Call Me Mrs. Evers & Arts In Education
Global Village Academy
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Black History Month
Black History Month Peformance: Call Me Mrs. Evers - the life story of Myrlie Evers
Open to the public. Free admission. Underwritten by Aurora Public Schools - Global Village Academy.
March 24, 2022
7:00 p.m
Global Village Academy
West Campus
16401 E Alameda Dr
Aurora, CO 80017
Ladios Muhammad
as Myrlie Evers
directed by Michael Peters
written by Mike Broemmel
Join us for our annual Black History Month Celebration. We have selected a performance on the life and experience of Ms. Myrle Evers-Williams. Her story chronicles the height of the civil rights movement and the heavy impacts on our country.
Disclaimer: In keeping with the context of the time period, the content and language may be unsettling to some viewers.
Call Me Mrs. Evers is a one-woman play, telling the story of Myrlie Evers, wife of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and the first woman chair of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She is also something of an unsung hero of the women's rights movement as well.
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Black History Month
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Black History Month
Call Me Mrs. Evers has been an integral part of Black History Month events since it premiered. This has included productions of the play in schools and as well as public settings.
Ladios Muhammad, the lead in Call Me Mrs. Evers, has been recognized and nominated for the 2021 Juanita Gray Community Service Award for her leadership in raising awareness around social injustice and discrimination, income inequality and housing displacement, and most notably abuse, domestic or otherwise.
Director Michael Peters has been a part of initiatives that include Colorado Sisterhood Crusade. He notes that these connections have kept me close to the heart of the people and helped him to empathize with the struggles and challenges faced by people of color and others.
If you are part of an organization that is interested in featuring a future performance of Call Me Mrs. Evers as part of Black History Month, Juneteenth, MLK Day, or any other event, contact the production team:
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts supports exemplary arts projects in communities nationwide through grantmaking, initiatives, partnerships, and events.
Playwright Mike Broemmel has again received support from the NEA for his work on groundbreaking plays like Call Me Mrs. Evers. Other plays written by Mike Broemmel that have enjoyed the support of the NEA include Stand Still & Look Stupid, the life story of Hedy Lamarr.
More recently, Witness, the story of "Queen of the Mob" Virginia Hill, has received NEA support. Witness is one of four plays that will be part of a Las Vegas theatrical residency featuring the work of Mike Broemmel to premiere in 2022.
Another play written by Mike Broemmel and Jennifer Demsey entitled A Destination of My Own premieres in 2022. The play tells the story of Richard Durham, a forerunner of the Civil Rights Movement.
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Colorado Creative Industries
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Colorado Creative Industries
Call Me Mrs. Evers & National Endowment for the Arts
Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) believes in the power of creativity to inspire human connections, create social change, and support economic vibrancy throughout Colorado. We focus on strengthening the vitality of visual, performing, and literary arts through promotion, resources, and funding opportunities.
Our mission is to promote, support and expand the creative industries to drive Colorado’s economy, grow jobs and enhance our quality of life. The creative economy subgroups are design, film and media, literary and publishing, performing arts, visual arts and design, and heritage.
Thanks to Colorado Creative Industries for its continued support of the theatrical work of the playwright of Call Me Mrs. Evers.
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Community Conversations
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Colorado Creative Industries
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Community Conversations
Before a pandemic hiatus, Call Me Mrs. Evers was on stage for two special performances in Denver, Colorado. The performances were staged in conjunction with Emerge Colorado.
Emerge Colorado is changing the face of politics by recruiting, training, and providing a powerful network for Democratic women who want to run for office across the state.
To increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office across Colorado through recruitment, training, and providing a powerful network.
A community discussion was held following each of the December performances that focused on diversity, inclusion, women in leadership, and related topics.
Call Me Mrs. Evers & A Destination of My Own
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Colorado Creative Industries
Call Me Mrs. Evers & Community Conversations
A Destination of My Own is a full-length, one-actor play chronicling the life of Richard Durham. Richard Durham was the creator and writer of Destination Freedom, a weekly radio drama that aired for two years in the 1940s. The radio serial dramatized the lives of important Black American historical figures and is described as “nothing ever before heard on radio.” The radio program strove to defeat commonplace stereotypes routinely attached to Black Americans.
2021-2022 National Tour
Call Me Mrs. Evers is a one-woman play that tells the story of Myrlie Evers, wife of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Myrlie Evers is a civil, women's, and human rights leader in her own accord.
Tour cities include:
Denver
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Examples of her work including serving as the first woman chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She is also an unsung hero of the women's rights movement as well. A story of a trailblazing woman, empowered wife, and social justice champion.
About Myrlie Evers
The Iconic Women Theatre Series
About Call Me Mrs. Evers
Myrlie Evers remains involved in the social justice movement today.
"Jim Crow is alive and it's dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit, my friend, instead of a white robe."
-- Myrlie Evers-Williams
About Call Me Mrs. Evers
The Iconic Women Theatre Series
About Call Me Mrs. Evers
The dramatic presentation of the life of Myrlie Evers begins on the horrific night her husband, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated on the driveway of the family home.
The Iconic Women Theatre Series
The Iconic Women Theatre Series
The Iconic Women Theatre Series
The Iconic Women Theatre Series is a selection of plays that present the life story of woman that have not fully received the historical recognition they deserve. Call Me Mrs. Evers is the newest addition to the series.