County Players at the Falls Theatre

Say Their Names: Ahmaud Arbery—Breonna Taylor—George Floyd And So, So Many Others

Say Their Names: Ahmaud Arbery—Breonna Taylor—George Floyd And So, So Many Others

Much has been written and said over the last week surrounding police brutality, lack of accountability, white privilege, and the effect it has on the lives of people of color in our communities and beyond.

Every video, every photo, every violent act (of which there are far too many) speaks volumes.

As a company, we believe that the inclusion of a diversity of people, ideas and cultures enriches our work, our relationships with each other, our audiences and our community.

We recommend you take the time to read, listen to, and thoughtfully consider the work of the writers, playwrights, filmmakers, and podcasters (and certainly a host of other artists and individuals) who, for years, have been speaking out against what you may now be seeing with your own eyes for the very first time.

This list is by no means exhaustive, but it contains important work that should lead you to a rich selection of other writers/artists/playwrights/poets, who have willingly exposed their personal experiences to help us see and feel theirvery human experience. This is what great art and theatre does; creates empathy and opens the world up so you can see, feel, and understand the experiences of others.

Note that none of the links below benefit County Players in any way. We recommend that you use Amazon’s Smile program to direct a few pennies of your purchases to the organization of your choosing.

Please Consider:

Donating To

Black Lives Matter

National Bail Fund

Campaign Zero

Watching Movies/Plays

James Baldwin’s I Am Not Your Negro

Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over

Spike Lee’s 4 Little Girls

Ava DuVernay’s 13th and When They See Us

Listening to Podcasts

Scene on Radio—Seeing White Series Reveal

NPR’s Codeswitch Uncivil

1619

Reading these Writers and Playwrights

August Wilson

• The Piano Lesson
• Fences

Kiese Laymon:

• My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything OK
• How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance

Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Selections from The Atlantic

Nell Irvin Painter

• The History of White People

James Baldwin

• If Beale Street Could Talk
• I Am Not Your Negro

Lorraine Hansberry

• A Raisin in the Sun

Susan-Lori Parks

• Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
• The America Play

Lynn Nottage

• Sweat

An Important Announcement

A Statement from County Players regarding COVID-19

A Statement from County Players regarding COVID-19:

Dear Friends,

County Players has been closely monitoring the rapidly changing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and county health departments, we are actively taking steps to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect our volunteers, our audiences, and our community.

Today County Executive Molinaro declared a state of emergency in Dutchess County, and issued an official order to suspend all large social and community gatherings, including County-sponsored events, to allow adequate social distancing, effective March 13th.

Our next set of performances for “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” are not scheduled until May 2020; at this time, these performances have not been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled. However, in an abundance of caution, we are discontinuing single ticket sales for “Forum” at this time; a decision regarding “Forum” will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. We will continue to update everyone via email, as well as on our website and social media channels.

Our first order of business is to insure the good health of the whole community. Thank you for your continued support. This is uncharted territory for us all, and we thank you for your patience and understanding.

We have the best audiences anywhere and look forward to navigating this challenging time together.