A Director’s Take

I spend my year with high school students, teaching and directing actors of widely-ranging talent and committment levels. While it is very gratifying to watch how theatre can transform a nervous Freshman into a confident Senior, the process  of teaching someone to be...

Bogart on Regret

“….you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.” The line above is perhaps one of Humphrey Bogart’s most famous from the classic film, CASABLANCA. With slight modification, the line can also be heard in The...

The Power of Prayer

The WordPlayers begins its 2012-13 season by riding the wave of the miraculous experience that was RAGTIME. Through it all, God showed his mercy, faithfulness, and love. Praise and glory be to God for all that RAGTIME was for the audiences and the company! It was a...

Jeff Delaney’s Model-T in Ragtime

If The WordPlayers’ production of Ragtime has any merit at all for those who experience it, all the credit goes to God, for it is truly a God-sized thing. This venture is, by far, the largest effort The WordPlayers has ever attempted, larger than anything we should...