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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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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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Our 15th Annual Evening of Horror and Suspense

October 6, 2024 Leave a Comment

Join us for our 15th year of  An Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition This year, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) invites HPCP to Breasted Hall at 1155 E 58th Street on the University of Chicago campus Friday & Saturday, October 25 & 26, at 7:30 PM […]

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Our 14th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense

October 9, 2023 Leave a Comment

Join us for our 14th year of An Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition University Church, at 57th & University, Friday & Saturday, October 27 & 28, at 7:30 PM ONE MORE NIGHT! Directed by Sasha Austin Spooky episodes, old and new, haunting melodies, your elegantly ghoulish announcer and those commercials. We’re […]

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Our lucky 13th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition

October 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

[gravityform id=”12″ title=”true” description=”true”]Join us for our 13th year of An Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition University Church, at 57th & University, Two evenings: Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22, at 7:00 PM Spooky episodes, old and new, haunting melodies, your elegantly ghoulish announcer and those commercials. Since seating is […]

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Buy Tickets For Our Lucky Thirteenth Evening of Horror and Suspense!

October 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

[gravityform id=”12″ title=”true” description=”true”]An Evening of Horror and Suspense 2022 is underway! Directed by Laura MacGregor, our lucky thirteenth Evening of Horror and Suspense includes these stories: “Rappacini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adapted by Susan Harris “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted by Susan Harris “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, adapted […]

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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 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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