Bill Rowland, head of the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company, spoke during an event at Hendricks Chapel (circa 2006)
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Throwback Thursday
Thursday, July 26th, 2018Week in Review
Sunday, June 26th, 2016
Flighty from Syracuse in Focus on Vimeo.
Kink or Quality
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Debra Richardson (center) gets over herself and chooses none of the above during a scene from last night’s performance of The Colored Museum by the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company. Binaifer Dabu and Sonceria Warren gave great face as the hilarious and critical talking wigs. This particular exhibit/scene is always a crowd favorite.
Throwback Thursday: Masterpiece Theater
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
August Wilson (left) with Bill Roland during Wilson’s visit to Syracuse University in 2003.
American Masters on PBS will be airing a program about August Wilson tomorrow. Wilson wrote 10 masterpieces (aka plays) about each decade of a 20th Century Pittsburgh neighborhood called the Hill District. We were fortunate to meet him during his visit to Syracuse, and he was very generous with his time and shared his work process.
Here is a Q+A session about Wilson in NYC that gets to the essence of his genius.
And speaking of throwbacks, special shout out also to Frank Vick for helping us develop an audacious appreciation for theater back in the day.
Theater in the Moment
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Director, actor and producer Ryan Hope Travis spoke about his new play Drafters, a parable at yesterday’s Vera House Report to the Community event. He called his creative approach “Applied theater.”
We congratulate Ryan Travis, the theater professional who continues to stage and curate great plays around the tenor of our times. His latest offering is “Drafters, a parable,” which uses local actors to create awareness about domestic violence from a perspective of prevention.
“Drafters…” has two more shows this week. Bob Brophy and former councilor Charles Anderson performed a brief excerpt during yesterday’s Vera House event.
Here’s an interview we did with Travis last year.
Produced by Faith
Friday, April 26th, 2013
CNS senior Kierrah Titus took her skills to the CFAC stage during the Cabaret & Conversation program last week. Titus sang a Beyonce song.
A rejuvenated Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company (PRPAC) took theater back to its roots when they collaborated with high school students and parents in the area to produce “Cabaret & Conversation” at The Community Folk Art Gallery (CFAC) last week. The show was developed with PRPAC following a controversy at CNS High when the school cast an all-white ensemble for “The Wiz.”
In the clip above, Dionna Owens and Justin Tanksley interpreted a duet by Rhianna and Mikkey Ekko.
Actress Karin Franklin King and PRPAC Artistic Director Ryan Johnson-Travis present artist Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell with an award.