About Mike Wiley

Mike Wiley holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is known for his work in documentary theatre, including plays such as Leaving Eden, The Parchman Hour, Downrange: Stories From The Homefront, Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till, and Changing Same.

Wiley was the 2010 and 2014 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received the University of North Carolina’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017. In 2020, Wiley received the Ann Atwater Award. He is also recipient of the NC Theatre Conference Constance Welsh Award for Theatre for Youth.

He has conducted numerous educational residencies funded through grant programs of the North Carolina Arts Council and his plays have been selected for spotlight showcases by arts industry conferences throughout North America.

In addition to his theatrical work, Wiley also serves as an Assistant Research Professor in the Program in the Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Program in Education at Duke University. He is the co-director of America’s Hallowed Ground, a project of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

America’s Hallowed Ground seeks to honor sites of past struggles that are significant to the American story, particularly its history of racial inequality. The work blends historical research with the Arts to amplify and keep alive the stories of these sites—many of which are not widely known. For more details on the project, please visit americashallowedground.org.

For more information about Mike Wiley, please visit mikewileyproductions.com.