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The mission of Batavia Players, Inc. is to:  bring affordable theater to the community by making theater accessible to everyone; enhance artistic growth of participants; and encourage audiences to think, feel and develop an ​appreciation for theater.   

Founded in 1932, the organization has been bringing quality productions
to Batavia and the surrounding counties.

Batavia Players, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. 

important announcement regarding covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 situation, all live shows are postponed until further notice. Ticket purchases can be exchanged for new tickets when we re-open. 
Check back on our website in the coming weeks for updated information. Thank you for your support!
Check our Facebook Page for details on this
exciting virtual event and fundraiser!

empty walls
but not an empty stage

Even though COVID-19 has ground productions to a halt this summer and fall, the arts will go on.

During the pandemic, the Batavia Players have been having fundraisers and Sean Williams, coordinator, said they decided to use their talent to put on a performance that is about an hour long called, “Empty Walls.” Filming in the stage area at the Batavia City Center that is under construction, they will be either livestreaming the event or posting a video on YouTube and asking for donations.

Empty Walls, an all song event sung by Batavia Players actors, is about how the new theater is in the middle of construction but life does not go away, and the music does not stop in their hearts.

“We have a space that’s in middle of transition, and all the music that was programmed in by our Director Pat Burk was specifically chosen to reflect that. That we are in transition, that we are to be hopeful, to be looking forward into the future and to be anticipatory that we are still here. We are coming back once all this pandemic stuff goes away,” Williams said. “As matter of fact, the finale is named, ‘As if we never said goodbye.’ ”

The talent is being filmed from a distance one at a time, before threading everything together.

Burk said the idea for Empty Walls came as they were working for ways to perform between now and spring. Normally in the fall, the Batavia Players would be concentrating on a musical and a Christmas show.

“We thought that one of the ways we are making progress as well is to film in our space that’s under construction, that’s how we came up with ‘Empty Walls’ because we’re just a bunch of empty walls,” Burk said. “We picked out music that was representative of both shows we have done in the past or unique that we are very proud of, as well as some new things that the public might be interested in seeing or hearing.”

Empty Walls will be a good way to get back into the flow of monthly performances again. Burk said a big thing has been keeping their actors interested and engaged, so they are excited to be coming back to perform.

More information will be coming on the Main St. 56 Theater Facbook page.

By Mallory Diefenbach, The Daily News

Tickets Available

 Our box office is open every Tuesday & Thursday
​from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
56 Harvester Avenue, Batavia NY
or you can purchase 24/7 online.
For more information, contact Jodi at boxoffice@bataviaplayers.org

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