Join us for our Second Annual of An Evening of Monologues Friday, October 2, 7:30 pm Directed by Annie Gearhart The monologue is the tour de force for an actor, and this reading gives our cast the opportunity to stretch their creativity and sharpen their skills as performers. This year, the fifteen […]
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 our readings: will give you a better idea of what's involved in putting a performance together; will let us get acquainted; and will show your support for homegrown theater. We would love for you to be part of this series, whether as an audience member, an actor, or a director!
September Staged Reading: Wild About Wilde
The reading will be followed by refreshments and a chance to talk with director and actors, $5 at the door. At Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S, Woodlawn Ave.
August Staged Reading: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Directed by Logan MacGregor Friday, August 7, 7: 30 pm Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog takes the world of superheroes and flips it on its head. Written by Joss, Zack & Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancheroen during the 2008 Hollywood writers’ strike, Dr. Horrible gives us a combination of comedy and commentary […]
July Staged Reading: “Address Unknown” by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
Address Unknown By Kathrine Kressman Taylor Directed by Ruth Kadanoff Friday, July 10, 7:30 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The story is written as a series of letters between a Jewish American art gallery owner in San Francisco and his former old German friend and partner who has returned to Germany in […]
June Staged Reading: “Bloom’s Day” by Stephen Fedo
A reading from Bloom’s Day A new dramatization of James Joyce’s Ulysses. by Stephen Fedo Directed by Ron Chafetz Friday, June 12, 7:30 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Join us as we present the 2nd part of Bloom’s Day. This second part, of course, includes Poldy Bloom’s & Stephen Dedalus’s adventures in […]
May Staged Reading: “The Goat” by Edward Albee
Join us for The Goat or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee The Goat won every major award for best new play in 2002: the Tony, New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Corinna Christman & Bill Hohnke will present scenes from this wickedly funny play about a family […]
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