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Twelve new screenplays with LGBT themes or characters have been named semi-finalists in the 2011 Great Gay Screenplay Contest sponsored by Pride Films and Plays.

Pride Films and Plays is delighted to announce that 21 writers have been named semi-finalists in Women's Work. Nine plays and 12 screenplays with lesbian themes or characters have been selected as semi-finalists in the Sapphics on Stage and Sapphics on Screen categories.

Pride Films and Plays is delighted to announce that eight writers have been named finalists in Women's Work. Four plays and four screenplays with lesbian themes or characters have been selected as finalists in the Sapphics on Stage and Sapphics on Screen categories, and all eight will be performed as staged readings September 7 - 11 in the Hoover-Leppen Theater of Center on Halsted.

Don't miss a very unique special event coming up this weekend. We are thrilled to welcome Ben Lerman back to Chicago, and we know you will love the other performers.

Two organizations that embrace change and innovation have announced a partnership to produce Summer Pride at Chandler, a festival looking at GLBT Theater slated for July 8 to 17, at Chandler's beautifully restored, 103-year-old facility.

Chandler and Pride Films and Plays announce the performance schedule of the first Summer Pride Festival at Chandler July 8-17.

Pride Films and Plays is delighted to announce that 21 writers have been named semi-finalists in Women's Work. Nine plays and 12 screenplays with lesbian themes or characters have been selected as semi-finalists in the Sapphics on Stage and Sapphics on Screen categories.

Pride Films and Plays and Center on Halsted announce new theater classes exploring LGBT issues on stage.

Lampkin Music Group is proud to announce 'What He Did for Love: A Chicago Musical Menu' presented April 3-6, 2011 at Stage 773 (formerly the Theatre Building) in Chicago.

Genesis Theatrical ProductionNFP, Inc presents the Chicago premiere of FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago.

Pride Films and Plays and Center on Halsted announce new theater classes exploring LGBT issues on stage.

Pride Films and Plays and Center on Halsted announce new theater classes exploring LGBT issues on stage. The acting class on Mondays is for working actors regardless of their sexual orientation who are interested in exploring great same-sex scenes in LGBT literature.

Two organizations that embrace change and innovation have announced a partnership to produce Summer Pride at Chandler, a festival looking at GLBT Theater slated for July 8 to 17, at Chandler's beautifully restored, 103-year-old facility.

Pride Films and Plays announced today that the winner of the first Great Gay Play Contest is Learn to be Latina, by Enrique Urueta from San Francisco.

Join performers, theatre critics, and community members for an open discussion of Chicago's GLBT theatre scene LGBT Theater in Chicago: Looking Back and Looking Forward

The schedule has been set for the five new plays that will be performed as staged readings in the Great Gay Play Fest March 3 - 6, 2011, at the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted in Chicago. These five scripts have been selected by our esteemed reading panel from fresh GLBT work submitted from around the country, and includes work by new writers, as well as that from those already working in the industry. Five esteemed Chicago directors are working to make these plays a reality.

Genesis Theatrical ProductionNFP, Inc presents the Chicago premiere of FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The production previews March 26, opens March 31 at 7:30 p.m., and runs through May 1, 2011. Lively with humor, anecdote, sorrow, and songs, the musical will without a doubt tug at the audience's heartstrings.

Join performers, theatre critics, and community members for an open discussion of Chicago's GLBT theatre scene LGBT Theater in Chicago: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Lampkin Music Group is proud to announce 'What He Did for Love: A Chicago Musical Menu' presented April 3-6, 2011 at Stage 773 (formerly the Theatre Building) in Chicago.

The schedule for the five new plays featured in the Great Gay Play Fest as staged readings March 3 - 6, 2011, at the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted in Chicago, has been set. And five esteemed Chicago directors are working to make these plays a reality. After the final reading on Sunday, Pride Films and Plays will announce both an Audience Favorite Award, and the juried winner, as our reading panel included Marshall W. Mason, Jason Moore, Doug Finlayson, Patricia Kane, Jeremy Cohen, Patrick Trettenero, Brian Fonseca, and theater professionals across the country.