Hyde Park Community Players

Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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Thanks For Coming To The Theater

June 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

Our show closed yesterday. It was a wonderful run. All four shows were excellent, and we had good houses for all of them. All the physical objects were where they were supposed to be, doing what they were supposed to do—thank you Bobbie and Corinna for making sure of that—and the ever-loving snake bracelet/brooch went […]

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The Pulse

June 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

Typically, the day after the show closes, the director’s blog entry is about how great the show was, how sad it is that it’s over, what wonderful memories we all have of it, and so on. All of these things are true, and I will indeed write that post, right after I finish this one. In […]

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It Can Be Used As A Bracelet

June 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

So we open tonight. We are ready to do it. I look forward to it. And before we do that, a few things have to be done. I have already crossed off the first item on my List Of Things To Do: I have done battle once again with the most important, the most beautiful, […]

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Melos+ Drama

June 7, 2016 Leave a Comment

So we had our tech rehearsal last night. Apart from the fact that I forgot to rehearse what is perhaps our most important sound cue–never mind, we’ll get it tonight–it really went much better than I had feared. The set changes are going very well. Also, Irish playwrights love language so much that they don’t […]

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That Was A Flash Of Genius

June 2, 2016 Leave a Comment

  Constant readers of this blog will recall that about a month ago, I posted about the fact that we were getting to work on incorporating the frame. I expressed some trepidation about the fact that we were adding something new to Wilde’s work of art, and my occasional wish that I had not decided […]

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Venus Emerges

May 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

We are in the middle of another productive and enjoyable set build weekend! I have to go back and paint in about half an hour, but here are some pictures of what we did yesterday: This is the fireplace panel. Meara, our color chemist, mixed the slate blue color for the upper wall, which I […]

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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 »

Support the Players

You can make your contribution to our work here at the Hyde Park Community Players. There are lots of ways to give! Read More »

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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