Mike Wiley

Mike Wiley

Important Note to Presenters from Mike Wiley Productions
Productions Live & Virtual Touring Catalog
2024-2025 Production Fee Schedule
4 Page Promo folder
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Mike Wiley's Bio
Mike Wiley Technical Rider
Mike Wiley Intellectual Property Rider
Mike Wiley Productions Props/Stage Plot
Mike Wiley Virtual Residency
Mike Wiley Residency Workshop Description
Documentary Theatre Discussion Guide.
Mike Wiley One-Sheet
Mike Wiley Productions - cARTwheels FAQ
Mike Wiley Productions - cARTwheels Schedule Grid
Recent Words about the Work of Mike Wiley

Performances & Study Guides

• Blood Done Sign My Name
  • Presenter's Toolkit
  • Study Guide
  • Go Down Moses - Lyrics - Study Guide Companion
• Dar He - The Story of Emmett Till
• Presenter's Toolkit
• Study Guide
• Lyrics: The Death of Emmett Till by Bob Dylan
• Brown vs. Board of Education: Over Fifty Years Later
  • Study Guide
• Life is So Good
  • Study Guide
• Tired Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • One Sheet
  • Study Guide
• Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart
  • One Sheet
  • Study Guide
• One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom
  • One Sheet
  • Study Guide
  • Advanced Study Guide
  • Lesson plan aligned to the NC Essential Standards on Henry Box Brown
• Breach of Peace
  • Study Guide
• The Fire of Freedom
  • The Fire of Freedom Study Guide

Videos

• LIFT EVERY VOICE: Mike Wiley Productions Touring Performances (live and virtual)
• Introducing the Streaming Catalog of Virtual Performances
• WRAL ‘Big Night In for the Arts’ Excerpt
• Trailer for virtual filmed version of JACKIE ROBINSON: A GAME APART (complete film running time 31 min)
• Trailer for virtual filmed version of BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME (complete film running time 84 min)
• Click here for the link to stream the full award-winning feature film adaptation of DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL.
• Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart
• The Fire of Freedom (3 min.)
• The Fire of Freedom (7 min.)
• Breach of Peace: A Living Monument to the Freedom Riders of 1961
• One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom
• We Can Be Heroes
• Mike Wiley Productions Compilation Reel (stage & film)
• About THE PARCHMAN HOUR production in MS
• THE PARCHMAN HOUR
• DAR HE: THE STORY OF EMMETT TILL
• DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL (film trailer)
• BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME (solo actor version)
• “Why do you do these plays?”

Media

• North Shore (IL) Mailer about Mike Wiley
• Spokesman.com, Oct 10,2019: Actor Mike Wiley singlehandedly brings story of Emmett Till to life in ‘Dar He’
• Inlander.com, Oct 10,2019 : Through 36 roles, Mike Wiley tries to convey the tragedy that catalyzed America's civil rights movement
• RDU ON STAGE, Podcast, February 17, 2019: “Nothing Beats Failure But a Try”
• RDU ON STAGE, Podcast, February 17, 2019 “About MIke Wiley’s work in schools and the new play PEACE OF CLAY"
• 2019 feature article about Mike Wiley’s cARTwheels residency in Chatham County, NC
• "Pittsboro playwright’s latest is a ‘North Carolina fable’ of inequality" - Chatham Magazine, August/September 2018
• “Fire of Freedom” newspaper feature, Sanford Herald, Dec 2018
• Experience Magazine feature article November 2018 Link | pdf
• Asheville Movies - Theater review: Dar He - The Story of Emmett Till at NC Stage Co. Link | pdf
• NC Stage Company - Review of DAR HE by Jim Cavener Link | pdf
• April 2018 Feature & Blog, UNC Alumni Magazine: Step Into Those Shoes
• North Carolina Now, UNC-TV, 2012
• Drawl Magazine interview, 2012
• Indy Arts Award 2012
• One Man Many Roles one-sheet
• March 25, 2012: NPR's WUNC-FM "The State of Things:" MIke Wiley interview with Frank Stasio
• UNC Public Television: NC Now; feature interview with Mike Wiley, March 2012
• Wiley Brings Blood to Thalian
• Charlotte Viewpoint: Afraid of the Dark
• Critic & Presenter Quotes/Mike Wiley
• American Theatre One’s a Crowd
• Mike Wiley Endorsement Letter
• Mike Wiley Named Tar Heel of the Week, April 20, 2008
• Mike Wiley Press release - Coahoma Community College
• Mike Wiley NPR interview, The State of Things, Jan. 12, 2009; WUNC 91.5AM.
• 'One Noble Journey,' Thursday at Ware Center, tells story of Henry 'Box' Brown's journey to Freedom - Lancaster Online
• Mike Wiley Productions/Compilation Show Reel, Stage & Film
• Mary D. Williams Bio

Press: LEAVING EDEN, April 2018

• INDYWeek preview
• News & Observer preview
• WUNC State of Things preview interview
• Triangle Arts & Entertainment preview
• Greensboro News & Record preview
• UNC Daily Tarheel preview
• UNC General Alumni Magazine (profile of Mike Wiley)
• UNC College of Arts & Sciences Magazine (profile of Mike Wiley)
• News & Observer review
• INDYWeek review
• Triangle Arts & Entertainment review
• Chatham Life & Style review
• Leaving Eden playbill
• UNC TV feature on the creation of LEAVING EDEN

Photos

Mike Wiley

• Mike Wiley & Prod. Mgr. Tracy Francis
• Mike Wiley with banjo 2012 (Photo Credit: DL Anderson. )
• Head Shot 1
• Head Shot 2 Small - 300 DPI
• Head Shot 2 Large - 300 DPI
• Head Shot 3
• Mike Wiley & Kids Cover
• Mike Wiley & Students (b & w)
• Headshot/smiling
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 1
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 2
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 3
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 4
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 5
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 6
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 7
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 8
  • Mike Wiley Portrait 9

One Noble Journey

• One Noble Journey photo by Lisa Gotwals 72dpi
• One Noble Journey Photo by Lisa Gotwals 300dpi
• One Noble Journey Magazine Cover (Small)
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • One Noble Journey 1
  • One Noble Journey 2
  • One Noble Journey 3
  • One Noble Journey 4
  • One Noble Journey 5
  • One Noble Journey 6
  • One Noble Journey 7
  • One Noble Journey 8

Dar He

• Dar He headshot photo (Photo Credit: Aravind Ragupathi)
• Dar He Photo 1
• Jury Chair
• Dar He performance/photo credit Arts Midwest
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Dar He 1
  • Dar He 2
  • Dar He 3

Blood Done Sign My Name

• Photo credit Steve Exum:
  • Photo 1
  • Photo 2
  • Photo 3
  • Photo 4
  • Photo 5
  • Photo 6
  • Photo 7
  • Photo 8
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Blood Done Sign My Name 1
  • Blood Done Sign My Name 2
  • Blood Done Sign My Name 3
  • Blood Done Sign My Name 4

Brown Versus The Board of Education

• Brown vs. Board of Education
• Mike Wiley - Brown vs. Board
• Mike Black and White - Brown vs. Board
• Mike Color Brown vs. Board
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 1
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 2
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 3
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 4
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 5
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 6
  • Brown vs. Board of Education 7

Jackie Robinson

• J Robinson projection
• Hands - Jackie Robinson
• Jackie Robinson Performance Photo
• Jackie Robinson
• Performance Photo - Jackie Robinson
• Closeup - Jackie Robinson
• Performance Photos/2019/ECU News Services
  • Photo 1
  • Photo 2
  • Photo 3
  • Photo 4
  • Photo 5
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Jackie Robinson 1 b&w
  • Jackie Robinson 2 b&w
  • Jackie Robinson 3
  • Jackie Robinson 4
  • Jackie Robinson 5
  • Jackie Robinson 6
  • Jackie Robinson 7
  • Jackie Robinson 8
  • Jackie Robinson 9

Tired Souls: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Mike Wiley Tired Souls
• Tired Souls
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Tired Souls 1
  • Tired Souls 2
  • Tired Souls 3
  • Tired Souls 4

Breach of Peace

• Breach of Peace/photo by A. Ragupathi
• Breach of Peace
• Bus
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • Breach of Peace 1
  • Breach of Peace 2
  • Breach of Peace 3
  • Breach of Peace 4
  • Breach of Peace 5

The Fire of Freedom

• Fire of Freedom
• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • The Fire of Freedom 1
  • The Fire of Freedom 2
  • The Fire of Freedom 3

We Can Be Heroes

• Photos by Chris Charles for Creative Silence:
  • We Could Be Heroes