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Evening of Horror & Suspense 2020: Auditions

September 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Hyde Park Community Players’ Evening of Horror & Suspense is back! Things will be different this year. Auditions and rehearsals will be on Zoom. The show will be prerecorded, with sound effects layered in,  and then ‘broadcast’ on Friday, October 30. Auditions will be online via Zoom, on September 27 1-5pm. For more information, […]

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We’ll get through this….

September 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

Hi, friends. Happy Almost Spring!  We hope you and yours are well. The pandemic crawls on and we’re still asking our audiences to mask for indoor events, but it does seem as if the world may be learning how to live with this pesky coronavirus. This summer we staged our return to Shakespeare in Nichols […]

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Friday Staged Reading via Zoom

September 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Waste Land  by T.S. Eliot & Other Poems Directed by: Marissa Tranquilli Please join us for an evening of Eliot and poetry.  We will present a large cast reading of one of T.S. Eliot’s most famous works: The Waste Land.  It combines the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King in vignettes of contemporary British […]

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COVID19 Response

March 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

2025 is nearly gone, and the pandemic is officially long over, but, of course, the virus will always be with us, with new variants causing upsurges of concern.  For each person the balance between caution and optimism is different and changing. As a community organization, we want to be mindful of making the best possible […]

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Updated Information on Coronavirus situation

March 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

You likely began the day yesterday hearing the news that our governor had declared a statewide disaster proclamation relations to the coronavirus. There are now 25 Illinois cases. As a community organization, we want to be mindful of making the best possible decisions in relation to the safety and security of our audiences, performers, and […]

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Who Are We?

Founded in January of 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players is a non-profit, amateur, volunteer organization whose mission is to create compelling theatre by and for residents of the South Side. Read More »

Support the Players

You can make your contribution to our work here at the Hyde Park Community Players. There are lots of ways to give! Read More »

Friday Staged Readings

In addition to our major productions, the Players present a monthly staged-reading series, typically on the first Friday night of each month.
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Auditions

Auditions usually take place a few months before a show, in two sessions, one on a weekend afternoon and one on a weekday evening.
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Production History

Since our founding in 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players have been putting on between 2-3 shows per season.
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