WILMINGTON RECONSTRUCTED
Truly a community-based historical visibility piece, Wilmington Reconstructed has been highlighted by critics as one of the most important theatre pieces Wilmington, NC has seen. This production highlights the town's history around 1898, when there was a prominent black community, residing over the local government and newspaper. The only successful coup in American history occurred when white supremacists violently overthrew this community and changed the course of Wilmington's storyline to this day.
A commentary on the erasure of black history and the importance of it to community resilience and growth, Wilmington Reconstructed remains a vital ongoing project for MoB Theatre.