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January Staged Reading: “Calumny”: Two Comedies about Slander, Libel & Fake News

January 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

January Staged Reading: “Calumny”: Two Comedies about Slander, Libel & Fake News

Calumny Two short vintage comedies about slander, libel & fake news Friday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m Please join the online party for the streaming of our pre-recorded performance on YouTube!  We present two one-act gems exploring the transmission of lies and the significance — or insignificance? — of truth. The performance will take place […]

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Friday Staged Reading – Boxelder Bug Variations by Bill Holm

November 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading – Boxelder Bug Variations by Bill Holm

Join us for our December Friday Staged Reading via Zoom Friday, December 4th, at 8:00 p.m. Boxelder Bug Variations: A Meditation on an Idea in Language and Music By Bill Holm Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia, with Assistant Director Barbara Barreno-Paschall Music performed & recorded by Bill Hohnke with: Sasha Austin-SchmidtJoseph CavicchiaRon ChafetzCorinna Christman  Chris ChwedykBilly Cooper […]

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Friday Staged Reading via Zoom

September 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading via Zoom

The Waste Land  by T.S. Eliot & Other Poems Directed by: Marissa Tranquilli Please join us for an evening of Eliot and poetry.  We will present a large cast reading of one of T.S. Eliot’s most famous works: The Waste Land.  It combines the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King in vignettes of contemporary British […]

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Friday Staged Reading: “Waiting for Waiting for Godot”

February 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading: “Waiting for Waiting for Godot”

Waiting for Waiting for Godot by Dave Hanson Who has it worse than Vladimir and Estragon, the two poor saps caught in the gears of existential ennui in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot? The two guys understudying the part of Vladimir and Estragon, of course.” (~ Time Out New York) Val and Ester are two […]

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Friday Staged Reading Series – Birthday Party Planners

September 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading Series – Birthday Party Planners

‘Birthday Party Planners’  is a light-hearted look at newly discovered childhood trauma. A few middle aged people want to live the rest of their lives knowing that they have uncovered every dark area of their minds that could be holding them back from happiness. They employ the services of Birthday Party Planners, a company that […]

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Friday Staged Reading – “The Scottish Couple” or “The Private Life of Macbeth and His Lady”

July 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading – “The Scottish Couple” or “The Private Life of Macbeth and His Lady”

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 […]

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January Staged Reading: “Calumny”: Two Comedies about Slander, Libel & Fake News

January Staged Reading: “Calumny”: Two Comedies about Slander, Libel & Fake News

January 1, 2021
Filed Under: Events, Friday Staged Readings, Readings

Friday Staged Reading – Boxelder Bug Variations by Bill Holm

Friday Staged Reading – Boxelder Bug Variations by Bill Holm

November 24, 2020
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Friday Staged Reading: Molière’s Tartuffe

Friday Staged Reading: Molière’s Tartuffe

November 1, 2020
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Program for An Evening of Horror and Suspense 2020

Program for An Evening of Horror and Suspense 2020

October 30, 2020
Filed Under: An Evening of Horror and Suspense, Events

October 30 & 31 Release of Our Evening of Horror & Suspense 2020 in the New Fangled Physically Distanced Tradition!

October 30 & 31 Release of Our Evening of Horror & Suspense 2020 in the New Fangled Physically Distanced Tradition!

October 4, 2020
Filed Under: An Evening of Horror and Suspense, Events, Season, Shows

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 »

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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 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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