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 […]
Twelfth Night Introductions: Meet the Director, Leslie Halverson
This begins a series of interviews introducing the new members of our Twelfth Night cast and crew. Today we begin with director Leslie Halverson. Leslie made her HPCP debut as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She played the Boatswain in our first summer Shakespeare play (The Tempest) and was recently elected to […]
Introducing the Cast of TWELFTH NIGHT!
Congratulations to the new Twelfth Night cast: Viola – Sabrina Sawyer Olivia – Amelia Snoblin Orsino – Booker Vance Sir Toby Belch – John Poole Sir Andrew Aguecheek – Michele Heinz Maria – Margaret Richards Malvolio – Samantha Fenno Sebastian – Kate Southern Antonio – Tess Nugent Feste – Maxine Morey Priest – Maryam Husain […]
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.” […]
General Meeting, June 6, 7:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church
The Hyde Park Community Players’ next general meeting will be held on June 6, 2017 at 7:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church. The main item on the agenda will be the election of a new Board of Directors. This happens every year, and all active members of the Players are eligible to vote. According to our […]
Director’s Note on CLYBOURNE PARK
Several years ago I directed a staged reading of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun, a fictional portrayal of an African American family’s move into an all-white Chicago neighborhood. I read the play for the first time in high school and loved it because the subject matter felt real to me. I […]
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