The WordPlayers is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) theatre company formed in 1995 by Christian theatre artists in Knoxville, Tennessee. These artists were interested in providing artistically excellent programming and dedicated to the mission of using theatre to explore Judeo-Christian values for education, enlightenment, and entertainment.
The WordPlayers has two wings to its production programming. The Touring Wing brings quality entertainment to churches, schools, prisons, missions, - wherever two or more are gathered. The shows are flexibly designed with little or no reliance on technical production values, so that no specific lighting or stage space is required. These productions might be one-acts plays, or variable-length programs consisting of Scripture-based sketches, monologues, songs, interpretive movement or dance. The WordPlayers tours primarily in the greater Knoxville area but has, on occasion, extended its ministry to other parts of the state as well as going out-of-state.
