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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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September 24, 2021 Leave a Comment

Are you fully vaxxed and ready to play? We’re returning to the mainstage after a year away for the twelfth year of our beloved Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition We need dramatically spooky readers, fiendishly clever sound effects makers, eerie and delightful musicians. And because we are creating a “radio […]

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Pop-Up Shakespeare in Nichols Park

August 10, 2021 Leave a Comment

Hyde Park Community Players return to Nichols Park this summer, presenting Pop-Up Shakespeare, beautiful, famous and funny scenes from the plays.  Dotted around Nichols Park at three stations, scenes will run simultaneously, starting at 6:00 p.m., each Friday and Saturday, August 20-21, 27-28, September 3-4.  Each scene will run three times, so you’ll be able […]

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August Staged Reading: “A Phoenix Too Frequent”

July 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Join us for our first in-person staged event since the pandemic closed us down last Spring! Friday, August 6, at 8 pm back under the kindly roof of Augustana Lutheran Church at 55th & Woodlawn A Phoenix Too Frequent a comedy by Christopher Fry (author of The Lady’s Not For Burning and A Sleep of […]

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June Staged Reading: “A Sleep of Prisoners” by Christopher Fry

May 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

Join us for our June Staged Reading via Zoom A Sleep of Prisoners by Christopher Fry  (author of The Lady’s Not for Burning) Friday, June 4, at 8 pm directed by Paul Baker featuring: Nathan Agin James Allen, Jr. Paul Baker Samantha Fenno Henrik Nielsen Four prisoners of war are being held in a church. […]

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May Staged Reading: Selected Poems of Rupi Kaur

April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

Selected Poems of Rupi Kaur Friday, May 7th at 8:00 pm via Zoom Please join us for a reading of poetry by Rupi Kaur, an Indian-Canadian, best-selling poet who has published three books, milk and honey (2014), the sun and her flowers (2017), and home body (2020). Kaur’s work “touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, […]

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April Staged Reading: “Hiding in Plainview”

March 31, 2021 Leave a Comment

Join us for our April Staged Reading via Zoom Hiding in Plainview written and performed by Dan Friedrich Friday, April 2, at 8 pm on Zoom. Free.  To receive the Zoom invite, contact us at info@hydeparkcommunityplayers. org And we hope you will stay after the show for discussion. Dan Friedrich, Hyde Park Community Player and farm […]

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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 »

Support the Players

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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