Sunday, March 15, will be the last chance to see She Kills Monsters. In keeping with growing health concerns, we have made the hard decision to cancel the second weekend of the run. She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, Directed by Meara MacGregor and Assistant Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia. Our Cast: Agnes Evans – […]
Our Party Grows: Qui Ngyen’s She Kills Monsters, Dungeons & Dragons, and Geek Theater In the early 1980s, when I was around twelve or thirteen, my older brother got into a game called Dungeons & Dragons. Long before I knew what the game was about, I encountered traces of it around the house. There were the […]
…But You Can’t Stay Here: AIRLINE HIGHWAY and the Problem of Home
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 […]