by William Goldman
Based On the Novel by Stephen King
Directed by Jeffery Battersby
Sat Matinee 2pm | Sat 10/4
A tense cat-and-mouse game.
What happens when a successful romance novelist is rescued from a car crash by his number one fan? He finds himself captive in her secluded home with a life-threatening request to rewrite his new novel. This nail-biting cat-and-mouse game will have you at the edge of your seat.
Misery is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com
An old-fashioned chiller … the gasps and the giggles are deliciously jumbled together.NJ.COM
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.
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WHO’S WHO:
CAST (in alphabetical order)
[she/her/hers] is delighted to return to County Players for her second CP2 series performance six years after her first, The Revolutionists (Olympe de Gouges). Other theatre credits include: Rhinebeck: Shrek, Cabaret, The Prom; Phoenicia: Always, Patsy Cline; New Deal: Something Rotten, Romeo & Juliet. Voice acting credits include the New York Times podcast The Daily. She sends her love to Gerard and Navarro, her favorite boys.
has been seen on the County Players stage in All My Sons (Joe Kellar), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), You Can’t Take it With You (Paul Sycamore), 1776 (Rutledge), and Guys and Dolls (Nicely). He has been seen on Bannerman Island in Man of La Mancha, The Secret Garden, and 1776 playing opposite Broadway veterans, Marnie Raab, Mark Jacoby, and Craig Schulman. For Just Off Broadway, Inc., he performed in Footloose and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, which can be heard on 92.1FM every year at Christmas. Glen, an avid King fan, would like to thank Jeff for allowing him this opportunity to be part of this wonderful cast and sharing this play with the audience! “As always…love and thanks to Barbara!!”
has returned to the stage after a 30-year hiatus. He is a BFA Acting graduate from the USC School of Drama in Los Angeles and has recently returned to the area after a 28-year run owning and running bars in Manhattan. This is actually his second time performing for County Players. His first was 37 years ago in a production of Bye, Bye Birdie as a junior in high school. Erich would like to extend his gratitude and appreciation to County Players for casting him again and to the wonderful cast and crew he is privileged to be currently working with. He would also like to thank his mother and father for all their love and support!
[he/him/his] is happy to be working with Jeff Battersby again and being cast in Misery. Past productions at County Players include: A Word (Narrator), Prelude to a Kiss (Bartender), The Children (Robin). Other productions in the Hudson Valley include: Working (Mike), Orphans (Harold), The Rainmaker (Starbuck), The Dining Room (Second Actor), House of Blue Leaves (Artie), Thousand Clowns (Murray), The Zoo Story (Jerry), Curse of the Starving Class (Weston), Fool for Love (Old Man), Balm in Gilead (Martin), How the Other Half Loves (Frank).
(Annie Wilkes)
(Paul Sheldon)
(Buster)
(Narrator)
CREW
[he/him/his] 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 Arts Westchester. He also directed 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.
has been involved both on- and off-stage in several productions at County Players, most recently as stage manager for Bullshot Crummond. She also had the pleasure of acting as assistant stage manager for Big Fish in May, An Ideal Husband (2024), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2019), and Our Town (2018), and stage manager for Eleanor and Underneath the Lintel as part of the CP2 Reader’s Theater Series in October 2024. Jenn would like to thank her kids and her “village” for their support.
CREATIVE TEAM & PRODUCTION CREW
- Sound and Lighting Desing
- Mark Weglinski
- 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
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
Title = Misery
by William Goldman
This show is a Play
This show is a Drama
Book by
Music by
Lyrics by
Based on Based On the Novel by Stephen King
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Directed by Jeffery Battersby
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CAST (in alphabetical order)
[she/her/hers] is delighted to return to County Players for her second CP2 series performance six years after her first, The Revolutionists (Olympe de Gouges). Other theatre credits include: Rhinebeck: Shrek, Cabaret, The Prom; Phoenicia: Always, Patsy Cline; New Deal: Something Rotten, Romeo & Juliet. Voice acting credits include the New York Times podcast The Daily. She sends her love to Gerard and Navarro, her favorite boys.
has been seen on the County Players stage in All My Sons (Joe Kellar), The Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), You Can’t Take it With You (Paul Sycamore), 1776 (Rutledge), and Guys and Dolls (Nicely). He has been seen on Bannerman Island in Man of La Mancha, The Secret Garden, and 1776 playing opposite Broadway veterans, Marnie Raab, Mark Jacoby, and Craig Schulman. For Just Off Broadway, Inc., he performed in Footloose and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, which can be heard on 92.1FM every year at Christmas. Glen, an avid King fan, would like to thank Jeff for allowing him this opportunity to be part of this wonderful cast and sharing this play with the audience! “As always…love and thanks to Barbara!!”
has returned to the stage after a 30-year hiatus. He is a BFA Acting graduate from the USC School of Drama in Los Angeles and has recently returned to the area after a 28-year run owning and running bars in Manhattan. This is actually his second time performing for County Players. His first was 37 years ago in a production of Bye, Bye Birdie as a junior in high school. Erich would like to extend his gratitude and appreciation to County Players for casting him again and to the wonderful cast and crew he is privileged to be currently working with. He would also like to thank his mother and father for all their love and support!
[he/him/his] is happy to be working with Jeff Battersby again and being cast in Misery. Past productions at County Players include: A Word (Narrator), Prelude to a Kiss (Bartender), The Children (Robin). Other productions in the Hudson Valley include: Working (Mike), Orphans (Harold), The Rainmaker (Starbuck), The Dining Room (Second Actor), House of Blue Leaves (Artie), Thousand Clowns (Murray), The Zoo Story (Jerry), Curse of the Starving Class (Weston), Fool for Love (Old Man), Balm in Gilead (Martin), How the Other Half Loves (Frank).