Pride Films And Plays Tops BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards

Following the company's first year in its own home of the Pride Arts Center at 4139 and 4147 N. Broadway, Pride Films and Plays led the BroadwayWorld Resident Non-Equity Awards with ten wins - the most for any company. The honors were split between PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT and THE NANCE.

PFP's awards included Best Actress in a Musical (Honey West in PRISCILLA), Best Actor in a Play (Vincent Kracht in THE NANCE), Best Actress in a Play (Steph Vondell in THE NANCE), Best Ensemble of a Play (THE NANCE), Best Ensemble of a Musical (PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT) and Best Music Direction (Robert Ollis for PRISCILLA).

The awards, based on voting by fans (and limited to one vote per person), were presented on Monday, January 22 in a ceremony held at The Call in Andersonville.

Here's the complete list of PFP winners.

Best Actor - Play

(Resident Non-Equity)

Vincent Kracht

The Nance

Best Actress - Play

(Resident Non-Equity)

Steph Vondell

The Nance

Best Actress - Musical

(Resident Non-Equity)

Honey West

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Costume Design

(Resident Non-Equity)

John Nasca

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Direction - Play

(Resident Non-Equity)

John Nasca

The Nance

Best Ensemble - Play

(Resident Non-Equity)

The Nance

Best Ensemble - Musical

(Resident Non-Equity)

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Lighting Design

(Resident Non-Equity)

Cat Wilson

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Musical Direction

(Resident Non-Equity)

Robert Ollis

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Best Revival - Musical

(Resident Non-Equity)

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ABOUT PRIDE FILMS AND PLAYS

Pride Films and Plays changes lives through the generation of diverse new work (or work that is new to Chicago) with LGBTQ+ characters or themes that is essential viewing for all audiences. We accomplish this mission through fully-staged productions, writing contests and staged readings, film screenings, and special events. We foster long term relationships with artists to create programming that is as diverse, unique, and complex as the community we represent. In 2015, Huffington Post called PFP "A powerful and empowering entity." The company acquired its two performance spaces at 4139 and 4147 N. Broadway in July 2016, renaming the spaces the Pride Arts Center.

Pride Films and Plays is supported by The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard Driehaus Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, City of Chicago's City Arts Fund, the Elliott Fredland Charitable Trust, Proud to Run, the AmazonSmile Foundation, Arts and Business Foundation, Tap Root Foundation and Alphawood Foundation.

PFP is a member of the Smart Growth Program of the Chicago Community Trust. Pride Films and Plays is a member of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and The League of Chicago Theatres.

ABOUT PRIDE ARTS CENTER

Pride Arts Center (PAC), operated by Pride Films and Plays, opened in 2016 and consists of two performance spaces: The Buena at 4147 N. Broadway which has 50 seats and The Broadway at 4139 N. Broadway which has 85 seats. PAC has become an important part of the arts environment in the Buena Park neighborhood and beyond by hosting events including After Orlando, Bechdel Fest, SheFest and the 525,600 Minutes Cabaret. Additional tenants in 2017 include Walkabout Theater, New American Folk Theater, Cor Productions, Underscore Music Theater, 20% Productions, About Face Youth Theater, Another Door Productions, and of course Pride Films and Plays.

For more information about space at Pride Arts Center, visit www.prideartscenter.com, or www.pridefilmsandplays.com.

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