While many of us (perhaps too optimistically) planned to complete any number of creative projects over the course of pandemic isolation parts one, two, or—dare I say it—three, 300 Chicago-area high school students managed to write and submit one-act plays to Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s 35th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. And three of those students—Laylah Freeman […]
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Pegasus Theatre Chicago’s Young Playwrights Festival turns 34
Three plays by teen writers offer historical twists, absurdity, and some on-the-nose social commentary.
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Themes of betrayal (and renewal) fill the Young Playwrights Festival
Pegasus Theatre Chicago celebrates 33 years of fostering teen writers.
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Brontë, Desert Cool, and ten more theatrical shows to see now
Ask Your Doctor: A Pharmaceutical Musical It took eight people to write book, lyrics, and music for this Annoyance musical? Maybe too much input diluted the output. The premise is golden: pharmaceutical giant Mendacium pedals a designer pill with such restorative powers that people who take it need only two hours of sleep per night. […]