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Where Creativity Takes Center Stage
Our mission is to produce excellent theatre, telling culturally-relevant stories from a faith-based perspective. With touring shows throughout East Tennessee, MainStage shows in Knoxville theatre venues, and other programming, The WordPlayers delights in influencing and entertaining with Christ-centered art. The WordPlayers encourages a positive, loving and creative work environment for artists.
Up Next at WordPlayers
Staged REading
A stage adaptation of the novel The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis, based on a theological dream vision in which Lewis reflects on the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell.
Thu., May 7, 7:00 pm at Erin Presbyterian Church
Summer 2026
The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! HAIRSPRAY, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs.
At the historic Bijou Theater July 10 – 12
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Meet the Team
Terry Weber
Interim Artistic Director
Jeni Lamm
Interim Managing Director
Caleb Leach
Actor/Programming Coordinator
Charity Walton
Actress/Marketing Coordinator
Lucy Wright
Production Coordinator
Joe Jaynes
Actor/Webmaster
Our season is sponsored, in part, by the following generous organizations.
