Four nights a week, Bulgaria RPCV Anji Roe Wood plays the part of a maid in a long-running farce about Atlanta society.



Four nights a week, Bulgaria RPCV Anji Roe Wood plays the part of a maid in a long-running farce about Atlanta society.

Role fulfills dream

Four nights a week, Anji Roe Wood plays the part of a maid in a long-running farce about Atlanta society. It's a dream come true for the east Cobb resident, who has wanted to be an actress since middle school.

After four months in the cast of "Peachtree Battle"at Ansley Park Playhouse, she feels like a regular in the show, which starts its third year today. Wood said her character plays a small but integral role and she's having fun with it. The maid's name is Martha, but everyone in the family calls her Mary.

"I'm the only one not in the family and the only one thinking they are a bit off," said Wood. "So the audience connects with me."

The dialogue revolves around an alcoholic grandmother, a cheating husband, an anorexic daughter, a gay son and the maid from the battered women's shelter.

Nothing is sacred in this tale of a wedding gone awry after a son from a prominent family decides to marry a Hooters girl.

"Suburban audiences don't always get the Buckhead jokes, but are intrigued by what their life is like," Wood said.

Wood, 28, is a Virginia native with a degree in broadcasting. She worked as a journalist before joining the Peace Corps and working with a theater in Bulgaria. She even made it into a few performances — all in Bulgarian.

She is now a public relations manager for an Atlanta nonprofit.

"It's a smart comedy, and I am thrilled to be a part of it," Wood said. "It makes people laugh, but it also makes them think."

• More information: Ansley Park Playhouse, 404-875-1193.

When this story was posted in September 2004, here was the front page of PCOL Magazine:

Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview This month we sat down for an extended interview with Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez. Read the entire interview from start to finish and we promise you will learn something about the Peace Corps you didn't know before. Then read the questions and answers one by one and leave your comments on the issues raised during the interview including Infrastructure Upgrades and the new Situation Room at Headquarters, Is there a Budget Crunch this year at Peace Corps, Peace Corps' Long Term Expansion, the Changes to the Five-Year Rule made last year, Safety and Security Issues, the Cooperative Agreement with NPCA, RPCVs in Policy Making Positions at Peace Corps Headquarters, Peace Corps' Departure from Russia in 2002, Director Vasquez's Accomplishments as Director, the Peace Corps Safety and Security Bill before Congress, Continuity at the Agency during Changes in Administration, the Community College Program, and the Director's Message to the Returned Volunteer Community.

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