HPT's Producing Artistic Director Ken Webster delves back into his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman. Webster's Twitter feed started as a diary of the 1966 Houston Astros season as seen through the eyes of Webster's favorite player from childhood, the late John Bateman. The diary--part fact and part fiction, part baseball and part history and popular culture--has been featured in several stories by sportswriters. All proceeds benefit HPT.
Webster describes how he became an amateur historian, chronicling his favorite player and the years 1966-1972 in a Twitter feed now followed by Bateman's former wife and two daughters as well as sports luminaries like Keith Olbermann.
This was the first live play we mounted after the pandemic began in November 2021. The Austin Chronicle wrote, "The production's low-budget simplicity focuses all attention on Webster's truly engaging performance, penchant for passionate and often improvisational storytelling." They later named it "One of 2021's Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most."
My Seasons with the Astros, Expos, and Phillies plays at 8:00pm Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays August 29 - September 14, 2025. Tickets are $23 $25 and every Thursday is "Pay What You Can" at the door. All proceeds benefit HPT. Purchase tickets online or call 512-479-PLAY (7529) for reservations.
Hyde Park Theatre is located at 511 W. 43rd Street. Covered off-street parking for the patrons of HPT is available during performances in the lot at 4315 Guadalupe Street, just north of the late and much lamented Parlor, now empty. You can drive through The Parlor's former parking lot to reach it. Evening HPT parking also available at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B. We are grateful to them both for their generosity.
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