You’re Doing WHAT?!?!

Artistic Director Terry Weber and Managing Director Jeni Lamm of The WordPlayers answer some tough questions regarding the upcoming summer musical, Ragtime. Question 1: Your website indicates that Ragtime is rated PG13 for “some violence, mild profanity and adult...

Where’s the Justice?

I’ve been thinking a lot about justice lately. In the NIV translation, Amos 5:24 reads, “But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.” It’s a powerful, uplifting verse in the middle of very disturbing passage.  In the verses...

To Act Justly

In the NIV translation, Micah 6:8 says: “What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” I suspect that in that passage, God was speaking to people in general and not only to actors. But as an actor, I’m...

Remembering Our Faith

An actor steps onto a darkened stage. In moments, a soft light transforms the stage into a living room on a winter afternoon. The audience joins the actors by actively participating in the remembering of a story. Drama literally means action. In a drama,...