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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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MonteCristo2020

May 15, 2026 Leave a Comment

MonteCristo2020 The Hyde Park Community Players are delighted to present the premiere of MonteCristo2020, an original musical based on Alexander Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo with book & lyrics by Susan Harris and score by Bill Hohnke. Reserve your seats here: https://events.humanitix.com/montecristo2020 The suggested donation is $20 per seat. Performance Dates Performances will […]

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MonteCristo2020

March 6, 2026 Leave a Comment

The Hyde Park Community Players present: MonteCristo2020 is an original musical based on Alexander Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo with book and lyrics by Susan Harris and music by Bill Hohnke. Isolating in her apartment during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, a lonely bookworm discovers Alexandre Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The classic novel […]

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Auditions for MonteCristo2020

December 14, 2025 Leave a Comment

Join us for MonteCristo2020 auditions on January 7, 2026 from 6-9pm and January 10, 2026 from 1-4pm. Auditions are held at Augustana Lutheran Church (5500 South Woodlawn Avenue). Please prepare 32 bars of a song that demonstrates your vocal range and bring your own backing track. Also please wear clothes and shoes that you are […]

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Six Degrees of Separation

October 27, 2025 Leave a Comment

  Hyde Park Community Players present Six Degrees of Separation A play by John GuareDirected by Dorothy Parsons       Friday, November 14 7:30 pmSaturday, November 15 7:30 pmSunday, November 16 2:00 pmFriday, November 21 7:30 pmSaturday, November 22 7:30 pmSunday, November 23 2:00 pm At University Church5655 S. University Ave. Join us for […]

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Evening of Horror & Suspense 2025

October 11, 2025 Leave a Comment

Join us for An Evening of Horror & Suspense In the Old-time Radio Tradition directed by Sasha Austin & Susie Swanton Continuing a Hyde Park tradition, this will be our 16th Annual Halloween Season recreation of the glory days of the Golden Age of Radio. Dramatic readers and cunning SFX technicians creating live Foley sound […]

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AUDITIONS for EOHAS 25

September 10, 2025 4 Comments

AUDITIONS  for our 16th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition Saturday, September 27, 1-4 pm  Tuesday, September 30, 6-9 pm At Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue Join us as we recreate the feel of a studio in the Golden Age of Radio.  There will be no lines or […]

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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

Auditions usually take place about two 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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