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It’s Prop Season for Rashomon!

October 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Rashomon has been in rehearsal for over a month now. You typically don’t hear much about the fall show until late October, because up to that point everyone’s all about the Halloween radio show (Shonte Wesson directed this year and it was AWESOME). Also, the director of the fall show is usually too busy to write blog […]

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Evening of Horror & Suspense VIII: Meet Shonte Wesson, the director

October 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

Shonte Wesson has been with the HPCP for several years, and has appeared in numerous Evenings of Horror and Suspense as well as mainstage shows (including Arcadia, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Clybourne Park). Shonte was the assistant director for Twelfth Night last summer. Shonte’s mother Helen Wesson and her daughter Helena Lee are also […]

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Eight Evenings of Horror and Suspense: A Brief History of the HPCP Halloween Show

October 13, 2017 2 Comments

This year, on October 21 at 7:00pm at Augustana Lutheran Church, the Hyde Park Community Players will put on our eighth annual Evening of Horror and Suspense. (Buy tickets here!) We’ve been doing this show in this format since the fall of 2010, which makes it our oldest annual tradition. There are a lot of […]

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Our Eighth Annual Evening of HORROR and SUSPENSE!

October 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

Tickets are on sale now for our eighth annual Evening of Horror and Suspense! October 21, 2017 at 7pm at Augustana Lutheran Church (5500 South Woodlawn Ave) Buy tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door This year’s Evening of Horror and Suspense is directed by Shonte Wesson and features four spine-tingling 20 minute plays […]

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Auditions for AN EVENING OF HORROR AND SUSPENSE! Sunday, September 17 from 4-7pm at Augustana Lutheran Church

September 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Auditions & Organizational Meeting: An Evening of Horror and Suspense Directed by Shonte Wesson Sunday, September 17, 4-7pm Augustana Lutheran Church (upstairs) The HPCP continues its annual Halloween tradition with another anthology of tales of HORROR…and suspense! Actors bring spine-tingling old-time radio plays to life, accompanied by live sound effects. An Evening of Horror and Suspense is a great […]

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Twelfth Night Introductions: Catch up with Sasha Austin, Sailor/Captain

July 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

Today we catch up with Sasha Austin, who plays the Sailor and (sometimes) the Captain. Sasha’s first role with the HPCP was in Murder, You Must Be Kidding?. Sasha played Prospera last year in our first outdoor Shakespeare show, The Tempest. Q. What was your relationship with Shakespeare like before The Tempest? Has doing outdoor […]

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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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