Want to know what is happening backstage during rehearsals for Beautiful Thing?  Then follow Robert Hilliard's blog. I know you enjoy getting to hear about the show coming together. 

Hey students of all kinds.... Get two-for-one tickets with a student ID - high school, college, grad school - for performances of the Jeff Recommended show 'At The Flash' at Center On Halsted. This offer is good on Friday, November 30 and S

aturday December 1 only! You will really enjoy the 90 minute show! To reserve email pfptickets@gmail.com with your name and number of tickets, and pay at the door. Don't miss this great opportunity! www.attheflash.com.

Final Three Weeks. Get your tickets here.

Don't miss Pride Films and Plays 

Artistic Ensemble Member Kelli Walker in 

Prop Thtr's hit show The Feast!

The Feast is a political satire and family drama set on Thanksgiving in the midst of the 2009 healthcare debate. It tells the story of Vincent Baker, a wealthy insurance magnate whose holiday gathering in the exurbs is shaken up by a harassing policy holder avenging a denied medical claim. Beset by family conflicts and crises of conscience, the Bakers are ultimately forced to confront the sordid underbelly of their wealth and reexamine their crumbling conception of the American Dream. 

The play was selected for the National New Play Network’s fall Showcase in Philadelphia, and was a recent semi-finalist for both the Stanley Drama Award and the Smith Prize.

Click here to purchase tickets

or call 773-539-7838 to make a reservation

RSVP to the Facebook event here

Raising money for new theatrical ventures is always a challenge. Here is the link to the campaign for our exciting and important new musical 'Under A Rainbow Flag' which will open this spring. Please support this project, and send this information to others who you think will do the same. And isn't the song - by Leo Schwartz - a great love song?

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/273206?a=232786

The musical tells the true story of Jon Phillips, picture here, and  the men he meets while serving in World War II. 

Tickets for people working in the film and theater industry are available for the 7:30 performance of At The Flash on Wednesday, 11/28 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater.  To request tickets, send an email to pfptickets@gmail.com with your name, the number of tickets, and INDUSTRY in the subject line.  Tickets will be held for cash payment at the door. 

PFP has rehearsal space available in a very convenient spot on Wilson at Clark, just east of Clark Bus, and just west of Wilson Red Line Stop. $30 for four hour evening or weekend rehearsal, $25 for four hours during weekdays. Time available in November/December. 

For more information email Pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com. 

Please support our new production of "Under A Rainbow Flag." I love  this ballad by Leo Schwartz, the composer of the musical. The pictures in the video are historical shots taken of or by Jon Phillips, whose true story is told in this musical.  

To learn more about the project, and support it, please go here. 

Thanks to everyone who auditioned for our new musical Under A Rainbow Flag over the last two nights! The work was excellent, and we look forward to a great production. 

Also thanks to our Artistic Ensemble team who did such a good job of organizing and running the auditions... .Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, John Nasca, Val Heckman, Kelli Walker, and Kyra Morris. 

Thanks team!

Ensemble Member Sean-Edward Hall in
Peter and Paul In The Land Of Nod

PETER AND PAUL IN THE LAND OF NOD is a recently found lost gem from operetta great, Franz Lehar. It tells the story of 2 boys who have been fostered by the shoe cobbler Master Kneipp and his wife. Unfortunately, Kneipp is more interested in drinking that being a father or a cobbler and the boys decide to run away. The spirits Shlendrianus (the spirit of laziness) and Laborosa (the spirit of goodness and industry) make a bet that each can win over the boys. 

Soon Peter and Paul find themselves in the land of Nod. A land where no one works their body nor the mind and eats until they can eat no more. They run into its crazy King Schlampaprius, who imprisons anyone he wishes on a whim. Realizing getting everything you wish for isn't as great as they once thought, the escape the land before they can be imprisoned themselves. 

This is one of the only English translations of the German classic for the WHOLE family, translated by Chicago Folks operetta's own Gerald Frantzen, Alison Kelly and Hersh Glagov. It boasts of a chamber orchestra, professional ballet dancers, a cast of 40 children and rounded out with professional actors and singers. 

Here is the link to their website: www.chicagofolksoperetta.org and here is a link to their facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Folks-Operetta/107008286014309?fref=ts

At The Flash had a great opening last night and is Jeff Recommended. Get your tickets now!

Tonight is the night the fun begins!

Get your tickets here now!

There are still audition slots available for the musical Under A Rainbow Flag. Auditions start on Sunday. Find information on it here. 

PFP Artistic Ensemble Member 

Michelle McKenzie-Voigt is featured in Company 

at Brightside Theater in Naperville. 

Get your tickets here. 

Pride Films and Plays is doing a dress rehearsal on Saturday night, November 10 at 7 pm at Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, of the new play At the Flash. 

We are looking for 2 or 3 volunteers to help that evening - arrive about 6:15 to make sure the performance space is ready, pass out programs, and get people into the theater. 

This will be a working rehearsal, so the show may stop and start a bit (it is 80 minutes long) and there will be a talk back after the performance. 

If you are interested email pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com with your name, phone, and Saturday Volunteer in the subject line. 

Thanks!

For more information about the show visitwww.pridefilmsandplays.com or www.attheflash.com. 

PFP rents a small rehearsal space on Clark and Wilson, and from time to time it is available for rent. It is perfect for readings and smaller shows, and is available in blocks of three or fours hours - 9:30 to 1:30, 2 to 6, and 6 - 10. Rehearsal rates start at $10 per hour. Send an email to pridefilmsandplays@gmail.com to find our more. Please put REHEARSAL SPACE in the subject line. 

FB Friends of PFP are invited to attend a free, open dress rehearsal of At The Flash this Saturday night at 7 at Center on Halsted. To get a ticket or two, LIKE this message. Or send an email to pfptickets@gmail.com. The show is terrific, and David just needs to have one run through with a small audience before next weekend's performances.

Pride Films and Plays invites leaders and members of GSA groups to attend performances of At The Flash. Find more information here. 

I hope you caught the audition notice for the musical Under A Rainbow Flag by Leo Schwartz.