Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 South Woodlawn Avenue Admission $5 Blues for Mr. Charlie by James Baldwin directed by Oroki Rice In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence–which is loosely based on the […]
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!
FRIDAY STAGED READING: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Dusty Trellis
This Friday, Oct 6 at 8 pm, Augustana Church (5500 S Woodlawn), see a staged reading of Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. Dusty Trellis directs, and we perform most of Acts 1 and 3. Thornton Wilder’s classic American play tells the story of small town at the beginning of the 20th Century. We are introduced by […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: Thirteenth Morning by John Poole
THIRTEENTH MORNING Written and directed by John Poole Friday, Sept 8, 8:00pm Augustana Lutheran Church (5500 South Woodlawn) $5 includes a 1 hour play followed by cookies and conversation. Featuring: Samantha Fenno, Hannah Dorsey, Leslie Halverson, Shonte Wesson, Stephanie Kestelman, Ron Chafetz and Bill Hohnke Our upcoming Friday Staged reading begins as a sequel to Shakespeare’s Twelfth […]
FRIDAY STAGED READING: Love, Loss & What I Wore by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
This Friday, August 4, we’ll perform a staged reading from Love, Loss and What I Wore at 8 pm at Augustana Church (5500 S Woodlawn.) The show is directed by Laura MacGregor, and features the acting talents of Vanessa Ellis, Maryse Meijer, Oroki Rice, Barbara Lyons, Meara Hammond, Kimberly Shaw, Liz Horne and Dusty Trellis. $5 covers […]
Friday Staged Reading, July 7: THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Paul Baker The Exception and the Rule is a Lehrstück (i.e. “learning play”) by Bertolt Brecht (translated by Ralph Mannheim). A hugely influential playwright, Brecht believed theater had a duty to educate as well as to entertain. Written around 1929, Exception confronts a deplorable aspect of black-white relations, all too familiar to us […]
Friday Staged Reading, June 2: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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.” […]
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