CommUnity

“CommUnity” by Alysha Mitchell The WordPlayers’ next show, Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, will no doubt be a must-see (no matter how many times you have seen it before). To me, this play is primarily about two things: community and unity. In this small Louisiana...

Mary Lennox and Hamlet

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden “How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on’t! ah, fie! Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed;...

A Garden of Learning

When a thing is wick it has a life about it – Maybe not a life like you and me – But somewhere there’s a secret streak of green inside it – Now come and let me show you what I mean. – The Secret Garden At that time Jesus said, “I praise you,...

KEEPING WATCH

By Terry Weber Everyone needs a little break now and then: a little time for rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation. That’s where The WordPlayers’ blog has been for the first four months of 2014. OK, so maybe that’s more than a “little” break, but we are glad to be back!...