{"id":517,"date":"1983-11-28T21:48:58","date_gmt":"1983-11-29T02:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/?p=517"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:16:13","slug":"sleep-no-more-at-inner-city-cultural-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/sleep-no-more-at-inner-city-cultural-center\/","title":{"rendered":"SLEEP NO MORE at Inner City Cultural Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SLEEP NO MORE<\/strong>, 1982 AND 1984<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite roles of all time was in SLEEP NO MORE, a madcap musical based on Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth but from the viewpoint of the servants. \u00a0Book and lyrics were by Felton Perry, Music by Gary Brooks, and I played Lady Macbeth to Felton Perry\u2019s Macbeth. It was originally an Inner City Cultural Center production, directed by Art Evans. \u00a0It was then presented \u00a0by Inner City and The Shakespeare Society of America and moved to the Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles, Thad Taylor, Artistic Director, \u00a0and \u00a0was directed by Tom Orth. \u00a0Eugene Bolande and I, from the cast, \u00a0were assigned co-producing credit for this production, along with Thad Taylor and Jay Ulney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Felton Perry and Virginia Wing in SLEEP NO MORE.*\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-816x1056.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-1250x1617.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210-400x517.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-210.jpg 1237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felton Perry and Virginia Wing in SLEEP NO MORE 1982. Used by permission of Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_182\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-image-182 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer for SLEEP NO MORE, with Virginia Wing and Felton Perry as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, co-produced by the Globe Playhouse, Shakespeare Society of America and Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1984\" width=\"616\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-816x1088.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-1250x1667.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-24.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer for SLEEP NO MORE at the Globe Playhouse, with Felton Perry as Macbeth and Virginia Wing as Lady Macbeth, co-produced by the Globe Playhouse, Shakespeare Society of America and Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1984. Poster designed by Rene Ornelas. Used by permission of Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-454\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/sleepnomorearticle-e1511025465693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/sleepnomorearticle-e1511025465693.jpg 480w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/sleepnomorearticle-e1511025465693-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/sleepnomorearticle-e1511025465693-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the run of the show at the Globe, when one of the chamberlains, Fred Tucker, asked his mother what she thought of the show, she said, &#8220;Mmm, mmm, mmm, Black people come all kinda ways, that little girl Virginia, she looks Chinese!&#8221; \u00a0And of course, much teasing went on backstage after that. \u00a0Two weeks later my friend Sab Shimono called and told me to look on page 12 (Part VI, November 2, 1984) of The Los Angeles Times. To my great surprise, I had been nominated \u00a0Best Actress for the Hollywood Chapter of the NAACP Image Awards!!! \u00a0I have never been so honored in my life! \u00a0And, of course, this was Inner City&#8217;s dream, to transcend ethnic and racial lines to achieve understanding through the arts. \u00a0I rest my case!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-image-455 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/naacp.times_-e1511026554151.jpg\" alt=\" Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1984, page 12 Part VI - NAACP image awards nominations\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/naacp.times_-e1511026554151.jpg 480w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/naacp.times_-e1511026554151-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/naacp.times_-e1511026554151-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1984, page 12 Part VI &#8211; NAACP IMAGE AWARDS NOMINATIONS.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I did go to the NAACP office to explain that I was totally honored but that I was Chinese. \u00a0After much debate in another room that I was not privy to, \u00a0I was told, &#8220;NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. \u00a0We have decided you are a &#8216;colored&#8217; person and the nomination will stand.&#8221; This was a very generous decision on their part and I was, and am, delighted and honored.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_183\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-large\" style=\"font-weight: bold\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"NAACP Image Awards Nomination of Virginia Wing as Best Actress for performance in SLEEP NO MORE,1984.\" width=\"616\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-816x612.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-1250x938.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-22.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NAACP Image Awards Nomination of Virginia Wing as Best Actress for performance in SLEEP NO MORE,1984.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*Quote by Ernest Dillihay, in\u00a0OUT OF THE ASHES, by Dr. Sandi Sheffey and Ernest D. Dillihay, publishers, OUT OF THE ASHES<\/p>\n<p>To read more about my years at Inner City Cultural Center, click <a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/inner-city-cultural-center-los-angeles-ca\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLEEP NO MORE, 1982 AND 1984 One of my favorite roles of all time was in SLEEP NO MORE, a madcap musical based on Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth but from the viewpoint of the servants. \u00a0Book and lyrics were by Felton Perry, Music by Gary Brooks, and I played Lady Macbeth to Felton Perry\u2019s Macbeth. 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