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Former Tanghalang Pilipino actor Jay Españo has taken assistant director and movement coordinator responsibilities in the recently opened 'At the Flash,' a one-actor, five-character play that condenses LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) history from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Five finalists have been named in Pride Films and Plays' Great Gay Play Contest for 2013. These five plays will be performed as enhanced staged readings (with movement and design elements) by members of the Artistic Ensemble of Pride Films and Plays during Gay Play Weekend, May 16 to 19, 2013 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. A full performance schedule for the weekend will be announced in January.

Pride Films and Plays is accepting entries into the Great Gay Play and Musical Contest now through October 22, 2012. Each of the five finalists will receive $400, and their scripts will be performed as 'enhanced staged readings' during Gay Play Weekend at Center on Halsted, Chicago, in spring 2013.

Pride Films and Plays will present Cal Yeomans's award-winning but long-lost play Richmond Jim to celebrate Pride Month. Richmond Jim will be featured in the Naked July Fest at National Pastime Theater and run June 29 to August 10.

How do mothers and daughters deal with a coming-out crisis? Has the sexual camaraderie of gay men changed as the AIDS epidemic recedes from memory? Is it possible that a child's lie can ruin the lives of three adults? The staged readings of this month's Summer Pride Festival at Chandler address these conflicts and situations.

Pride Films and Plays will present Cal Yeomans's award-winning but long-lost play Richmond Jim to celebrate Pride Month. Richmond Jim will be featured in the Naked July Fest at National Pastime Theater and run June 29 to August 10.

Dennis Grimaldi Productions (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Godspell, Angels in America) presents industry readings of the new musical fantasy, A Kiss From Alexander, today, May 21st at 1pm and 4pm at Shetler Studios, 244 W 54th St, #12 in Manhattan.

Pride Films and Plays will present Cal Yeomans's award-winning but long-lost play Richmond Jim to celebrate Pride Month. Richmond Jim will be featured in the Naked July Fest at National Pastime Theater and run June 29 to August 10.

Dennis Grimaldi Productions (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Godspell, Angels in America) will present industry readings of the new musical fantasy, A Kiss From Alexander, Monday, May 21st at 1pm and 4pm at Shetler Studios, 244 W 54th St, #12 in Manhattan. Denis Jones (Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Broadway Bares) is directing and choreographing. Book and Lyrics is by Broadway and theatre veteran, Stephan de Ghelder. Music is by Brad Simmons, most recently musical director, Lysistrata Jones.

After a weekend of large houses and enthusiastic crowds viewing enhanced stage readings of four new plays and one new musical, At The Flash by Sean Chandler and David Leeper was named the winner of the 2012 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest.

Pride Films and Plays announces that five finalists have been named in the 2012 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest, as PFP continues to explore 'What's New and Who's Next' in LGBT film and theater. The finalists are: At The Flash, by Sean Chandler and David Leeper, Woodland Hills, CA Lost in History, by Adam Siegel, Maplewood, NJ Hello Norma Jeane, by Dylan Costello, London, UK Mr. Teddy, by George Smart, Quincy, MA Under A Rainbow Flag, a new musical, by Leo Schwartz, Chicago, IL Check out the event photos below!

How do mothers and daughters deal with a coming-out crisis? Has the sexual camaraderie of gay men changed as the AIDS epidemic recedes from memory? Is it possible that a child's lie can ruin the lives of three adults? The staged readings of July's Summer Pride Festival at Chandler address these conflicts and situations.

Pride Films and Plays announces that five finalists have been named in the 2012 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest, as PFP continues to explore 'What's New and Who's Next' in LGBT film and theater.

Rick Heintz and Michael Hampton have been cast as Marty and Spence in the Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's insightful new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance.

The Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance, opens Pride Film and Plays' energetic 2012 season, February 18 - March 10 at Mary's Attic, 5446 N. Clark Street.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'A Catered Affair,' 'Barnum,' new musicals by Mark Messing and Leo Schwartz, 'Little Shop...' and a fall 'Assassins,' plus more!!!

The Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance, opens Pride Film and Plays' energetic 2012 season, February 18 - March 10 at Mary's Attic, 5446 N. Clark Street.

Rick Heintz and Michael Hampton have been cast as Marty and Spence in the Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's insightful new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance.

Rick Heintz and Michael Hampton star as Marty and Spence in the Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's insightful new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance.

Rick Heintz and Michael Hampton have been cast as Marty and Spence in the Chicago premiere of J. Julian Christopher's insightful new work Man Boobs, a dark comedy about love, body image, and acceptance.