Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center
1145 West Wilson Avenue Chicago IL 60640- Phone:
- 773-878-9761 x 17
- Website:
- http://www.pegasusplayers.org/
- Capacity:
- 190
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Current Events on Goldstar
Currently, there are no events available at this venue through Goldstar.
Past Events on Goldstar
Dael Orlandersmith's Coming-of-Age Drama The Gimmick from Pegasus Players
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $12.50
LaNisa Frederick stars as Alexis in the Midwest premiere of Dael Orlandersmith's The Gimmick. In this coming-of-age drama, Alexis seeks refuge from the brutal Harlem streets through library bookshelves. She... Learn More.
The 24th Annual Chicago Young Playwrights Festival
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Pegasus Players presents its 24th year of the Young Playwrights Festival, where short plays written by exceptional high school students are performed. The plays are brought to life by a professional cast and... Learn More.
Speculative Drama Ten Square from Pegasus Players
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $17.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
On the heels of the government's apology to African-Americans for slavery, the Reparations Movement and a new America is born. Roosevelt, a soldier duty-bound to protect the new world order must negotiate... Learn More.
The Shape of a Girl, a One-Woman Show Based on True Events
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Starring Alice Wedoff, this one-woman show deals with the code of silence and tacit complicity surrounding the Reena Vick murder in Canada in 1997. Vick was bullied and eventually murdered by a group of... Learn More.
Chicago Young Playwrights Festival: Plays By Teenagers
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
The Young Playwrights Festival is a professional production of three plays written by Chicago high school students, selected from over 700 submissions. The plays provide a window into the thoughts of today's... Learn More.
Continental Divide: A Double Bill of Plays About Politics
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Continental Divide is a timely two-play cycle set against the background of a bitterly fought gubernatorial election. Mothers Against follows the Republican candidate's campaign, while Daughters of the... Learn More.
Golda's Balcony: Broadway's Longest-Running One-Woman Play
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
William Gibson's one-woman tour de force, Golda's Balcony, examines the history of Israel through the eyes of one of the 20th century's most remarkable world leaders, Golda Meir. The show was the longest-... Learn More.
Heat Wave: Pegasus Players Present
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
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... Learn More.
August Wilson's Jitney: Portrait of African-American Life in the 1970s
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson's acclaimed first play, Jitney, is the 1970s installment of his renowned cycle of 10 plays depicting African-American life in the 20th century. Jitney tells... Learn More.
Swimming-Pool Musical Comedy, Sondheim's The Frogs
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $12.50
Stephen Sondheim "freely adapted" The Frogs, an Ancient Greek old comedy by Aristophanes, into a musical performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in the mid-70s. Revisiting it now, the... Learn More.
Black Caesar, An African-American Adaptation Of Citizen Kane
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Black Caesar is an African-American adaptation of the Orson Wells film classic Citizen Kane. It chronicles the life of C.J. Caesar, a black newspaper mogul who builds a media empire through playing the "race... Learn More.
The 21st Annual Chicago Young Playwrights Festival
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
The Young Playwrights Festival, now in its 21st year, is a professional production of three selected one-act plays written by Chicago teenagers. The plays provide a window into the thoughts of today's youth... Learn More.
Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott's Comedy, Pantomime
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
When an English hotel owner on the island of Tobago recruits his Black handyman to work with him on a stage play that's a satirical send-up of Robinson Crusoe, they each get more than they can handle.... Learn More.
Jonathan Larson's Musical tick, tick...BOOM! from Pegasus Players
Pegasus Players at O'Rourke Center (Chicago, IL)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Before he created the unforgettable musical Rent, Jonathan Larson wrote tick, tick...BOOM!, a musical look at holding onto dreams in the modern world. Impending marriage, career changes and the... Learn More.
Map and Directions
Pegasus Players is located on the Truman College campus, 1145 West Wilson Avenue, in the west building. The entrance to the parking lot, courtesy of Truman College, is located on Broadway just south of Wilson on the west side of the street. The entrance is next to Beck's Bookstore.
Handicap Information
Available in the back of the house, but the views are excellent and there is an elevator to the restrooms. Please let us know once you've bought tickets.
Handicap seating is regularly available.
Please contact us after buying tickets by replying to your confirmation email to make arrangements.