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For every performer, there's a key role and a key moment. And for Anita Gutschick, both came in 1998. For years, she had been performing character sketches of Biblical women. After one performance, a woman in the audience came up to her and said, "I really need to thank you." After a moment's silence, the woman added, "I'm Lot's Wife." The woman's husband had recently died of cancer, she explained, and Anita's performance of Lot's Wife now helped her summon the faith to look toward the future. During another performance, this one of the Sinful Woman, a member of the audience began sobbing audibly.
Since then, Anita has performed Women of the Bible over 750 times (and counting!) in 31 states and the District of Columbia at small and large churches, women's retreats and conferences, youth groups, family events, even a birthday party! Along the way, Anita has traveled over 100,000 miles, bringing Women of the Bible to venues that cross denominational lines.
More about Anita
Anita is an accomplished actress with a resume that includes roles in many community theater groups, including the Colonial Players of Annapolis. Since 1989, Anita has been known in the greater Baltimore/Washington, D.C.-area for her extensive stage work, as well as her work in radio and film. She has studied acting, voice and movement, and has worked with Burn Brae Dinner Theater's Student Enrichment Program and Maryland Hall Story Theater.
Anita is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), Christians in Theatre Arts (CITA), and the Network of Biblical Storytellers (NOBS). Women of the Bible led the interdenominational worship service at the NSA Eastern Workshop in Norfolk, Virginia, and was also performed at a CITA Regional Conference. Active in her church, Anita has served as a deacon, is trained as a Stephen Minister, and has participated in Bible Study Fellowship. In 2004, she took a Walk to Emmaus - De Colores!
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"You WERE the characters - alive across the centuries - virtues, flaws and all. We could hold our own lives up against the challenges of theirs, seeing them and ourselves in a new light."
Lisa Baltzer, Vienna Presyterian Church, Virginia
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