Four County Players

Four County Players is a company based out of 5256 Governor Barbour St, Barboursville, Virginia, United States. It is Central Virginia’s longest continuously operating community theater. Founded in 1973, the group grew out of an idea shared by Lillian Morse and Bill Thomas: “Creative arts need to be a part of the area’s rural communities.” The theater group officially started in January of 1973 when a group of ten people gathered at Morse’s home. They pooled their money for start-up costs, and when the take was tallied, the founders had $70 to launch their new enterprise. The first thing they did was set up theater workshops for children at the Gordonsville Recreational Center. This effort produced many new members and two productions:"Switched at the Crossroad" and "Noah’s Flood." Every year, Four County Players presents four to five Mainstage shows. These productions include at least one musical, a straight play, and a family Christmas show. In 2009, the theater opened up a second performance space called the Cellar in the front room of the lower level. The inaugural production was Shakespeare’s "Hamlet," directed by Caitlin Lucia for Impulse Project. The Cellar continues to be a perfect venue for smaller productions, experimental works, and special events like the "Songs in the Cellar Cabaret" series. Four County Players prides itself on producing high-quality shows that involve volunteers from the community and keep generations of audiences returning for years.