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TWELFTH NIGHT, July 14-16 & 21-23, in Nichols Park.

July 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

SUNDAY 7/23 SHOW IS TAKING PLACE AT AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH, 5500 SOUTH WOODLAWN AVENUE TWELFTH NIGHT By William Shakespeare Directed by Leslie Halverson JULY 14-16 & 21-23, 2017 Fridays at 6:30pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 6:00pm Nichols Park (53rd Street side) Admission is free; donations are welcome. Bring a blanket, chair, or something to sit […]

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Twelfth Night Introduction: Catch Up With Booker Vance, Orsino

July 7, 2017 Leave a Comment

Today we catch up with Booker Vance, who played Ferdinand in the HPCP’s The Tempest last July. Booker is a rising junior at Morehouse College. Q. So, you are a veteran of our very first outdoor Shakespeare play. Does it feel any different the second time around? BOOKER: Yes. It is a younger ensemble this […]

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The HPCP at 4th on 53rd

June 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

Every year since our founding, HPCP has participated in 4th on 53rd, Hyde Park’s annual Fourth of July celebration. This year, you can enjoy the HPCP at 4th on 53rd in THREE ways! First, you can walk with us behind the HPCP banner in the parade. The parade kicks off at 11:00am on July 4, […]

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Friday Staged Reading, July 7: THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht

June 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Twelfth Night Introductions: Meet the Director, Leslie Halverson

June 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Introducing the Cast of TWELFTH NIGHT!

June 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

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 […]

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