Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Mike Wiley about how the arts can bridge the past and present - and bring communities together.
Through performances that bring the drama of American history to life - whether escapes from slavery, devastating acts of racial violence, or civil rights struggles and triumphs - actor and playwright Mike Wiley confronts audiences with the persisting legacies of inequality in the United States. But by inviting audiences to walk in the shoes of people very different from them, he also creates avenues for reconciliation.
Mike Wiley is a North Carolina-based actor, playwright and director of multiple one-man documentary dramas and full-cast ensemble plays, including Changing Same: The Cold-Blooded Killing of Booker T. Spicely; The Fire of Freedom; Leaving Eden; The Parchman Hour; Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till; the theatrical adaptation of Blood Done Sign My Name; One Noble Journey; and more. He has over twenty years of experience in providing documentary theatre for young audiences and in schools across North Carolina in addition to his work in film, television and regional theatre.
Mike Wiley is the Stephen and Janet Bear Assistant Research Professor of Arts, Ethics, and Education in the Program in Education at 色戒直播 University. He also co-directs America's Hallowed Ground, a project of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at 色戒直播 University that uses the arts to amplify and honor sites of past struggles significant to the American story, particularly its history of racial inequality.
This event is free and open to the public. It takes place at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC. Parking is available on the premises, at Phoenix Square, Heritage Square Shopping Center, and on adjacent streets. Please write to Hillary Train at hillary.train@duke.edu for accessibility needs.
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