InPlayers is proud to be one of Amsterdam’s oldest English language theatre groups. We were established in 1957 and have had many performances, play readings, workshops and other events through the years. Below you can see these in chronological order. Click on an event for more detail.
2026
Join us for an evening of games, laughter, and good company.
Every fourth Friday of the month. Sign up to join.
Join us for an evening of games, laughter, and good company.
The first of a monthly series — come play!
We invite all theater enthusiasts to join the workshop Introduction to Theatre Directing. Free for InPlayers members.
Informal Play Reading of The Bald Prima Donna by Eugene Ionesco. Sign up to join for free.
We invite all theater enthusiasts to join this Lighting & Sound Workshop, led by Sheila Bosco.. Free for InPlayers members.
Auditions are open for InPlayers’ Fall 2026 production: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, based on the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey, adapted by Dale Wasserman. Please fill out and submit the audition form before midnight on the 10th of April, 2026.
Neurodivergent Approaches to Theatre-Making: Text, Truth & Trust, by Barbie Insua. Free for InPlayers members.
Celebrate the end of winter at the Speak Easy: Monologue Karoke on Friday, March 20th!
Sign up to join this creative, surprising and fun event for all InPlayers members and friends!
Auditions are open for InPlayers’ Summer 2026 production: Silver Foxes by James Berg & Stan Zimmerman. Please fill out and submit the audition form latest on Friday February 20th, 2026.
Informal Play Reading of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman. Sign up to join for free.
Auditions are open for InPlayers’ Spring 2026 production: BegInPlayers. Please fill out the audition form and submit your audition tape latest on Friday February 20th, 2026.
Open call for BegInPlayers. Sign up to take part in this exciting new InPlayers production.
Informal Play Reading of Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp. Sign up to join for free.
Celebrate the start of 2026 at the RingInPlayers New Year’s Party on Saturday, January 17th!
Sign up to join this festive event for all InPlayers members and friends!
2025
Informal Play Reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Sign up to join for free.
Informal Play Reading of Silver Foxes by James Berg & Stan Zimmerman. Sign up to join for free.
InPlayers’ Halloween 2025 production Murder in the Studio is a unique show that features three murder mysteries by Agatha Christie.
All InPlayers member are invited to join the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Members of InPlayer, please join us, as we will make important decisions. We will also have a drink and celebrate together.
Informal Play Reading of The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard. Sign up to join for free.
Informal Play Reading of No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre - the picnic edition! Sign up to join for free.
Auditions are now closed for InPlayers’ Fall 2025 production: Murder in the Studio by Agatha Christie.
Informal Play Reading. Sign up to join for free. We’re reading T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral.
Workshop by Jo van der Meij (artistic director of Park Avenue Theater). Free for InPlayers members.
InPlayers’ 2025 Spring production is The Crucible by Arthur Miller, directed by Niamh Merritt.
InPlayers’ first production of season 2024-2025 is Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett®, adapted by Stephen Briggs.
This play is directed by Rae Gerritsen.
Workshop Inside Out: Building Characters Through Empathy, by Frederico Silvestri. Free for InPlayers members.
2024
Celebrate the Holidays at the InPlayers Winter Party on Saturday, December 7th!
Sign up to join to join this festive event for all InPlayers members and friends.!
Informal Play Reading. On Tuesday, November 12, from 18:30, we will get together to read “Beginning Shortly”, by Eduard (Ed) Teppe.
All InPlayers member are invited to join the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Please save the date, October 11th, as we will make important decisions together, and will have a drink and celebrate. Location: CREA 3.06 (meeting) & CREA Bar (drinks). Start meeting: 19:00, start drinks: 20:00
Auditions are now closed for InPlayers’ first production of season 2024-2025: Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett®, adapted by Stephen Briggs.
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the workshop: Calm Down! Your Audition Nerves, by Naima Challioui.
Informal Play Reading two original short plays by Jeremy Keighley: Sunday Morning and The Crematorium; and Words, Words, Words, by David Ives. Sign up to join for free.
InPlayers’ June 2024 production, The Day They Kidnapped The Pope by João Bethencourt, is directed by Alexandra Sokolowski.
Informal Play Reading of Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs. Sign up to join for free.
Informal Play Reading of Loving, Wendy; A play in Two Acts, by Kathryn Zaniboni. Sign up to join for free.
InPlayers is proud to participate and compete in FEATS 2024, with a performance of Anxiety and Broken Love, by Linda Sjöström.
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the workshop: Shakespeare’s Heartbeat, by Jo van der Meij on Saturday, April 6th, from 10:00 to 13:00, in Amsterdam.
On the 4th of April, InPlayers and Playhouse are performing The Surprise Guest, (“Les Belles Soeurs”) by Eric Assous.
We present our Spring 2024 production: Murder and Other Fun Things, The Abridged Version, by Geoffrey Stoddard, to be performed from March 14 till 17.
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the workshop: Unleashing the Actor's Voice: A Journey of Self-Discovery, by Halina Mihutskaya on Saturday, February 17th, from 11:00 to 14:00, in Amsterdam.
The signup for auditions for Improv actors for Murder and Other Fun Things is now closed.
Auditions are now closed for InPlayers’ June 2024 production: The Day They Kidnapped The Pope by João Bethencourt.
2023
Join our informal, cozy, festive and free play reading of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol, by John Longenbaugh, on Tuesday, December 12.
On the 30th of November, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of December, InPlayers and Playhouse are performing The Surprise Guest, (“Les Belles Soeurs”) by Eric Assous.
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the workshop: Improv for the Actor, by Mimi van Amerongen on Saturday, November 18th, from 12:00 to 15:00, in Amsterdam.
Join our informal and free play reading of Let's Have Sex, by Valentin Krasnogorov, on Saturday, November 11.
All InPlayers member are invited to join the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Following the AGM, we’ll celebrate our successful and creative season 2022-2023 and open our new season with drinks. You don’t have to be a member to join us for drinks, of course. And you can also join the AGM as a non-member, but you won’t be able to vote.
An informal get-together open to all, in which we will read a brand new play, written by Sarah Talbot.
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the workshop: Creating a Rich Inner Life, by Madison Jolliffe on Saturday, October 7th, from 12:00 to 15:00, at CREA (room 2.01) in Amsterdam.
We’re looking for an actor to play the part of a male character of about 35 years old in our production: The Surprise Guest, (“Les Belles Soeurs”) by Eric Assous. InPlayers is putting this play on in co-operation with our friends at Playhouse. Please fill out and submit the audition form before September 3rd.
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We present our Spring 2024 production: Murder and Other Fun Things by Geoffery Stoddard, to be performed in March 2024.
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Join our special workshop: Managing the Stage, by Ellen Brooker on Sunday, July 9th, from 14:00 to 17:00, at a to-be-disclosed location in Amsterdam.
On July 1, from 12:00, we will read Murder and Other Fun Things by Geoffrey Stoddard together.
Seven short plays directed by fresh talent.
Every Other Night,
The Unwanted,
The Wedding Story,
First Fireworks,
Rough for Theatre I,
Cain Town,
Anxiety and Broken Love,
We invite all aspiring and experienced actors to join the wonderful workshop: The Actor’s Toolbox, by Madison Jolliffe on Saturday, June 3rd, from 12:00 to 15:00.
Come and meet the quirky residents of the village of Llareggub in the upcoming InPlayers production of “Under Milk Wood”, by Dylan Thomas. Performed at the Polanentheater in Amsterdam, from Thursday, March 23, till Sunday, March 26. Tickets are sold HERE.
We’re looking for people who’d like to act in one of multiple short plays that will be performed at Fresh Directions: a selection of 8 short plays directed by fresh talent.
Submit your audition video latest March 31.
2022
2021
2020
2019
Inplayers are proud to present The Elephant Man written by Bernard Pomerance and directed by Nina Cohen. Join us in December for what promises to be a wonderful evening of drama at the Polanentheater, Amsterdam. Performances will take place Dec 5/6/7/8 at 20:00. Tickets will go on sale shortly.
Inplayers will be holding their Annual General Meeting at CREA Room 203 on Oct 4 from 20:00 - 21:30. Everybody welcome!
Second day of auditions. Please email nncohen8@gmail.com if you would like to attend auditions. You will be sent material to prepare for your audition. It is not necessary to be a member of Inplayers to audition. However, If one is fortunate to secure a role in this wonderful production then you are asked to sign up as a member of Inplayers for the year (Sept 2019 - Aug 2020). Joining is easy and can be done via the website.
The play has roles for actors but also includes a beautiful/intense/seductive dance movement as one of the pivotal scenes for which dancers are required. Dancers may audition for a dancing role only, or for an acting role and also be included in the dance sequence. Please email nncohen8@gmail.com if you would like to attend auditions and state which date is your preference. Click on the title for more information.
Inplayers are proud to present this summer’s 2019 production of One Act plays. Join us in July for delightful performances ranging from serious drama to hilarious comedy!
Play-Reading: Come and join us for a magical evening of Shakespeare on the summer solstice.
InPlayers is proud to announce that we have been accepted to take part in the Fringe productions for the 2019 Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies - FEATS
Return of this popular workshop series in which you work on a song at your own pace - delivering it from memory as a meaningful monologue, then performing it to piano accompaniment.
We will showcase the one acts that we are taking to FEATS, as well as a variety of performances by other members.
The InPlayers will be holding auditions for One Act Plays to be performed in the Polanen Theatre July 4 - July 7
The InPlayers will be holding auditions for One Act Plays to be performed in the Polanen Theatre July 4 - July 7 2019
Return of this popular workshop series in which you work on a song at your own pace - delivering it from memory as a meaningful monologue, then performing it to piano accompaniment.
At this meeting the committee will present information about past and coming seasons. This meeting is an important opportunity for members to give feedback about the activities of the club and to become involved in shaping the future of the club.
Return of this popular workshop series in which you work on a song at your own pace - delivering it from memory as a meaningful monologue, then performing it to piano accompaniment.
Have you ever wanted to direct a play? Do you want to try acting for the first time? Maybe you just want to try acting in something different… then come to the InPlayers One Act Directors' Workshop.
Have you ever wanted to direct a play? Do you want to try acting for the first time? Maybe you just want to try acting in something different… then come to the InPlayers One Act Actors and Directors' Workshop.
Improv is acting without a script. This workshop will be an introduction to the skills and approaches to make that happen, and will cover the games and exercises to get you started in "making it up".
Return of this popular workshop series in which you work on a song at your own pace - delivering it from memory as a meaningful monologue, then performing it to piano accompaniment.
2018
A workshop based on games and short improvisations to bring out the child in all of us and have fun. A good approach for team building and general warm ups.
The InPlayers proudly presents our Winter Production 2018 of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen.
The play begins in Spain, where Pizarro recruits 167 men for an expedition to Peru. He is accompanied by his second-in-command Hernando de Soto, and Vincente de Valverde, a Catholic priest determined to spread the shining light of Christianity.
Rene Gallimard, a civil servant attached to the French embassy in China, falls in love with a beautiful Chinese opera diva, Song Liling, who is actually a man masquerading as a woman.
PLAY, helping actors to access their state of play whether preparing for an audition, rehearsal or audience.
Set several years after the events of Summer of the Aliens, Lewis is now in a strained relationship with a bossy woman named Lucy, and in a friendship with political extremist, Nick.
With a lush musical score, catchy songs and an ‘everyman’ story, ‘Allegro’ focuses on one man's life, from birth in 1905 until his thirty-fifth year, portraying life and love against the backdrop of the Depression.
We are holding an extra AGM this year to discuss new fee proposals for the 2018/2019 season.
The reading of The Tempest will take place in the Amsterdamse Bos (weather permitting). Bring picnic food, something to drink and a blanket or chair to sit on.
At a police station in Milan, Inspector Bertozzo is interrogating a certified madman about a series of frauds.
Viewpoints for Improvisers focuses on nonverbal communication and improvised staging. The workshop will hone a performer’s ability to be aware of the whole ensemble and to work off each other’s unspoken impulses.
Join us for a great night of theatre & song selections from InPlayers productions, past, present and future. *** All proceeds go to our next major production; 'Allegro' ***
We’ll do a cold reading of Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare on Friday 25th May at 20:00 on Ijburg
Through a series of exercises focused on both personal awareness and teamwork, you will learn a style of improvisation that feels more like life...
This workshop is an introduction and gives the participants an opportunity to explore how to create and develop a character by starting from the outside.
Circus Girl takes you on a journey through America during the 1890s—from Kansas City to Chicago to Denver. It is the story a young performer who has lived in the circus her entire life. She knows very little about the outside world, and suddenly has to fend for herself in rapidly changing and precarious surroundings.
The InPlayers is proud to present Buried Child. Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child is a powerful and brilliant dark comedy that probes deep into the disintegration of the American Dream...
The committee is here for the InPlayers’ members and potential members and needs your input for our plans next year.
2017
Have you been bitten by the bug and are now interested in the wonderful world of acting? Come learn the basics...
Vignettes of life from an unexpected angle.
This seriously humorous and humorously serious piece of theatre takes you to your favorite restaurant and offers you a table nearby.
This ongoing workshop will teach you how to apply simple techniques to bring the lyrics of a song to same level of importance as the music. All that is required for this workshop is the ability to carry a tune and be able to feel it emotionally.
Ken will be sharing some shortcuts and tips on how to find the “inner voice” of a stage or screen role. Join us for a few hours of exploration in how to take the first few steps in creating a fully fleshed character.
We’ll do a cold reading of All That Fall by Samuel Beckett on Friday, September 15, 2017 starting at 7:30 pm.
First World War poetry has the power to move in a way that possibly nothing else does.
In this workshop. we will read and discuss our favourite poems. We will then develop and try out ideas for an evening’s performance.
Didn't get the chance to audition on the first date? Email us at 1t2c.amsterdam@gmail.com to reserve your slot now.
The InPlayers 2017-2018 season begins on September 30, which means you can get the Early Bird Discount if you pay your membership fee before then!
There are numerous roles for men and women of all ages above 20. All levels of experience are welcome to audition.
A spoiled young man takes on a girl, his father, and the Army to get what he wants and doesn’t need...
Nymph Errant is the light-hearted story of Evangeline Edwards, who graduates from a finishing school in 1933. She and her classmates are encouraged by their teacher, Miss Pratt, to "experiment", in the broadest sense possible. What follows is a romp through Europe with plenty of opportunities for snappy Cole Porter musical numbers, interesting dialogue, lots of accents, wonderful costumes, a few dance steps, exotic locations and a good time for all.
This workshop is for actors age 11-18. Participants will explore communication techniques through a variety of theatrical games. Each specifically designed to help actors connect with their audience through vocal and physical performance.
The Truth Hurts and So Does Love is David Nicholson’s 21st century prose translation of Molière’s Le Misanthrope - the French master’s most modern play. A play of character rather than plot, it focuses on Alceste, a man principled to the point of psychological distress, and Célimène, the independent woman he loves - and the men and women who surround them: his realistic friend Philinte, bad poet Oronte, wealthy wastrels Clitandre and Acaste, prude Arsinoé, and Célimène’s sensible cousin Éliante.
In this 2-hour workshop we'll cover various vocal & breathing techniques and exercises aimed at helping the participants properly use their voice and diction when performing on stage, or in any other type of situation involving an audience. Participants are asked to prepare and know by heart a short monologue or poem of their choice they will be using during the workshop.
We will look at similarities of play and screenplay structures -- what each scene must do, directing the focus, conflict, etc. -- and the differences. The rules of screenplay writing will be discussed, such as the four-line rule, page count, white space and more. We will also compare plays and film adaptations
Travesties is a play by Tom Stoppard. The play centers on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time.
What happens when you're not "straight" and your family's a little bit narrow? Join the InPlayers for one modern family's account of how a gay man can still walk the "Straight & Narrow". Written by Jimmie Chinn and directed by Matt Percy, "Straight & Narrow examins what can happen when misconception mixes with miscommunication - resulting in a hilarious and heart-warming evening of theatre.
One Table, Two Chairs is about the glimpses into relationships we happen to catch: the fragile beginnings, the tumultuous middles, the bittersweet endings.
The Alexander Technique promotes awareness and balance in everyday life, improves your quality of life, changes your ingrained habits and patterns, and helps to reduce and prevent stress and relieve pain. During this introduction course, I’d like to help you gain a better understanding, organization and use of your body, resulting in better posture and balance, significant reduction in stress, and relieve and prevention of pain and discomfort. This will improve your stage presence!
Meet Michael, he’s going to be a successful author, that is as soon as he’s finished his book. In fact, his whole writers’ group is going to make it, as soon as they find the right publisher… but first they have to deal with love, loss and rejection.
This workshop aims at offering to its participants a first encounter with Commedia dell'Arte. We will be working with masks, expressions, and the physical representation of archetypes. Once the basics of these archetypes is understood and assimilated, we can move on to the second phase which is to improvise simple everyday situations within the frames of clear canvases. Before you know it, you'll be experiencing comical scenes depicting humanity in all its variety, for the pleasure of actors and audience. In a nutshell, a refreshing workshop laying the groundwork for future acting, with or without masks!
This workshop is an introduction to Method Acting and gives participants an opportunity to discover several at techniques as well as how to use elements of this method Systematically to build a credible character. Imagination, sense memory and physical action will be explored.
After two days we present the results to our non-paying audience. It has proven to be a fun and exciting project in years past and we are looking forward to having a wonderful time with Fiddler on the Roof.
This workshop, specifically for teens, aims at offering to its participants a first encounter with Commedia dell'Arte. We will be working with masks, expressions, and the physical representation of archetypes.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play adapted by Simon Stephens from the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. The story concerns a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who has an autism spectrum condition, and his relationships with his parents and school mentor.
The InPlayers are pleased to announce auditions for Straight and Narrow by . Performances will be on March 22-16, 2017.
Auditions for Straight and Narrow will take place on Saturday 21st of January at the CREA from 13:00-17:00. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Matt at
Inplayers.straight.and.narrow@gmail.com for an exact time.
2016
Joan of Lorraine is a 1946 play-within- a-play by Maxwell Anderson. It is about a company of actors who stage a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc, and the effect that the story has on them
Godspeed or What Men Want
by N.C. Venderbosch
Godspeed or What Men Want is a modern retelling of one of the most popular tales of the Middle Ages. In the medieval tale, of which various versions survive, a young knight must travel King Arthur's realm to find the answer to that elusive question of what women most desire.
All members and prospective members are welcome. Only the committee and paid-up members have a vote.
A great place to see where we're heading and to help influence our direction! Plus, a good excuse to meet friends, old and new, and have a good chat in the cafe afterwards.
The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Svarupa and Derek Mitchell.
Tickets: €15 Reservations: www.theaterstudioamsterdam.nl or tickets.inplayers@gmail.com
Our next stage production for November 11-15.
Lots of great roles as well as interesting jobs behind the scenes.
email terrencetsinclaire@me.com to book your audition spot or find out more!
You are invited to take part in a workshop by Jacqueline Nolan on an original script. An earlier version was performed as a one-woman show in September 2014 at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. The version of the script for the workshop is a rewrite as a three character play. Jacqueline invites us to explore possibilities for this new format with her.
The InPlayers Amsterdam are seeking two male actors for our upcoming production of "Virtual Reality" a play by Alan Arkin. This will be our entry for FEATS 2015.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee. It examines the breakdown of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George.
2015
All members and prospective members are welcome. Only the committee and paid-up members have a vote.
A great place to see where we're heading and to help influence our direction! Plus, a good excuse to meet friends, old and new, and have a good chat in the cafe afterwards.
The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Svarupa and Derek Mitchell.
Tickets: €15 Reservations: www.theaterstudioamsterdam.nl or tickets.inplayers@gmail.com
Our next stage production for November 11-15.
Lots of great roles as well as interesting jobs behind the scenes.
email terrencetsinclaire@me.com to book your audition spot or find out more!
You are invited to take part in a workshop by Jacqueline Nolan on an original script. An earlier version was performed as a one-woman show in September 2014 at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. The version of the script for the workshop is a rewrite as a three character play. Jacqueline invites us to explore possibilities for this new format with her.
The InPlayers Amsterdam are seeking two male actors for our upcoming production of "Virtual Reality" a play by Alan Arkin. This will be our entry for FEATS 2015.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee. It examines the breakdown of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George.
Free monthly club for creative writers.