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CP2 Mini-Festival:

AN INTIMATE AND THRILLING FATHER-DAUGHTER DRAMA | CP2

Birds of North America

by Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Jeffery Battersby
Evenings at 8pm   | Fri 10/2

Sat  Matinee 2pm | Sat 10/3

Binoculars. Birds. A Baltimore backyard.

John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Relationships begin and end. Children grow up and parents age. This lyrical and endearing family portrait unfolds in delicate, detailed layers like the scattered leaves of each passing year.

Birds of North America is presented through special arrangement with TRW Plays. trwplays.com

PURCHASE TICKETS

…[A] beautifully crafted… lyrical, funny, and painful play that should be on your must-see list.
MD Theatre Guide

CP2 Readers Theatre is an exciting series at County Players which offers an opportunity for actors, directors, and audience members to experience theater in a fresh way: selected plays with full dramatic readings, no costumes, no sets, no props, and the actors perform with scripts in hand. These shows are an incredible opportunity to experience great theater stripped to its essence: the playwright’s words.


View/Print/Download the Birds of North America program (51.57MB)

WHO’S WHO:

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Haley Pilkington (Caitlyn)

thanks everyone at County Players for this opportunity. County Players debut!

Josh Way (John)

thanks everyone at County Players for this opportunity. County Players debut!

Haley Pilkington
Haley Pilkington
(Caitlyn)
Josh Way
Josh Way
(John)

CREW

Jeffery Battersby (Director)

has also directed Bullshot Crummond, The Revolutionists (a favorite), Misery, and The Children. His acting credits include The Price, Equivocation, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Sweeney Todd, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and True West. He is grateful for this amazing cast and their dedication to the nature of the play, respect for their characters, and commitment to their craft. To the crew, “Thanks for bringing your best to this show. I appreciate your work and making this experience fun.” To his family, “As always, thanks and love belong to Kathy, Kristin, Joanna, and Colin.” To the County Players Board of Governors, “Thanks for letting me work in this capacity on this stage. I loved it and look forward to directing again in the future.”

Christine McCarthy (Production Manager)

has stage-managed readings of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Witch, The Burdens, Admissions, and The Niceties, as well as main stage productions of Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike, Native Gardens, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt 2B, and Something Rotten! here at County Players. She has managed productions of Every Brilliant Thing, Godspell, Bat Boy, Little Women, Hello! Dolly, Something Rotten!, She Kills Monsters, and other shows on various stages with various production companies around Dutchess County. She is the treasurer of the County Players Board of Governors.

Dylan Parkin (Production Manager)

started volunteering at County Players in 2017 and has since been involved in several productions including Bullshot Crummond (Otto Von Brunno), Into the Breeches! (Stuart), Perfect Arrangement (Jim), Silent Sky (Peter), Constellations (Roland), Calendar Girls (Lawrence), The Drowsy Chaperone (Man in Chair), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy). Local credits also include Braille Garden and The Covid Confessions at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, The Weekend People and Let’s Misbehave at Round the Bend Theater, Into the Woods and Tough Love at New Deal Creative Arts Center, and Ex-Gay Bar with both Howl Playwrights and ArtsWestchester. He also directed for and performed in the Hudson Valley Theatre Festival. Dylan holds a bachelor’s degree in Food Science from the Culinary Institute of America and works for an ice cream manufacturer in Congers, NY. He also serves on the County Players Board of Governors.

Jenn Propfe (Stage Manager)

has been involved both on and off stage in many County Players productions, and is excited to be back at it as SM for this CP2 Series! She recently staged-managed A Few Good Men (February 2026), Misery and Dracula (CP2 Series 2025), Bullshot Crummond (2025), Eleanor and Underneath the Lintel (CP2 Series 2024). Jenn has also assistant stage-managed Big Fish (2025), An Ideal Husband (2024), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2019), and Our Town (2018). She would like to thank her people (they know who they are) for their patience, support, and guidance, but they never read these things anyway.

Liz Crew (Sound and Lighting Design)

thanks everyone at County Players for this opportunity.

Anna Ouyang Moench (Playwright)

is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays have been produced at Williamstown Theatre Festival, NAATCO/The Public Theater, the Geffen Playhouse, the Playwrights Realm, East West Players, InterAct Theater, Theater Mu, and many other theaters across the country and around the world. In television and film, Anna has worked with Apple TV+, HBO, A24, 3000 Pictures, Netflix, Fifth Season, UCP, eOne, PictureStart, and Universal. She is a Supervising Producer on Severance and a Co-Executive Producer on The White Darkness, both on Apple TV+. Anna was a member of the pilot cohort of the WarnerMedia Access Showrunner Program. Anna lives in Los Angeles with her family.

CREATIVE TEAM & PRODUCTION CREW

Publicity/Marketing/Ads
Christine Crawfis, Stacy Greenspan, Joe Pettignano, David J. Ringwood
Production and Publicity Photography
Louisa Vilardi
Postcards/Programs/Brochure
Thomas G. Byrne, Christine Crawfis, Stacy Greenspan, Joe Pettignano, Louisa Vilardi
Box Office
Julie Eads Woolley

Information in “Who’s Who” is provided by those listed. Any opinions expressed are of the players and not necessarily of County Players.


Just for Testing

Season 69
Title = Birds of North America
by Anna Ouyang Moench
This show is a Play
This show is a Comedy and Drama
Book by
Music by
Lyrics by
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Fri & Sat 8pm | Fri 10/2

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Sun Matinee 2pm |
Sat Matinee 2pm | Sat 10/3
 

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Haley Pilkington (Caitlyn)
Haley Pilkington

thanks everyone at County Players for this opportunity. County Players debut!

Josh Way (John)
Josh Way

thanks everyone at County Players for this opportunity. County Players debut!