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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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Friday Staged Reading, July 7: THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht

June 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading, July 7: THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht

Directed by Paul Baker The Exception and the Rule is a Lehrstück (i.e. “learning play”) by Bertolt Brecht (translated by Ralph Mannheim). A hugely influential playwright, Brecht believed theater had a duty to educate as well as to entertain. Written around 1929, Exception confronts a deplorable aspect of black-white relations, all too familiar to us […]

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Friday Staged Reading, June 2: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

June 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

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.”   […]

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Friday Staged Reading: Harold Pinter, THE LOVER, directed by Rosina Neginsky

May 3, 2017 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Friday Staged Reading: “Secret Rivers” by Marilyn Cavicchia

March 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading: “Secret Rivers” by Marilyn Cavicchia

Friday, April 7, 8:00 p.m. Augustana Lutheran Church Admission: $5    Secret Rivers Director and Author: Marilyn Cavicchia Performers: Anthony Brown, Ron Chafetz, Corinna Christman, Leslie Halverson, Adam Hammond, Bobbie Lyons, Scott Malpass, Elizabeth “Dusty” Rahuba, Chris Skyles, Amelia Snoblin Imagine your town is dying. Would you do anything to save it? What if that […]

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The Birds Have Flown And The Bones Are Quiet.

February 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

The Birds Have Flown And The Bones Are Quiet.

Tonight’s staged reading has come and gone. This is my first experience doing one, and I have to say it’s nice to get to direct something without having to give your entire life to it. With basically four weeks, only two rehearsals with the musicians and actors together, and only one run-through in the space […]

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Who Are We?

Founded in January of 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players is a non-profit, amateur, volunteer organization whose mission is to create compelling theatre by and for residents of the South Side. Read More »

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Friday Staged Readings

In addition to our major productions, the Players present a monthly staged-reading series, typically on the first Friday night of each month.
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Auditions

Auditions usually take place a few months before a show, in two sessions, one on a weekend afternoon and one on a weekday evening.
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Production History

Since our founding in 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players have been putting on between 2-3 shows per season.
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