The Color Purple. Wiley is intimate with the text now that she’s recorded the novel for Audible, voicing different characters in the story, including its protagonist, Celie; her lover, Shug; her sister, Nettie; and Mister, Sofia, and more.Wiley was familiar with the 1985 film that starred Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah, and with the Broadway revival of the musical that starred Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, and her friend Danielle Brooks.