ÿþ <html> <head> <title>The Collection at HPT</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFBF56" vlink="99FFFF"> <P> <TABLE WIDTH="618" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="20" height="290"> <TR> <TD width=55%> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></p> <p> <img src="images/slumslugsm.jpg" width="426" height="553" alt="a man emerging from a bathtub laughing" cellpadding="10"></p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Joey Hood in HPT's production of <I>The Collection.</i> </td> <td width="40%"> <p><font size="6" align="right"><b>Hyde Park Theatre</b></p> presents</font> <p> <font size="7"><i>The Collection</i></font> <p> <font size="5">written by<br> Harold Pinter<p> directed by<br> Ken Webster <p> September 10 - October 10, 2009 <p> Reservations 479-PLAY or<pr> <a href="http://hpt.buyplaytix.com/reserve/The Collection.html">purchase tickets online</a></font> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <FONT SIZE=+1> <p> Harold Pinter's darkly-comic jewel of a play, <i>The Collection,</i> is a rave magnet: <blockquote> <p>"Pinter's works are incredibly subtle and wickedly comic. . . . Webster's production trusts <i>The Collection</i> to be funny, dramatic, and engaging. The action is very relaxed, effortless even in its precision. . . . delightfully maddening . . . The Hyde Park Theatre cast makes it look easy in this engaging, comedic production."<br> <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A864204" target ="new">The Austin Chronicle<a> <p> "Webster has impeccable taste when it comes to selecting plays. . . . [Joey Hood's] most shining moment to date as a slums-to-manor bad boy, toying with those around him in a slow cat-dangles-mouse ritual."<br> <a href="http://austinist.com/2009/09/14/review_the_collection_at_hyde_park.php" target ="new">The Austinist<a> <p> "What you get with a trip to see <i>The Collection</i> is the combination of one of Austin's best directors, with some of the top acting talent the capital city has to offer."<br> <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-14051-Austin-Theater-Examiner~y2009m9d16-The-Collection-Hyde-Park-pulls-off-Pinters-classic-comedy" target ="new">Austin Theater Examiner<a> </blockquote> And check out the <a href="http://kut.org/items/show/18148/" target="new">KUT Arts Eclectic</a> audio piece on the show. <p> <i>The Collection</i> sizzles with sexual tension as three men and one woman fall into shifting, overlapping triangles of desire and menace. One of Harold Pinter's funniest and most erotically charged works, <i>The Collection</i> was called  one of the best plays of the twentieth century by Laurence Olivier. <p> <i>The Collection</i> features an all-star cast of local actors: HPT company members <b>Joey Hood</b> <i>(Killer Joe, Bombs in Your Mouth)</i>, <b>Kelsey Kling</b> <i>(The Glory of Living, Blue Surge)</i>, and <b>Ken Webster</b> <i>(House, Thom Pain)</i>, as well as <b>Ian Manners</b> <i>(Richard III, Inherit the Wind),</i> making his HPT debut. The production is directed by HPT Artistic Director <n>Ken Webster</b> (ACOT Best Director for <i>The Pillowman</i> and <i>Dog Sees God,</i> Critics' Table Best Director for <i>Marion Bridge</i> and <i>Something Someone Someplace Else</i>). <p> <i>The Collection</i> runs at 8:00 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, September 10 - October 10, 2009. Tickets are $18 ($16 for students, seniors, and ACOT members) on Fridays and Saturdays. Thursdays are pay-what-you-can. Purchase tickets online at <a href="http://hpt.buyplaytix.com/reserve/The%20Collection.html">Hyde Park Theatre on BuyPlayTix</a> or call 479-PLAY for reservations. <p> Hyde Park Theatre is located at 511 W. 43rd Street. Covered off-street parking for the patrons of HPT is available in the lot at 4315 Guadalupe Street, just north of The Parlor. You can drive through The Parlor's parking lot to reach it. Evening HPT parking also available at Kenneth's Hair Salon, just south of HPT, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B. 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