A colleague of mine once told me that bartenders in Ireland will sometimes chase customers out at closing time by pointedly asking them, “Have you no homes to go to?” The American closing-time refrain, memorialized in many a country song, is “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.” In Lisa D’Amour’s 2014 play Airline Highway, the […]
Auditions for Buddha Swings!
Breath deeply. Come out and audition for this jukebox swing musical about the life of Siddhartha Gautama, the one who became The Buddha! Be prepared to sing a few bars and read. Auditions take place at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue on: Wednesday, March 13 from 6-9 pm Friday, March 15 from 7-9 […]
Who’s Who in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – Ben Matlock
Catch up with Ben Matlock – Simon the Zealot Ben has been seen on stage with the Hyde Park Community Players before in Dangerous Liasons, Musical of Musicals, The Musical!, and the Friday Staged Reading Series. Hi Ben, it’s great to see you again. What have you been up to? What made you want to […]
Who’s Who in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – James Allen
Catch up with James Allen – Pontius Pilate James has previously appeared with HPCP as Caliban in The Tempest, and was in Clybourne Park, and The Lady is Not For Burning. Hi James, it’s been a while! It’s good to see you. What have you been up to? Since last time I did something with […]
Who’s Who in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – Kim Shaw
Catch up with Kim Shaw – St. Monica Kim has appeared in several of HPCP’s annual Halloween show, An Evening of Horror and Suspense, as well as in An Ideal Husband and several staged readings, most recently as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. It’s so great to see you! It’s been a […]
Who’s Who in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot – Beth Johnson
Meet Beth Johnson – Fabiana Aziza Cunningham What made you want to audition for The Last Days of Judas Iscariot? My acting coach suggested that I try theater. I do on-camera stuff, commercials and industrial work. But my teacher suggested that I should start trying out for things on stage, probably as a volunteer. Then […]