Anthony Aston Players

The Festival of New Plays is happening this Friday at 5:40pm in the Ring!!
Come support your friends!!

THIS SUNDAY, AAP’s annual 🌈GAY A$$ DANCE PARTY🌈 is coming to the Ring Theatre from 8-10PM!! Absolutely EVERYONE is welcome for a night of dancing, snacks, and fabulous outfits 👠. Join us as we celebrate our q***r flockers and peers here at Wake! We can’t wait to see you there!! 💃🕺🪩

Good morning AAP! This year, we are bringing back the AAP Cabaret to Wakeville! Our theme: what’s a song/role you’ve always dreamed of singing? ⭐

Submissions are due by February 2nd, 2026. See the QR codes for more information. We can’t wait to hear you!!

Happy New Year, AAP! For our last semester recap, we’re taking a look at the ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence.

ENOUGH! is an organization that features plays written by teens to bring awareness to gun violence in America. Led by student director Allison Sweeney, students and faculty participated in the ENOUGH! nationwide reading on October 6th, 2025 and delivered a moving and memorable performance.

We hope you all are staying warm and having a great start to the new year. We can’t wait to see you all back on campus at the first AAP meeting next week!! 🦩🦩

Tonight’s the night! Start your Halloweek off by coming to the 2025 Haunted Tunnels! Our tunnel is full of dolls and toys that can’t wait to meet you. The entrance to the tunnels is located by Luter Residence Hall. 🧸🚂

Tickets are $3 at the door, or skip the line by going to https://wfu.universitytickets.com and getting your fast pass tickets! See you there!

Are you coming to Wake for Homecoming?? We would love to see you!! AAP is hosting a “Welcome Home Brunch” on Sunday, October 26th from 10am-12pm on the Breezeway outside Scales. Current students, faculty, and alumni are all invited for pink pancakes and friendship! We would love to see you there! RSVP using the link in the comments so we know how many people to expect! See you soon!

Andrew Wilson (Sam) is a first-year student from Marietta, Georgia, and is very excited to be a part of Orion with such an amazing group of people. This is Andrew’s first college show, but he has been in Aladdin Jr, Beetlejuice Jr, and Newsies in high school. Outside theater, he is an active member of the Spirit of the Old Gold and Black marching band as well as the Equestrian team and he loves all things literature and Doctor Who. Andrew is so grateful to have gotten to work with such a supportive and skilled cast and crew and is so excited for the next four years with them and he would especially like to shout out Jane Ivey for telling him to audition and Jay Remenih for getting him into theater in the first place. Thank you to everyone for all the work that went into this production!

Let’s hear it for this week’s Human of AAP: JM STOWERS 🦩🦩🦩🦩

HI AAP!! I’m JM Stowers (also known as Jam, John Mark, JMS if you’re Miss Tina, and John if you’re the government). I’m a sophomore from Raleigh, NC and a Prez Scholar in Dance 🕺 Since the last time I was human of AAP (my freshman year), I’ve had many a crisis (including a career crisis) and finally landed at a double Psychology and Theatre Major (i’ve been successfully incoctrinated), and a Dance Minor. If you somehow haven’t seen me passed out in the Scales lobby, then you might have seen me: downing Martinis in MCM, praying to not hit people with the Wall in LANDI, ripping my pants in Radium Girls, burning myself with hot glue making props for The Tempest, getting waterboarded in The Marriage Proposal, or showcasing my gold tap shoes in the Spring Dance Concert. Yes, I’ve worked on 12 shows this year. No, I don’t sleep (ask Bennett). I will be abroad with Kevin in the fall which is sad because I’ll miss AAP but happy because I’ll literally be IN LONDON. WITH KEVIN FRAZIER. I also run Can’t Stop the Beat!, which is a really cool musical theatre dance club you should totally talk to me about and show up to… or else… 🔪 I’m a Sheetz enthusiast, asthmatic, BookToker, Mario Kart champion, and a serial yapper (see the word count of this bio).

Join us for a relaxing time before finals start on April 24th from 5 to 7 pm in the Zick’s Basement. Don’t miss your chance to build a lovely Lego plant! 🌸🌷

Let’s hear it for this (last) week’s Human of AAP: MELINDA CHEATHAM 🦩🦩🦩🦩

Hey everyone!! My name is Melinda and I’m a junior from Orlando, Florida! I’m an Environmental Science major and a Theatre and Dance double minor. At Wake, I’ve loved the opportunity to be involved in theatre through The Three Sisters, Silent Sky, Witness for the Prosecution, and Urinetown! Aside from theatre, I adore animals and am hoping to pursue a career in endangered species rehabilitation! I also love singing, swimming, iced coffee, traveling, and spending time with friends! I love AAP!!!!