Reflections on Walk, Don’t Ride

Just as Walk, Don’t Ride reflects on the blessings brought to our culture through certain people and events in the American Civil Rights Movement, it’s good to reflect on the blessings of the show itself. We played 20 performances in 15 different venues to over...

Anne of Avonlea Is Almost Over!

It’s almost over! With one weekend down and one weekend to go, it feels like these shows have flown by! It’s hard to believe that we only just started this process in late January. Now the beginning of March, I feel like we are only getting started, not...

Tech Week of the Performance Anne of Avonlea

Ahh… and here we are, tech week. Tech week is basically a time when all the technical issues of the play get resolved, and problems get ironed out. The previous weeks have been about finding your character and portraying your character. Now we have to concentrate on...

Rehearsing Anne of Avonlea

Today marks a week before opening night! Watching everyone progress with their characters is really exciting. At this point in the process, we have been able to work with the set and most of our props. I have enjoyed being a part of the process and watching the show...

Sympathizing with Anne of Avonlea

My name is Rachael, Rachael Chesnutt, but would you please call me Anne? For the first two weeks of March at least, for that is when I will have the privilege of portraying Anne Shirley in The WordPlayers’ upcoming production of Anne of Avonlea. I have always...