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 […]
Friday Staged Reading: Harold Pinter, THE LOVER, directed by Rosina Neginsky
Friday, May 5, 8:00pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The Lover by Harold Pinter Directed by Rosina Neginsky Featuring: Ron Chaffetz, Rosina Neginsky, Scott Malpass, Laura MacGregor and Adam Hammond. Written in 1962, this serio-comic play contrasts domesticity with sexual yearning in a very odd love triangle. Pinter leads the audience to believe that there […]
Clybourne Park, May 12-14, 19-21 at the University Church
Buy Tickets PERFORMANCES at University Church, 5655 South University Avenue May 12, 8:00pm May 13, 8:00pm ($6 Student Saturday) May 14 at 2:00pm ($7 Senior Sunday) May 19 & 20 at 8:00pm May 21 at 2:00pm Regular admission for all shows is $12. Students and seniors pay $10 except on special discount days as noted above. […]
Friday Staged Reading: “Secret Rivers” by Marilyn Cavicchia
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 […]