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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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January Staged Reading: “Calumny”: Two Comedies about Slander, Libel & Fake News

January 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

Calumny Two short vintage comedies about slander, libel & fake news Friday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m Please join the online party for the streaming of our pre-recorded performance on YouTube!  We present two one-act gems exploring the transmission of lies and the significance — or insignificance? — of truth. The performance will take place […]

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Friday Staged Reading – Boxelder Bug Variations by Bill Holm

November 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Join us for our December Friday Staged Reading via Zoom Friday, December 4th, at 8:00 p.m. Boxelder Bug Variations: A Meditation on an Idea in Language and Music By Bill Holm Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia, with Assistant Director Barbara Barreno-Paschall Music performed & recorded by Bill Hohnke with: Sasha Austin-SchmidtJoseph CavicchiaRon ChafetzCorinna Christman  Chris ChwedykBilly Cooper […]

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Friday Staged Reading: Molière’s Tartuffe

November 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

Friday, November 6th, at 8:00 pm via zoom we present Tartuffe or, The Imposter a comedy by Molière directed by Sasha Austin-Schmidt Come join in the fun as a family executes a plan to convince their patriarch to stop idolizing a man who is definitely not holy, but certainly holier-than-thou. Tartuffe, Molière’s comic masterpiece on religious […]

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Friday Staged Reading: Poems That Tell Stories: Classic Narrative Poems

September 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Building on the success of our first rehearsed reading via Zoom, Friday, October 2, 8 pm,   we will be at it again with Poems that Tell Stories: Classic Narrative Poems directed by Paul Baker   The Program The Skeleton in Armor, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow– read by Ron Chafetz Casey at the Bat, by […]

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Evening of Horror & Suspense 2020: Auditions

September 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Hyde Park Community Players’ Evening of Horror & Suspense is back! Things will be different this year. Auditions and rehearsals will be on Zoom. The show will be prerecorded, with sound effects layered in,  and then ‘broadcast’ on Friday, October 30. Auditions will be online via Zoom, on September 27 1-5pm. For more information, […]

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We’ll get through this….

September 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

Hi, friends. Happy Almost Spring!  We hope you and yours are well. The pandemic crawls on and we’re still asking our audiences to mask for indoor events, but it does seem as if the world may be learning how to live with this pesky coronavirus. This summer we staged our return to Shakespeare in Nichols […]

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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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You can make your contribution to our work here at the Hyde Park Community Players. There are lots of ways to give! Read More »

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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