Poring over sexual identity then and now
Play piercingly contrasts social mores a half-century apart Around the moment of Chicago's gay-pride parade and festival in 2011, About Face Theatre enjoyed a big hit with Phillip Dawkins' "The Homosexuals," a deftly observed look at several generations of gay Chicagoans. Two years on, About Face has turned to a richly complex and beautifully wrought British play, Alexi Kaye Campbell's "The Pride," to explore this m…