American Mill No.2

A docudrama with music about the textile industry focused on the 1929 strike at the Loray mill in Gastonia in NC. It is centered on Ella May Wiggins, a textile worker, union organizer, and folk singer who found herself at the forefront of the protest movement during the strike. American Mill No. 2 features musicians Kamala Sankaram (Composer, Ella May Wiggings, Accordion) Catrin Lloyd-Bollard (Guitar), Brittane Rowe, Anthony Napoletano, and Jason Stanley (Mandolin).  Direction by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte.

Premiered at A.R.T/ New York Theatre 2017. Work-in-progress at La MaMa 2015.