Onward: Celebrating Our 2021 Founders’ Scholarship Recipients!
It's back-to-school time, and we are excited to celebrate this year's recipients of the Four County Players Founders' Scholarship! About the Founders' Scholarship Program: The Four County Players Scholarship Program was established by Ralph and Marcelia Hall in the...
President’s Report: What a year!
What a year it has been! It has been a long time since I have written something for the StageWrite page, but in this Groundhog Day of a year, it’s been hard to find inspiration to write. The approaching anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic is bringing me to...
In Memoriam: Audrey Elizabeth Erskine Briggs
Audrey Elizabeth Erskine Briggs, 92, died on February 1, 2021. The daughter of Stanley and Dora Davis Erskine, she was born on August 10, 1928 in New Castle upon Tyne, England. She was educated there at Dame Allan’s School for Girls with a full scholarship, having...
State of the Theater Report
Four County Players Annual Membership Meeting State of the Theater Report June 2020 Debbie Owen, President The Annual Meeting of the membership of Four County Players took place on June 15, 2020, held via Zoom. In the midst of the social isolation caused by the...
If you’d have been there….
Join Four County Players president Debbie Owen as she walks us through the Build a Backstage dedication celebration we wish we could have had. Only a year ago, on a perfect spring afternoon, seventy-five members of the Four County Players community gathered for a...
COVID-19 and Season 47: A letter from our Four County Players president
Dear Four County Players community, As I am writing this, we are one week into the extreme social isolation being mandated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world around us, our plans, and our regular routines have all been disrupted by the pandemic. Last...
A letter of thanks to the audience
Dear audience members, Thank you for coming to our shows. Thank you for clapping during our pauses, laughing at our jokes, and silencing your cellphones. Without an audience, we’re just a bunch of people in wigs and costumes messing around on stage. We need you, and...
At the finish line!
Today we are welcoming board member Elaine Fogliani to the blog to share an important update about the Build a Backstage project. Elaine's involvement with Four County goes back to its earliest years, and she's in a great position to share the theater's amazing...
Shakespeare’s Ghosts
As the summer of the Four County Players Return to the Ruins comes to a close, we're handing over the reins of the blog to Kim Dukes, who offers a personal reflection on the revelries of 2019. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into...
Doing without a backstage: Barbara Wimble chronicles the theater’s history and memories.
Four County Players member Barbara Wimble is back on the blog with an account of the theater's history of coping--and thriving--even without a backstage to call its own. Celebrate the start of a new 4cp era! Read Barbara's article, "Four County Players: The Community...