Mixed Magic Theatre is a non-profit theater and performance venue at Lorraine Mills in

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. Mixed Magic Theatre was founded in 2000 by Bernadet and Ricard Pitts-Wiley. It was originally located in

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. The theatre relocated to

in 2005. In 2007 Mixed Magic officially altered its mission to "bring diverse stories to the stage." The theatre added an outdoor amphitheater in 2017. In addition to producing plays, the theatre acts as a venue for local and national performers. Mixed Magic also produces a set of regular programs, including Rise to Black, a theater series featuring scenes from the works of black artists and the Exult Choir, the theatre's resident choir, formed in 2006. The theatre has attracted international attention for producing ''Moby Dick: Then and Now'', an interpretation of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick by Ricardo Pitts-Willey. The production featured two casts, an adult company that portrayed the Melville version of the story, and a youth cast where the actors portrayed a story where the white whale is

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. The play traveled to the

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in Washington, D.C.,Gray, Channing. "Mixed Magic's Moby Dick to play Kennedy Center." Providence Journal (RI), All ed., sec. Lifebeat, 6 Oct. 2008, pp. D-01. NewsBank, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1524251E736A6638. Accessed 10 July 2019. and the International Melville Conference held by the

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in Poland in 2007.

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