Charles Mee's soot and spit World Premiere livestreamed from Arizona State University

Arizona State University in Tempe's School of Theatre and Film presented the world premiere of soot and spit by Charles Mee livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 14 April at 2 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:00 GMT / 10 p.m. BST (London).

An exploration of the richness that lies inside the forgotten and neglected, soot and spit tells the story of the artist James Castle. James knows nothing of “outsider” or “artist” or fame or fortune, just that he must draw. He must create. His need is so great that even when his instruments of creation are denied to him, he invents his own tools—scraping the soot off the stove and mixing it with his own spit to make a rough ink. Thought to be "deaf and dumb," born before “autistic” was an idea, James' story is one of misunderstanding, of loneliness, of wonder and the triumph of the creative spirit. Director Kim Weild returns to the MainStage to direct this world premiere by one of America's most important and influential playwrights, Charles L. Mee, Jr. Produced in association with Detour Company Theatre.

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