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THEATER OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH 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 W.- 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 ( Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre - free)
12 noon
Catered New Orleans-themed Luncheon (Barton College - $15)
2 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
4:30 pm
Cooking Demonstration: Chef Jeremy Law of SoCo Farm and Food (Generations Tile & Stone - Fulford & Co. Custom Cabinets, 3102 Nash Street N.-$20)
8 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
*The Porches of Old Wilson Art Stroll will be held from 11 am-3 pm. Tickets $5 (advance)/$8 (day of). For more information, call (252) 315-4044.
Sunday, May 13  
9:45 am
Gospel Service (Jackson Chapel First Baptist Church, 571 E. Nash Street – 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 - 4 pm
Quilts of the American South (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 Street- $12)
2 pm
A Streetcar Named Desire
5:00 - 7:30 pm
Barbecue Bash featuring legendary pitmaster Ed Mitchell's award-winning "Carolina Throwdown Ribs," wine tasting by Grapenuts Wine, beer from Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, and live Dixieland music by the Decatur Street Beat (Farris & Farris parking lot - $15 (wine available for additional charge))
8 pm
Backstage with Louis Armstrong
Sunday, May 20  
10:45 am
Gospel Service (St. John AME Zion Church, 119 E. Pender Street – 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 27
 
10:45 am
Gospel Service (Wilson Chapel Free Will Baptist Church, 513 S. Barnes Street – free)
2 pm

Final Performance, A Streetcar Named Desire

7:30 pm Final Performance, Backstage with Louis Armstrong

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