16 Facts About Mike Daisey

Mike Daisey was born on January 21,1976 and is an American monologist, author, and actor.

In 2002, Mike Daisey published a book version of the tale under the same title, and in 2004 the BBC aired his radio adaptation of his monologue on Radio 4.

Mike Daisey presented his 24-hour monologue All the Hours in the Day at Portland's TBA Festival in September 2011, emphasizing themes of loss, transformation, and the desire for authenticity.

Mike Daisey described the effect of the walk-out as "shocking".

Mike Daisey later sought out and spoke with representatives of the group, including the member who destroyed his notes.

Mike Daisey was accused of exaggerating the number of plants, people, and underaged workers he talked to, of claiming that the plant guards had guns, and of describing a worker with a crippled hand using an iPad for the first time as a Foxconn employee.

Mike Daisey apologized to This American Life for allowing them to use his theatrical monologue in the "Retraction" program, and made a full apology in a statement on his website.

Since the controversy, Mike Daisey has reformed his work and has continued to perform it, removing the five minutes of contested details and standing by his assertions that the conditions in Apple's supply chain violate China's own labor laws and remain inhumane.

Mike Daisey has performed this new version in six cities, including a run at Washington, DC's Woolly Mammoth Theater, where Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak joined the show for a post-performance discussion on August 4,2012.

Mike Daisey puts that skill to fine use in The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a solo show written by Mike Daisey exploring the cult of tech giant Apple.

Mike Daisey offers a complete, royalty-free transcript of The Agony, which has been downloaded over 130,000 times.

Mike Daisey's first play The Moon Is a Dead World premiered at the Annex Theatre in Seattle, Washington on October 17,2008.

Mike Daisey has the curiosity of a highly literate dilettante and a preoccupation with alternative histories, secrets large and small, and the fuzzy line where truth and fiction blur.

Mike Daisey was born in Fort Kent, Maine, and moved to the greater Bangor area in his childhood.

Mike Daisey grew up between Fort Kent and Madawaska, his family moving to Etna when he was twelve.

Mike Daisey graduated from Nokomis Regional High School, and attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine.