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Friday Staged Reading Series – Birthday Party Planners

September 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Friday Staged Reading – “The Scottish Couple” or “The Private Life of Macbeth and His Lady”

July 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Friday Staged Reading: The Merry Wives of Windsor

May 30, 2019 2 Comments

Friday Staged Reading: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Come enjoy a staged reading of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, abridged and directed by Andrea Holliday.  Please Note:  We’ll be at a different location than usual–see below!   Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money, and decides to court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page.The “merry wives” don’t […]

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FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Collection, written by John Poole

January 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Collection, written by John Poole

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 […]

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FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Maker of Dreams

November 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

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.) […]

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FRIDAY STAGED READING: An Enemy of the People

November 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

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, […]

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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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