''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

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, 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

1990 plays Plays by Steve Carter (playwright) Caribbean in fiction Plays set in North America African-American plays Plays based on Medea (Euripides play) {{Caribbean-stub