Congratulations to the new Twelfth Night cast: Viola – Sabrina Sawyer Olivia – Amelia Snoblin Orsino – Booker Vance Sir Toby Belch – John Poole Sir Andrew Aguecheek – Michele Heinz Maria – Margaret Richards Malvolio – Samantha Fenno Sebastian – Kate Southern Antonio – Tess Nugent Feste – Maxine Morey Priest – Maryam Husain […]
Friday Staged Reading, June 2: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
FRIDAY STAGED READING June 2, 2017 at 8:00pm Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare directed by Andrea Holliday University Church, 5655 S. University Avenue in the Sanctuary Cafe Admission is $5 at the door. “There is a kind of merry war betwixt Benedick and Beatrice. They never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.” […]
General Meeting, June 6, 7:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church
The Hyde Park Community Players’ next general meeting will be held on June 6, 2017 at 7:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church. The main item on the agenda will be the election of a new Board of Directors. This happens every year, and all active members of the Players are eligible to vote. According to our […]
Director’s Note on CLYBOURNE PARK
Several years ago I directed a staged reading of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun, a fictional portrayal of an African American family’s move into an all-white Chicago neighborhood. I read the play for the first time in high school and loved it because the subject matter felt real to me. I […]
Friday Staged Reading: Harold Pinter, THE LOVER, directed by Rosina Neginsky
Friday, May 5, 8:00pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The Lover by Harold Pinter Directed by Rosina Neginsky Featuring: Ron Chaffetz, Rosina Neginsky, Scott Malpass, Laura MacGregor and Adam Hammond. Written in 1962, this serio-comic play contrasts domesticity with sexual yearning in a very odd love triangle. Pinter leads the audience to believe that there […]
Clybourne Park, May 12-14, 19-21 at the University Church
Buy Tickets PERFORMANCES at University Church, 5655 South University Avenue May 12, 8:00pm May 13, 8:00pm ($6 Student Saturday) May 14 at 2:00pm ($7 Senior Sunday) May 19 & 20 at 8:00pm May 21 at 2:00pm Regular admission for all shows is $12. Students and seniors pay $10 except on special discount days as noted above. […]