Thursday, April 23
The Paramount Theater
Charlottesville's Game Show for Trivia Lovers
Calling all trivia buffs, it’s time for Wordplay! Assemble your team, drill those facts, review your pop-culture references, and get ready to compete.
Wordplay is a team-based trivia competition for people who love words, vocabulary, pop culture, history, literature, and showing off how smart they are. Teams of three players compete from the comforts of their seats at The Paramount.
Wordplay is the annual fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle. LVCA is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes adult literacy through equitable, inclusive, free, confidential, one-to-one English and Citizenship tutoring. Funds raised through Wordplay support adult learners as they achieve their educational goals.
Register a Team
Register and pay your team fees here
Crowdsourcing
Create a fundraising page and raise the fees to play
Support a Team
Help a team rasie their team fees by donating
Roster of Previous Teams & Sponsors
Albemarle Baking Company
Alley Team Realtors
ArgoSpheres
2026 Marquee Sponsor: Bay Ridge Private Wealth
Belmont Brainiacs (individual team)
Catering Outfit
C-VILLE Weekly
CetraPro Painters of Charlottesville
Charlottesville Media Group
Charlottesville Scrabble Club
Crutchfield
Eastwood Farm & Winery
First Citizens Bank
First United Methodist Church
Forward Financial Intelligence (FFI)
Glitteracy (individual team)
Hamilton's at FIrst and Main
Hexagon Energy, LLC
Hoos for the Ages (individual team)
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Las Tres Tontitas (individual team)
MarieBette
Math Debaters (individual team)
Maxient
Ørsted
The Answer is "C" (individual team)
The Paramount
The Pie Chest
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Ragged Mountain Running Shop
Tequila Mockingbirds (individual team)
The Illiterati (individual team)
The Vowel Movement (individual team)
Western Albemarle High School
Womble Bond Dickinson
WTJU 91.1 FM
WVIR 29News
Yes. No. Maybe... (individual team)
Frequently asked questions
What's Wordplay?
Wordplay is a team-based trivia competition for people who love words, vocabulary, pop culture, history, literature, and showing off how smart they are. Teams of three players compete from the comforts of their seats at The Paramount Theater in Downtown Charlottesville.
How Do We Participate?
To participate as a team, team sponsorship starts at $600. Teams can pay online, send a check, or utilize online crowd-sourcing to raise their fee. Sponsors can also donate in-kind goods of the same value in place of their team fee.
Who Benefits?
Wordplay is the annual fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle. LVCA is an independent, non-profit organization that offers free, confidential, individualized basic literacy and ESOL instruction to adults.
Are costumes required?
Wearing a costume is optional, but there will be "Best Team Costume" and "Best Team Name" contests for those participating. The audience will cast those votes. Teams can stack the deck in their favor by encouraging friends, family, and coworkers to buy tickets.
Ready to be a part of something awesome?
We are happy to answer your questions and register you for the most fun you’ll have at a fundraising event this year! Contact Ellen at 434-977-3838 or [email protected].
Thanks to our 2026 sponsors
WP Teams & Sponsorships
Wordplay is a team-based trivia competition for people who love words, vocabulary, pop culture, history, and literature, and showing off their smarts. Each team has three players.
$10,929.69
$30,000.00
