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In 'The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones,' grief and joy take center stage

Trevor Johnson (right) stars as Hezekiah Jones in The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones
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Trevor Johnson (right) stars as Hezekiah Jones in The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones

A grief-stricken toymaker has lost his holiday spirit and it will take the inspiration of one of Santa’s best elves to restore his joy - just in time for the yuletide season.

That’s the premise of , a new Howard L. Craft and Mike Wiley production at PlayMakers Repertory Company at UNC Chapel Hill. The play runs through Sunday, December 15.

Guests

Kathryn Hunter-Williams, director, The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones
Trevor Johnson, principal actor, The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jone

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of ¹ÏÉñapp's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at ¹ÏÉñapp as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital ¹ÏÉñapp Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as ¹ÏÉñapp’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for ¹ÏÉñapp's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.