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In 'Confederates,' Black women in two eras of American history face the same challenges

Mengwe Wapimewah (right) with co-star Kristofer Wilson in Confederates
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Mengwe Wapimewah (right) with co-star Kristofer Wilson in Confederates

PlayMakers Repertory Company is staging a new production of Dominique Morrisseau’s satirical drama, . Leoneda Inge sits down with the director and a principal actor from the play to talk through its themes of race, gender and social empowerment.

runs through March 23 at PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill.

Guests

Mengwe Wapimewah, actor

Christopher Windom, director

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøվ’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.