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 by	Steve Carter
Date premiered	January 9, 1990
Place premiered	Victory Gardens Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Original language	English
Subject	Retelling of the Medea story involving a sorceress who falls madly in love with a shallow womanizer.
Genre	Drama
Setting	c.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

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

– Oppidans

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.

External links

• New York Times review of 1992 production