The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm’s Son a play for two voices by J.R.R. Tolkien read by Douglas Black & Joseph Cavicchia, directed by Paul Baker Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Join us as we share one of the lesser known works of the beloved author of The […]
Want to be involved in a staged reading? Not sure how?
Hyde Park Community Players welcomes people at all levels of theater experience -- including none! Is there a short play (or excerpt of a play) that you'd love to share with an audience? Or a poetry collection or other literary work that has some dramatic possibilities? Would you like act, or direct? If so, please contact producer Paul Baker at stagedreadings@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org to learn more about the Staged Reading Series. We currently host a staged reading each month, on the First Friday of the month (occasionally Second Friday to avoid a conflict). In a staged reading, the actors have their scripts with them, so no memorization is required. Support is available for inexperienced or first-time directors as you learn how to work with your cast to bring a short play to life. The Friday reading is rehearsed, typically two or three times. Readings run about an hour, more or less, followed by refreshments and a chance to talk with the actors and director about the reading.. If you're not on the Hyde Park Community Players mailing list, make sure to sign up at the bottom of our homepage, so you can find out about the next reading. Attending one (or more) will help give you a better idea of what's involved in putting a performance together. We would love for you to be part of this series, whether as an audience member, an actor, or a director!
October Staged Reading: “Longings” by Rosina Neginsky
October Staged Reading Selections from Longings A book of poems & short prose pieces Written & directed by Rosina Neginsky Friday, October 10, 7:30 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Please join us as we present selections from Rosina Neginsky’s 2022 collection, Longings. Longings is a collection of the songs of a soul singing, […]
Join us for our September Staged Reading A Night of Monologues Directed by Anne Gearhart Join us for an evening of monologues, fourteen in all, drawn from a variety of plays and other sources. Following the reading, we will have our usual homemade goodies and a chance to talk with the director and actors about […]
Friday Staged Reading – Halloween Show Preview
This Friday the Thirteenth be part our September staged reading—a real-along of short scripts being considered for the Halloween extravaganza! As HPCP gears up for our annual Evening of Horror and Suspense, help the directing team (Dorothy Parsons and Logan MacGregor) by performing potential scripts, while sound effects maestro Marilyn Cavicchia tries out some live […]
June Staged Reading: #MonteCristo2020
#MonteCristo2020 Written and directed by Susan Harris & Bill Hohnke is an original musical in progress which reimagines Alexandre Dumas’s classic 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic. The show is narrated by the Isolator, who discovers Dumas’s novel in the spring of 2020 while on lockdown. As […]
Our November Staged Reading: #MonteCristo2020, Act 2
Friday Staged Reading (And Singing) #MonteCristo2020, Act 2 Friday, November 3, 8:00 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The team of Harris & Hohnke return, our own soon-to-be-famous brilliant creators in the musical genre. November 3, we will workshop the second installment of an original musical in progress, #MonteCristo2020. (Most of Act 1 […]
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