Adia Wilde, 11, has acted and performed in many plays on stage since the age of 4.
For 11-year-old actress Adia Wilde, life isn’t just a stage; the stage is her life.
Adia said she became fascinated by the theater at age 3 when her older sister, Leica, was cast in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” at St. Luke United Methodist.
“Adia would refuse to leave rehearsals because she wanted to sit and watch,” said Adia’s mother, Janelle Wilde. “She was pestering the director and me about when she could be in the next show.”
The next year, Adia landed her first role as a townsperson in St. Luke’s production of “Big River,” a musical inspired by “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
Since then, she has been nearly continuously involved in plays and musicals at St. Luke, her school and the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. So far, she estimates she has performed in 30 productions, including “Bye-Bye Birdie,” “Go Dog Go,” and “Schoolhouse Rock Live.”