What would happen if you took the politics, the magic and the murders out of the “Scottish Play?” What would Macbeth look like if you banished the witches and removed the wronged thanes and the English force and just kept the private inwardness of Macbeth, his tormented musings, Lady Macbeth, her slide from brusque confidence […]
Friday Staged Reading: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Come enjoy a staged reading of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, abridged and directed by Andrea Holliday. Please Note: We’ll be at a different location than usual–see below! Sir John Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money, and decides to court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page.The “merry wives” don’t […]
Friday Staged Reading Series: Joyful Noise
April is National Poetry Month, and spring is finally here! To celebrate both of these great events, the Hyde Park Community Players will perform a staged reading of nature-themed children’s poems by Paul Fleischman. Most of the selections are from Fleischman’s Newbery Medal-winning book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, in which each poem is […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
February 8, 2019 at 8:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 South Woodlawn Avenue. Admission $5 The Importance of Being Earnest written by Oscar Wilde directed by Susan Harris with: Paul Baker, Leslie Browne, Leslie Halverson, Michele Heinz, Bill Hohnke, Kim Shaw, Amelia Snoblin Algernon and Jack are best friends. They’re both rich and useless; they both […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Collection, written by John Poole
THE COLLECTION is an original two-act play about the heroes we avoid being, written and directed by John Poole. We perform act 1. John’s original musical, Buddha Swings, is our Spring play, so come get an early preview of his wit and humor! Jacob Kleist is moving to Chicago, and so, he must sell his […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: The Maker of Dreams
Directed by Paul Baker . The Maker of Dreams by Oliphant Down This musical fairy tale features Pierrot and Pierrette, living unhappily ever after together. But a stranger arrives to help with magic, riddles, and poetry. . With original music by Bill Hohnke . 7 pm Friday, December, 7 at Augustana Church (5500 S Woodlawn.) […]