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Archives for March 2017

Friday Staged Reading: “Secret Rivers” by Marilyn Cavicchia

March 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Events, Friday Staged Readings, Readings

Congratulations to the Cast of CLYBOURNE PARK!

March 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce the cast for our next production, Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park: CAST ACT ONE RUSS:  Paul Baker BEV:  Corinna Christman FRANCINE: Shonte Wesson ALBERT:  Paul Upshaw KARL:  Eric Roberts BETSY:  Amelia Snoblin JIM:  Dan Heinz ACT TWO DAN:  Paul Baker KATHY:  Renata McAdams LENA:  Shonte Wesson KEVIN:  James Allen STEVE:  Eric Roberts […]

Filed Under: Clybourne Park, Events, Shows

What To Expect at an HPCP Audition

March 17, 2017 2 Comments

Frequently Asked Questions about HPCP Auditions Do you pay your actors? No. The HPCP is a volunteer, not-for-profit, amateur organization. We don’t pay our actors, nor do we pay our directors, producers, set designers, etc. Our mission is to give people who love theater the opportunity to make it. Do I have to be an […]

Filed Under: Auditions, Other, Shows

We did it! and a defense of Durang

March 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

We did it!  Opening weekend was beautiful.  The audience members laughed and cried and also questioned why I would do such a “disturbing” play.  I am including my director’s notes here as an explanation/defense.  Ta-da! I first discovered The Marriage of Bette and Boo—and Christopher Durang—in college. It was love at first read through. He […]

Filed Under: Other, Shows, The Marriage of Bette and Boo

Props To The Bette & Boo Crew

March 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

by Susan Harris When I was in college, I saw Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V and loved it so much I kept trying to get my friends to see it with me. I dragged Emily, future veterinarian, and Su, future fashion designer, with me to the local art cinema. After it was over, I eagerly turned to them […]

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Who’s Who In The Marriage of Bette and Boo

March 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

Leslie Browne (Bette Brennan) is a life long Hyde Parker taking on her first lead role in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Leslie has had parts in the staged readings of HPCP’s A Raisin in the Sun, The Bluest Eye, and Yeats’ At the Hawk’s Well/Dreaming of the Bones. As Mrs. Marchmont, she fanned her […]

Filed Under: Shows, The Marriage of Bette and Boo

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