With support from UNC Charlotte's College of Arts & Architecture and CHArt (Center for Community, Heritage, and the Arts), Tulane University, The Newcomb Institute, Wanderlust: Theatre on Location and Nouveau Sud Circus Project are proud to present an evening of excerpts of THREADS: A New Musical. We will present approximately an hour of scenes from the work-in-progress. The evening will also feature discussion from a panel of the creative team, historians, and experts including:
Alexander Brooks (Historian, Gaston County Museum)
David Goldfield (Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History, UNC Charlotte.)
Kentley Hester (Historian, Gaston County Museum)
Kristina Horton (Ella May Wiggins' great-granddaughter; Board, Ella May Wiggins Memorial Committee)
Larry Moore (Board, African American Museum of History & Culture At Loray Mill)
Robert Whalen (Professor of History, Queens College, Author, Like Fire in Broom Straw)
and our creative team:
CarlosAlexis Cruz, movement director
Mark Dillon, music & lyrics
Sequina DuBose, vocal director & creative producer
Laura Hope-London, director & creative producer
Nan-Lynn Nelson, book
Randy Redd, music & lyrics
Tickets for this event are
FREE. Seating is first come, first served.
The evening will be held on UNC Charlotte's campus in Rowe Recital Hall (9119 University Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262) on. Thursday, December 11, 2025. Visitor parking is in East Deck 1(9110 Mary Alexander Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262).
Doors will open at 5:30pm for a brief pre-show reception.
The panel and performance event will begin at 6:30pm.
Ticket reservations are limited to 4 per person.
If you have any questions, please email info@wanderlustonlocation.org
We look forward to seeing you there!
