February Staged Reading THE INVESTIGATION A Crime in Ten Acts By Robert Schenkkan ________________________________________ Based on The Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Election by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller _______________________________________ Abridged & directed by Andrea Holliday The Investigation is a masterly adaptation of the Mueller Report for theatrical […]
Friday Staged Reading: “The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden” by Thornton Wilder
Join us Friday, January 10th The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder directed by Paul Baker and starring: Adrienne Irmer as Ma Kirby Max Knighten as Elmer Kirby Jarell Johnson as Arthur, their son Alayna Johnson, as Caroline, their younger daughter Leslie Browne as Beulah, their elder daughter Paul Baker as The […]
Happy Holidays from the Players to all our friends!
Happy Holiday season to all our wonderful HPCP friends! Join us for a very special staged reading Friday, Dec. 13, 7 pm, at Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn. Songs of the Season features our gifted member Amelia Snoblin, who creates and directs her original work about finding the meaning in the holiday season. And spoiler alert: it […]
Friday Staged Reading: The Mojo and The Sayso
The Mojo and the Sayso written by Aishah Rahman directed by Oroki Rice Inspired by the 1973 killing of a ten-year-old boy by New York City police, THE MOJO AND THE SAYSO is both a comic and dramatic study of the ways that people cope with the aftermath of terrible tragedy.The New York Times review says of […]
Friday Staged Reading Series – Birthday Party Planners
‘Birthday Party Planners’ is a light-hearted look at newly discovered childhood trauma. A few middle aged people want to live the rest of their lives knowing that they have uncovered every dark area of their minds that could be holding them back from happiness. They employ the services of Birthday Party Planners, a company that […]
Friday Staged Reading – “The Scottish Couple” or “The Private Life of Macbeth and His Lady”
What would happen if you took the politics, the magic and the murders out of the “Scottish Play?” What would Macbeth look like if you banished the witches and removed the wronged thanes and the English force and just kept the private inwardness of Macbeth, his tormented musings, Lady Macbeth, her slide from brusque confidence […]