Follows the journey of a precocious teenager named Lawrence and his young mother, Minnie, as they escape the Deep South and travel North through the Underground Railroad, to seek their freedom.
While acknowledging the realities of slavery, the book and original compositions by Ms. St. Armant bring out the full experience of early Black Americans: optimism, bravery, playfulness, wonder, suspense and mystery.
Free and Open to the Public. Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis and mat be limited. For more information, please call the branch.
NORTH The Musical was Commissioned by the Lied Center of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), Chandler Center for the Arts (Chandler, AZ), Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Costa Mesa, CA) and Playhouse Square (Cleveland, OH), with major in-kind Support by the Las Vegas Clark County Library District as well as from our Education Sponsors, TO Arts (Thousand Oaks, CA), Poway Center for the Arts (Poway, CA) the Walton Arts Center (Fayetteville, AR) and the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA). Produced by Ashli St. Armant and Sarah McCarthy, Dandelion Artists
EVENT TYPE: | Entertainment & Theater |
Mon, Oct 07 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Tue, Oct 08 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Oct 09 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Oct 10 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Oct 11 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 12 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Oct 13 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
The West Las Vegas Library opened to the Historic Westside Neighborhood on D Street in 1973 before moving to its current location on Lake Mead Boulevard in January 1989. In addition to offering a 298-seat theater, the African American Special Collection, and a state-of-the-art robot lab, this 38,900-square-foot library houses 27,700 volumes and has become a prominent part of the community.