The excitement of theater, the energy of a small, engaged audience, the unique experience of watching a new play on your computer as it happens.

Intimate theater takes on a new meaning when original plays are webcast from living rooms, gardens and uncommon performance spaces, in front of an in-person and virtual audience, using breakthrough technology and old-fashioned storytelling.

htp: From our house to yours. Live. Online.

"Groups are just beginning to do this kind of online experiment in New York and LA, and it's exciting to see it happening here in Orlando." ~ United Arts of Central Florida


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The Play


 The 2012 production from htp: was an award-winning comedy about real life (or a drama with some very funny bits) about an elderly Russian man's last days with his favorite nephew

A Little Crazy
a play by Joseph Reed Hayes

Watch the uncut video of the May 26th show, as it happened!

Watch the uncut video of the June 3rd show

"Playwright Joseph Reed Hayes captured the essence of the Jewish spirit in A Little Crazy, a beautifully written and acted drama that was among the best of the 28 [Fringe] shows I saw." - Orlando Weekly

"Hayes' work is appealing and sometimes downright lyrical." - Orlando Sentinel

The Tech

Hundreds of viewers around the world watched the multi-camera, live streaming experiment we call htp:. An experiment in the ancient art of theater and the modern magic of mobile technology, using tiny hand-held cameras and an Apple iPad wirelessly linked together by clever pieces of application wizardry. We can place multiple cameras anywhere to create a produced-on-the-fly video, while using live streaming services to bring the show to the world as it happens. While still not perfect, it is a view of things to come ... imagine the artistic possibilities for playwrights, musicians, poets and artists everywhere.

Watch it online, or Join Us
  • The plays produced by htp: can be watched in the comfort of your home, but why not experience it where it happens? A select group will play a part of House Theater Project productions as our live, in-house (and never was a phrase more appropriate) audience.
  • Please get in touch if you're in Orlando and would like to join us for future shows.
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"A very innovative use of technology to expand the definition of live performance." ~ United Arts

  
A play by Joseph Reed Hayes is a welcome oasis of cultural smarts."
~ Orlando Weekly

Best local playwright: Joseph Reed Hayes."
~ Orlando Sentinel

When the world closes in on you, as mine has with an invalid husband, I seek out online venues to stay in touch with the local arts community and experience all the healing qualities that come with being inspired and entertained. I appreciate and applaud Joseph Hayes for finding a gateway through technology to bring theater from his house to mine.
~ "Peggita", comment on Orlando Sentinel website
Go Joseph Go! I am thrilled to see a playwright take on the live-streaming mantle. Technology has enabled today's artists, like Joseph, to green-light their own projects and build global audiences for their work rather than sit around and wait for other people to make their dreams come true! Congratulations Joseph and your cast and crew! I can't wait to see what you do next!"
~ Kathryn Velvel Jones CEO/Actor, VirtualArts.TV

Joseph Hayes is one of the new voices that can bring the theater to new audiences. His sense of dialogue and structure, his wit and awareness of the foibles of our society and the humanism that fill the pages of his work make him a true dramatist. His work and all the events he creates are significant nationally and internationally." 
~ David Amram, composer and author