''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.
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
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
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, Best New Work
*1990 (Jeff Award), Willy Steele-Original Score
*1993 Bay Area Drama Critics Award, Best Choreography (Halifu Osumare)
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Publication
''Pecong'' is published by
Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
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External links
''New York Times'' review of 1992 production
References
1990 plays
Plays by Steve Carter (playwright)
Caribbean in fiction
Plays set in North America
African-American plays
Plays based on Medea (Euripides play)
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