Heat Wave: Pegasus Players Present
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
Rated 3.2 by 26 members who went.
Based on the book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg, Steven Simoncic's moving new play looks at the heat wave of 1995 which took the lives of 739 Chicagoans. Simoncic presents a vivid portrait of a city in crisis, but with its resources and humanity firmly intact. Directed by Ilesa Duncan.
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Based on the book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg, Steven Simoncic's moving new play looks at the heat wave of 1995 which took the lives of 739 Chicagoans. Simoncic presents a vivid portrait of a city in crisis, but with its resources and humanity firmly intact. Directed by Ilesa Duncan.
Pegasus Players
Pegasus believes in choosing challenging scripts because of their artistic and social worth; therefore, the theatre frequently produces works that others do not consider commercially viable. For example, because of their artistic excellence, Pegasus has produced many of Stephen Sondheim's musicals that were not initially successful on Broadway, such as Assassins, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Anyone Can Whistle, The Frogs, Passion, and Company. Stephen Sondheim himself has recognized the company by becoming a financial as well as an artistic supporter.
The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, The Reader and other area papers have all noted that Pegasus consistently produces exceptional, important work.
The New York Times travel section in October 1997 listed Pegasus Players as one of two theatres not to be missed on any trip to Chicago.
Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune has twice named Pegasus's Artistic Director Arlene Crewdson as one of the top 20 Chicago artists who made memorable contributions, once in 1988 and again in 1991, citing her as "one of the most creative and determined producers in Chicago."
