Pecong (play)
Introduction '''''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 VertheinOpened: 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, Best New Work*1990 (Jeff Award), Willy Steele-Original Score*1993 Bay Area Drama Critics Award, Best Choreography (Halifu Osumare)
Publication ''Pecong'' is published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
External links * ''New York Times'' review of 1992 production
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