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An Evening of Horror & Suspense, Part One: GOTHIC BY GASLIGHT

October 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

BUY TICKETS For our 10th Evening of Horror and Suspense, we celebrate the history of our longest-running production by offering two different Evenings, each featuring beloved stories from previous seasons. Directors of the previous Evenings of Horror and Suspense (Nora Davis, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Bill Hohnke, Mary McCarthy, Vanessa Ellis, Amelia Snoblin, and Shonte Wesson) recommended […]

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Meet the Cast(s) of Evening of Horror & Suspense 10!

September 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

TICKETS on sale now An Evening of Horror and Suspense 10 has been cast! This year’s 10th Evening of Horror and Suspense offers twice the spookiness! We are doing two different shows, and each show has its own cast. Chris Skyles will return for both shows as Your Host for the Evening. If you’re in Friday’s […]

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Radio Show Tickets on sale now!

September 20, 2019 2 Comments

Our 10th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition For our 10th Evening of Horror and Suspense, we are celebrating the show’s first decade by restaging favorite stories from the previous nine seasons. Friday October 25: Gothic by Gaslight will be dedicated to horror classics from the 1800s: Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte […]

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Evening of Horror and Suspense IX

August 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

An Evening of Horror and Suspense IX An Evening of Horror and Suspense Directed by Shonte Wesson Saturday, October 20 Augustana Lutheran Church 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The HPCP continues its annual Halloween tradition with another anthology of tales of HORROR…and suspense! Actors bring spine-tingling old-time radio plays to life, accompanied by live sound effects!

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Directors Needed: An Evening of Horror and Suspense 2018 / summer outdoor Shakespeare 2019

June 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

The mainstage productions for our 2018/2019 season have been chosen! Alas, we can’t tell you what they are until we secure the performance rights. However, we can tell you that we are now looking for directors for our two annual productions: AN EVENING OF HORROR AND SUPSENSE! (a.k.a. the Halloween radio show) Every October, usually the weekend […]

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Evening of Horror & Suspense VIII: Meet Shonte Wesson, the director

October 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

Shonte Wesson has been with the HPCP for several years, and has appeared in numerous Evenings of Horror and Suspense as well as mainstage shows (including Arcadia, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Clybourne Park). Shonte was the assistant director for Twelfth Night last summer. Shonte’s mother Helen Wesson and her daughter Helena Lee are also […]

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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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