by Ethan Norman | Jul 4, 2017 | Featured, MainStage Wing
Nothing against Knoxville but, for a minute there, I thought I was in New York. I’m not talking about those Broadway touring companies with a cast of classically trained singers who are going to sing classically even if it has zero connection to their character, and...
by Joe Jaynes | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured, MainStage Wing
by Melanie Leach “I like good strong words that mean something” – Jo March, Little Women This is the cover of the copy of Little Women I read as a girl. I loved this story and read it multiple times. Imagine my horror when I got it back out as an adult to read...
by Terry Weber | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, MainStage Wing
Okay, here’s the deal. Junie B. isn’t the perfect child. She is strong-willed, sometimes rude, sometimes combative, and sometimes outrageous. She is almost more than Mr. Scary (her teacher) and her family members can handle. But she is also bright, creative, witty,...
by Ethan Norman | Sep 19, 2016 | Featured, MainStage Wing
A Ticket to Great Art When you look out the window of a train, you wonder if the world is passing by, or if you are passing by the world. In New York City, the world is passing by. In Corbin, Kentucky, you are passing by the world. There is a landscape in that part...
by Jeni Lamm | Aug 31, 2016 | Featured, MainStage Wing
The first offering in The WordPlayers’ 2016-2017 season will be Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton. This play explores the new relationship of two young people who meet in 1940 under the shadow of the threat of war. May and Raleigh grew up just a few miles from...
by Terry Weber | Jul 25, 2016 | Featured, MainStage Wing
We praise God for his unmerited favor in blessing our recent production of BIG RIVER. Below are some reflections on the experience by those who were a part of it in one way or another. “For me, the gift of being in this show behind my son was once-in-a-lifetime and...
