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 Verthein Opened: 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
References