THE COLLECTION is an original two-act play about the heroes we avoid being, written and directed by John Poole. We perform act 1. John’s original musical, Buddha Swings, is our Spring play, so come get an early preview of his wit and humor! Jacob Kleist is moving to Chicago, and so, he must sell his […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Maker of Dreams
Directed by Paul Baker . The Maker of Dreams by Oliphant Down This musical fairy tale features Pierrot and Pierrette, living unhappily ever after together. But a stranger arrives to help with magic, riddles, and poetry. . With original music by Bill Hohnke . 7 pm Friday, December, 7 at Augustana Church (5500 S Woodlawn.) […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: An Enemy of the People
Directed by Laura MacGregor . An Enemy of the People was written in 1882 by Henrik Ibsen. It tells the story of a town, whose supposedly beneficial spa water may actually be poisoning the citizens. But who is the actual enemy of the people: the scientist gleeful at the disaster, the mayor eager to cover it up, […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Wedding Band by Alice Childress
Directed by Oroki Rice, it’s an interracial love story set in 1918. There is a war in Europe, and a smaller war in South Carolina, where an African-American seamstress and a white German-American baker have a long-time affair. Disapproval from neighbors and family, as well as South Carolina’s laws prohibiting interracial marriage, makes it increasingly hard for them […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: We Have Always Lived in the Castle By Shirley Jackson, Adapted and Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia, September 14, 2018
Friday, Sept. 14, 8 pm at Augustana. (Note–this is the 2nd Friday) See Marilyn’s original adaptation of the 1962 novel by American mystery/horror writer Shirley Jackson. Jackson was a prolific writer, and HPCP previously performed her most famous work, The Lottery, for one of our Radio Shows. Since the mysterious murders of four family members, the […]