye Hébert!

Click here for MUSE 2017 schedule and artist information.

Tickets: $10 per performance
Individual Tickets available here; Get Festival Pass here

 

Sunday in the Park with Harry

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH HARRY,  a fun/friend-raiser for Pegasus Theatre
Chicago, is in Wicker Park on Sunday, May 21st.  Long-time friend Harry Lennix (Star of NBC’s THE BLACKLIST) hosts the event, and will play piano and share stories about his career in film, theatre and television.

Harry Lennix is an accomplished film, television and stage actor who was born and raised in Chicago, IL’s South Shore neighborhood. Having performed with Pegasus in his early career (e.g., Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Kiss of the Spiderwpman), Harry is widely-regarded as one of the hardest working men in Hollywood. At 6’4”, he is known for his commanding stature, baritone voice, diligent work ethic and multiple talents.

His prolific film and television career includes recent roles in “Man of Steel” and NBC’s upcoming drama, “The Blacklist”.  He has also had leading roles in  “Ray”, “The Matrix: Reloaded”, “The Matrix: Revolutions”, “Barbershop 2”, “Love and Basketball” , “The Human Stain” and  “State of Play.” His television career includes roles in the Golden Globe nominated ABC television show “Commander in Chief”, the FOX hit series “24”, ER” , “Diagnosis Murder and the FOX series “Dollhouse”.

In addition to his distinguished film and television career, Harry has also starred in, or directed, staged productions across the country. In fact, in 2001, he was part of the first American company to be invited to the Royal Shakespeare Company in the production of “Cymbeline”. Harry made his Broadway debut in 2007 as the lead character in August Wilson’s final play, “Radio Golf”, which was nominated for a Tony Award.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH HARRY will be at PICANTE in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood:

 

SUNDAY, MAY 21st 6:00 – 8:30PM
PICANTE RESTAURANT
2018 W. DIVISION

$50 – includes Food & Entertainment!

Pegasus Theatre Chicago is a professional producing theatre company, founded over 37 years ago. The theatre has received 77 Jeff Awards, numerous nominations and the only theatre to receive a Human Relations Award for its community programs. Pegasus Theatre produces main-stage plays; a new works series, the Young Playwrights Festival and engagement programs. During 2016-17, the theatre’s world premiere of RUTHERFORD’S TRAVELS was recently Jeff Nominated, and along with the 30th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL production, received critical acclaim! Our accomplishments cannot happen without you!

Please support Pegasus’ 2017-18 season to include the 31st Young Playwrights Festival, and a co-production of THE GREEN BOOK with Schpiel Theatre by purchasing your ticket to SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH HARRY.

Please click the link below to get your $50 tickets.  If you are unable to attend, a donation would be appreciated!

RSVP