{"id":38352,"date":"2020-08-26T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=38352"},"modified":"2020-08-26T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:28:26","slug":"reimagining-theatre-mike-wiley-presents-blood-done-sign-my-name-via-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/latest-news-and-updates\/reimagining-theatre-mike-wiley-presents-blood-done-sign-my-name-via-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Wiley presents \u201cBlood Done Sign My Name” Via Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike Wiley returns to the NC Stage Company in September to present Blood Done Sign My Name <\/em>via Zoom September 10 through September 27. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.<\/p>\n
Based on the memoir by Tim Tyson, \u201cBlood Done Sign My Name\u201d <\/em>is the story of Henry \u201cDickie\u201d Marrow, a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran who was beaten and shot to death in the street by Robert Teel, Teel\u2019s 18-year-old son Larry, and Roger Oakley, Teel\u2019s 21-year-old stepson, for allegedly making a remark to Larry Teel\u2019s wife. Despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses, the men were acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Roger Oakley, Teel\u2019s stepson, actually confessed to shooting the gun, but was never indicted. It was the Teels\u2019 acquittal for their hotheaded hate crime that launched the city of Oxford, NC, into a season of violent reprisals.<\/p>\n
For this performance, NC Stage, along with The Clayton Center in Clayton, NC, will create a new type of theatrical experience alongside current health concerns. Instead of socially distanced seating or a typical live stream, viewers will be projected in Zoom\u2019s \u201cgallery view\u201d setting onto large projector screens set up in the Clayton Center, allowing Wiley a \u201clive\u201d audience.<\/p>\n
Mike Wiley is a NC-based playwright, actor and director whose original works in documentary theatre, film, educational residencies and student performances have met with high acclaim across the country and abroad. His previous performances at NC Stage include \u201cDar He: The Story of Emmett Till\u201d<\/em> and \u201cThe Fire of Freedom.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 The performance will be accompanied live by vocalist Mary D. Williams of Raleigh.<\/p>\n
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