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2012 Events

Thursday, May 10  
7 pm
Opening Night Wine and Cheese Toast (lobby of Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre
8 pm
Opening Performance:  Backstage with Louis Armstrong (Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre)
Friday, May 11  
6 pm
Patron Party (The Jacob Tomlinson House, 407 Broad Street- patron ticket required)
8 pm
Opening Performance:  A Streetcar Named Desire (Boykin Cultural Center)
 
Saturday, May 12  
10 am
Speaker: Professor Thomas Brothers of Duke University, author of Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans (Barton College - free)
12 noon
Catered New Orleans-themed Luncheon (Barton College - $12)
2 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
4:30 pm
Cooking Demonstration: (chef, location, and cost TBA)
8 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
 
Sunday, May 15  
9:45 am
Gospel Service (location TBA – free)
2 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
7:30 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
 
Thursday, May 17  
8 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, May 18
8 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
Saturday, May 19
9 am - 5 pm
Quilting Display (downtown Wilson- free)
10 am

Speaker – Professor Kimball King of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill speaking on Tennessee Williams and A Streetcar Named Desire (Boykin Center – free)

11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Barbecue Bash featuring legendary pitmaster Ed Mitchell and cutting edge ‘cue (Farris & Farris parking lot, 108 E. Nash - $TBA)
2 pm

A Streetcar Named Desire

5:30 - 7:30 pm
Barbecue Bash featuring legendary pitmaster Ed Mitchell’s award-winning “Carolina Throwdown Ribs,” wine tasting, and live music (Farris & Farris parking lot - $TBA (wine, wine tasting, and beer available for additional charge))
8 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong

Sunday, May 20
9:45 am
Gospel Service (location TBA– free)
2 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
7:30 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
Thursday, May 24
8 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, May 25
8 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
Saturday, May 26
2 pm

Backstage with Louis Armstrong

8 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sunday, May 29
9:45 am
Gospel Service (location TBA – free)
2 pm

Final Performance, A Streetcar Named Desire

7:30 pm
Final Performance, Backstage with Louis Armstrong