

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bitter Laurel by Margaret Bonds
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The world premiere of Margaret Bonds’ last major work, left unfinished at her death. Bitter Laurel tells the story of Elizabeth Keckley, the enslaved person who bought her freedom and became dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln. A passionate call for equality and justice and a scathing indictment of racism and hypocrisy, this sweeping musical receives its world premiere in two workshop performances at Queens University.

Directed by Margarette Joyner
Musically Directed by Justin Smith
Vocal direction by Sequina DuBose

Saturday, April 18 7:30pm
Sunday, April 19 3:30pm

Sandra Levine Theatre at the Gambrell Center
Queens University of Charlotte

Tickets $17/12

https://gambrellcenter.org/event/bitter-laurel-by-margaret-bonds/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charlotte/bitter-laurel-by-margaret-bonds/200029848222318
- **Event Categories**: Workshops, Art, Theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://gambrellcenter.org/event/bitter-laurel-by-margaret-bonds/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=charlotte-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Charlotte
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sarah Belk Gambrell Center For The Arts And Civic Engagement
- **lat**: 35.187552
- **long**: -80.833393
- **full address**: Sarah Belk Gambrell Center For The Arts And Civic Engagement, 2319 Wellesley Ave, Charlotte, NC 28207-2447, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Justin Smith (https://allevents.in/org/justin-smith/2584355)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sarah Belk Gambrell Center For The Arts And Civic Engagement, 2319 Wellesley Ave, Charlotte, NC 28207-2447, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Justin Smith
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Workshops, Art, Theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Bitter Laurel by Margaret Bonds ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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