<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2sFXes_1GtlHLsG00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2sFXes_1GtlHLsG00" width="768" height="329" ><figcaption>Stilfehler / Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 ; resized</figcaption></figure>NC Stage has canceled the November 4th–15th, 2026, performances of “Changing Same” in Asheville. The production, co-presented with the YMI Cultural Center, had been scheduled at the center at 39 South Market Street downtown.The theater says it has contacted ticket holders directly about the cancellation. Anyone who bought tickets but did not receive that email should contact the NC Stage box office at (828) 239-0263 for assistance with their reservation.NC Stage is working with Mike Wiley and the YMI Cultural Center to determine whether the performances can be rescheduled. The theater will announce the outcome when it has more information and is accepting email sign-ups for production updates.Written by Wiley and Howard L. Craft, “Changing Same” is a solo theatrical work performed by Wiley. He portrays Private Booker T. Spicely, a bus driver and witnesses in a story drawn from a fatal encounter in Durham during the Jim Crow era.According to NC Stage’s account of the history behind the play, Spicely was a Black soldier who boarded a downtown Durham bus on July 8th, 1944. The driver shot him after a dispute over his seat, and an all-white jury later acquitted the driver.The canceled engagement would have brought that civil rights story to an African American cultural center in Asheville’s historic Black business district. Built in 1893, YMI is in the East End/Valley Street neighborhood, according to NC Stage’s background on its presenting partner.NC Stage’s regular box-office hours are Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Ticket holders can use the box-office contact information, while anyone seeking future production news can find the update sign-up through the “Changing Same” announcement.</div></body>

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NC Stage has canceled the November 4th–15th, 2026, performances of “Changing Same” in Asheville. The production, co-presented with the YMI Cultural Center, had been scheduled at the center at 39 South Market Street downtown. The theater says it has contacted ticket holders directly about the cancellation. Anyone...

NC Stage Cancels November Performances of “Changing Same”

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NC Stage has canceled the November 4th–15th, 2026, performances of “Changing Same” in Asheville. The production, co-presented with the YMI Cultural Center,

NC Stage Cancels November Performances of “Changing Same”

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