Join us for The Lesson By Eugene Ioneso Directed by Andrea Holliday with Andrea as the Professor, Kaitlyn Gorman as the Pupil, and Ruth Kadanoff as the Maid. Friday, January 13, 2023. 8 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Laugh your way with us through what has been called “the most bizarre lesson […]
Want to be involved in a staged reading? Not sure how?
Hyde Park Community Players welcomes people at all levels of theater experience -- including none! Is there a short play (or excerpt of a play) that you'd love to share with an audience? Or a poetry collection or other literary work that has some dramatic possibilities? Would you like act, or direct? If so, please contact producer Laura MacGregor at stagedreadings@hydeparkcommunityplayers.org to learn more about the Staged Reading Series. We currently host 2 staged readings per month, on the First Friday of the month, and the Second Saturday. In a staged reading, the actors have their scripts with them, so no memorization is required. Support is available for inexperienced or first-time directors as you learn how to work with your cast to bring a short play to life. Because of COVID-19, all readings are currently held on Zoom, YouTube, or other virtual platforms. The Friday reading is a rehearsed performance, and the Saturday readings are read-along style: everyone who want a role plays one. The typical length for a reading is about 45 minutes followed by discussion. If you're not on the Hyde Park Community Players mailing list, make sure to sign up at the bottom of our homepage, so you can find out about the next reading. Attending one (or more) will help give you a better idea of what's involved in putting a performance together. We would love for you to be part of this series, whether as an audience member, an actor, or a director!
January Staged Reading: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
Join us for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted and directed by Dorothy Parsons Friday, December 9th 7:00 pm at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Note the earlier time, to accommodate young audiences! Bring the kids! A Christmas Carol tells the beloved story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a crotchety miser who hates Christmas […]
October Staged Reading: “The Door in the Wall” by H.G. Wells
This October, we present “The Door in the Wall” by H.G. Wells adapted for two voices & directed by Paul Baker Presented by Bobbie Lyons and Paul Baker Music by Bill Hohnke Friday, October 14, 8 pm At Augustana Lutheran Church, 55th & Woodlawn. Lionel Wallace confesses to his old friend that he is haunted […]
April Staged Reading: “”Reading Anna K” by Fran Zell
This Friday, April 1st, join us for a Staged reading of Reading Anna K written and directed by Fran Zell, featuring Scott Malpass, Barbara Lyons, Maryam Hussain and Laura MacGregor. It’s Sylvia’s turn to choose the book and she wants to read Anna Karenina because someone once told her it reveals the meaning of life. At age […]
March Staged Reading: #MonteCristo2020: An Original Musical
Join us on Friday, March 4, 8 pm, for the first act of an original musical #MonteCristo2020 Isolating in her apartment during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, a lonely bookworm discovers Alexandre Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The classic novel of adventure, intrigue, and revenge comes to life around her, immersing her […]
February Staged Reading: The Terrie Gaia Plays
Our Friday Staged Reading returns live and in person this month. Please join us for The Terrie Gaia Plays Friday, February 11, 8:00 pm Augustana Lutheran Church. 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Who is Terrie Gaia? Therapist? Customer Service Rep? Victim of a virus? Magical meditation coach? And who are: Solomon? Gotama? Pomona? George Antrobus? Why […]
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