Productions Archive | Pegasus Theatre Chicago

16th Young Playwrights Festival
young playwrights

The Waverly Gallery
Kenneth Lonergan

Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

2000–2001

Rum and Coke
Carmen Pelaez

Every Time I Feel the Spirit
David Barr

Moby Dick
Adapted by Jeff Dorchen and Blair Thomas, Michael Zerang

Lettice and Lovage
Peter Shaffer

The Golden Apple
John Latouche, Jerome Moros

1999–2000

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VS. EMMETT TILL
Mamie Till Mobley & David Barr

SHLEMIEL THE FIRST
Robert Brustein

14th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

GRAND VIEW
William Kennedy

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
Stephen Sondheim

1998–1999

JELLYEYE DRUM THEATER

THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK
Robert Meyers

13th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

THE MAGIC BANJO
Michael Miles

SATURDAY NIGHT
Stephen Sondheim & Julius Epstein

1997–1998

GENESIS
Max McLean

JELLYEYE DRUM THEATER

DEAD OF NIGHT: THE EXECUTION OF FRED HAMPTON
Robert Meyers

12th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

FEMALE PROBLEMS: AN UNHELPFUL GUIDE
Nicole Hollander

1996–1997

THE KENTUCKY CYCLE
Robert Schenkkan

11th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

COMPANY
Stephen Sondheim & George Furth

ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash, S.J. Perelman

1995–1996

THE TAP DANCE KID

LA BETE
David Hirson

10th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

FIXIN’ TO DIE
Robert Myers

New Works Series:
PLEASE DUST THE CORPSE, Nicole Hollander
STARVING ARTISTS, Sharon Evans
GOREE CROSSING, Paul Coutes Harrison
PASSION, Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine

1994–1995

BEGGAR’S HOLIDAY
Duke Ellington, John Latouche, Dale Wasserman

9th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

MOBY DICK
Adapted by Jeff Dorchen and Blair Thomas, Michael Zerang

LETTICE & LOVAGE
Peter Shaffer

THE GOLDEN APPLE
John Latouche, Jerome Moros

1993–1994

ASSASSINS
Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman

8th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

FREUD, DORA & THE WOLFMAN
Sharon Evans, Eric Lane Barnes

THE SECRET GARDEN
Marsha Norman, Lucy Simon

STRIKE UP THE BAND
George & Ira Gershwin, George Kaufman

1992–1993

YOU’RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW
Stephen Sondheim

SONGS OF BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

DISTANT FIRES
Kevin Heelan

7th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

1991–1992

BARNUM
Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble

JUMP FOR JOY
Duke Ellington, Hal Borne, Sid Kuller & Paul Francis Webster

THE SUM OF US
David Stevens

6th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

BUDDY, THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

1990–1991

INTO THE WOODS
Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine

BROADWAY BOUND
Neil Simon

CANE
Jean Toomer & Charles Smith

SYLVIA’S REAL GOOD ADVICE
Nicole Hollander

5th YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

1989–1990

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Manuel Puig

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FILM
Christopher Durang

FRATERNITY
Jeff Stetson

THE DEATH OF CARMEN
George Bizet/Victoria Bussert

THE 1990 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

1988–1989

NOISES OFF
Michael Frayn

THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
Howard Sackler

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents

THE 1989 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
Tom Griffin

1987–1988

SNOW
John Logan

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
August Wilson

THE FROGS
Stephen Sondheim & Burt Shevelove

THE 1988 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

PRECIOUS SONS
George Furth

1986–1987

AUNTIE MAME
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, AND BLACK
Lorraine Hansberry

PACIFIC OVERTURES
John Weidman & Stephen Sondheim

THE CHICAGO YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
Neil Simon

1985–1986

THE DEVILS DISCIPLE
George Bernard Shaw

ALCIMERO
Lawrence Arancio

SHE LOVES ME
Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Ntozake Shange

THE SUPPORTING CAST
George Furth

SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY
Edgar Lee Masters

1984–1985

BUS STOP
William Inge

ROYAL FAMILY
George S. Kaufman

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Stephen Sondheim & George Furth

CHECKERS (World Premiere)
Clifton Campbell

ANGEL STREET
Patrick Hamilton

CHARLEY’S AUNT
Brandon Thomas

1983–1984

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
Tennessee Williams

THE RAINMAKER
N. Richard Nash

THE SHADOW BOX
Michael Cristofer

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
William Shakespeare

FALLEN ANGELS
Noel Coward

THE HASTY HEART
Floyd A. May

1982–1983

THE LEARNED LADIES
Moliere

ZALMEN or THE MADNESS OF GOD
Elie Wiesel

THE RIVALS
R. B. Sheridan

KENNEDY’S CHILDREN
Robert Patrick

SEA MARKS
Gardner McKay

1981–1982

BLOOD WEDDING
Frederico Garcia Lorca

TARTUFFE
Moliere

THE MILLIONAIRESS
George Bernard Shaw

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Eugene O’Neil

HAY FEVER
Noel Coward

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
William Shakespeare

1980–1981

HEAT
William Hauptman

THE MAD SHOW
Larry Siegal & Stan Hart

GETTING MARRIED
George Bernard Shaw

BLUFF
Charles Smith

SPARK
Charles Alt

DR. GEOBEGAN & THE GREAT GREEN SPIDERS
Carl Adler

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Ruth Owens

BOY MEETS GIRL
Sam & Bella Spewacki

1979–1980

HELLOTHELLO

MEDIUM RARE
Mary Paar

BYPASS
Mary Horan

THE TIGER
Murry Shisgal

IMPROMPTU
Tad Mossel

THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
Anton Chekov

FESTIVAL OF CHICAGO FILMMAKERS
Tom Palozza

CRASH LANDING
John Mackin

THE HOBBIT
J. R. Tolkien

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
Oliver Goldsmith

ROYAL GAMBIT

1978–1979

STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Hariet Horan

KANGAROO
Bret Perry

MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS
Arthur Miller

ELGIN CHRISTMAS
Tom Paar

THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
Tom Stoppard

THE REUNION
Marty Horan

MY THREE ANGELS
Sam & Bella Spewacki

FOR BETTER OR WORSE
Linda Sack

THE LOBBY
Ruth Reynolds

UNCLE GEORGE
Ellen Karoll

TRAVELS WITH MRS. BENNER
Bridget Howe

6 RMS RIV VU
Bob Randall

HEDDA GABLER
Henrik Ibsen

THREE AND ME
Ruth Owens