Hazel Jones

Sometimes the only thing to do in the blistering heat and humidity of central Alabama it to wear less clothes. The Wetumpka Depot Players are keeping cool for their production of Tim Firth's comedy, Calendar Girls.  Opening July 14 and running through July 30, the play is one of the most widely produced plays in the UK and is now making the rounds here in the US after the great success of the film of the same title.

When the Wetumpka Depot Players were in their infancy 35 years ago, the founders of the now award-winning, nationally recognized community theatre  had a vision to provide entertainment and theatre education to the Wetumpka community. Among those visionaries was Grace K. Bishop.  Bishop was a long time educator, artist , author and well known community leader. In memory and in honor of Bishop's contributions to the community, the  Wetumpka Depot Players invest in future talent and potential leaders in the theatre industry by awarding college students majoring in theatre and other arts related university programs, scholarships through the Grace Kappes Bishop Scholarship fund.

The Wetumpka Depot Players are sending out smoke signals to River Region theatre patrons. The award-winning, Off-Broadway musical is returning to the Depot stage in celebration of the Depot's 35th Anniversary Season and opens tonight, July 30.

The Wetumpka Depot Players are sending out smoke signals to River Region theatre patrons. The award-winning, Off-Broadway musical is returning to the Depot stage in celebration of the Depot's 35th Anniversary Season and opens on July 30.

?The Wetumpka Depot Players are sending out smoke signals to River Region theatre patrons. The award-winning, Off-Broadway musical is returning to the Depot stage in celebration of the Depot's 35th Anniversary Season and opens on July 30.

The Wetumpka Depot Players will celebrate 'family' this fall, both on and off stage, with Pamela Parker's play A Higher Place in Heaven. Directed by Kim Mason, the compelling story centers on unlikely friendships and family secrets. The prequel to Depot audience favorite, Second Samuel, the play tells the backstory of how Frisky, a privileged white boy, and U.S., a young African American boy descended of slaves, became friends in pre-Depression era rural Georgia.

The Wetumpka Depot Players will celebrate 'family' this fall, both on and off stage, with Pamela Parker's play A Higher Place in Heaven. Directed by Kim Mason, the compelling story centers on unlikely friendships and family secrets. The prequel to Depot audience favorite, Second Samuel, the play tells the backstory of how Frisky, a privileged white boy, and U.S., a young African American boy descended of slaves, became friends in pre-Depression era rural Georgia.

Bring out the good silver, tease up your hair and dig out your mama's best casserole recipe. The Wetumpka Depot Players will soon be reminding audiences that being a Southern Belle is not a part time job. Instead it's a cradle to the grave commitment. A Southern Belle Primer (Or Why Princess Margaret Could Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma) will run for one weekend only at the Depot Theatre beginning tonight, May 29th. Always Patsy Cline author Ted Swindley has taken Marilyn Schwartz's charming book of the same title, and crafted it into a delightful evening at the theatre proclaiming the joys of southern sisterhood.

Bring out the good silver, tease up your hair and dig out your mama's best casserole recipe. The Wetumpka Depot Players will soon be reminding audiences that being a Southern Belle is not a part time job. Instead it's a cradle to the grave commitment. A Southern Belle Primer (Or Why Princess Margaret Could Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma) will run for one weekend only at the Depot Theatre beginning May 29th. Always Patsy Cline author Ted Swindley has taken Marilyn Schwartz's charming book of the same title, and crafted it into a delightful evening at the theatre proclaiming the joys of southern sisterhood.