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After a year and a half of reaching the community through live virtual forums, Akron Roundtable is thrilled to return to in-person events with its August 2021 program. Dominic Moore-Dunson, Co-Founder, Akron Black Artist Guild & Francine Parr, Founder & Artistic Director, Millennial Theatre Project will present from the stage of the Akron Civic Theatre at a special time, 11:30 AM, on Thursday, August 19. The topic will be, “Excellence in the Arts.”About the Program:
Dominic and Francine will give insight into Akron's arts & culture sector through their lens of using inclusion, connection, and excellence to build new organizations, projects, and performances across Akron and beyond. In addition to prepared talks, Dominic and Francine will perform a new collaboration for Akron Roundtable called "Dear, Funders.”
General Admission tickets for the in-person event are $25.00 and include a “to-go” box-lunch to be distributed at the conclusion at the program. Doors will open at 10:45, and parking is conveniently located near the Akron Civic Theater. For updated parking details, check the Akron Civic Theatre website at https://www.akroncivic.com/page/parking.
For those who prefer to participate remotely, a Live Stream ticket option is available for $10.
Alternatively, Subscription Series tickets are available online for the remainder of the 2021 season. For more information on ticket options for this and other Akron Roundtable luncheons, visit www.akronroundtable.org.
COVID-19 Statement:
In accordance with CDC guidelines and for the safety of our guests, employees, and volunteers, we encourage all non-vaccinated persons to wear masks at Akron Roundtable events. If you are experiencing any COVID-19 related symptoms or are not feeling well, please stay home.
If you’ve planned to join us in-person but are unwell, please consider sharing your reservation with someone else who can attend or join us remotely via “Live Stream.” Email us at [email protected] to learn how.
About Dominic Moore-Dunson:
Dominic Moore-Dunson is an award-winning dancer & choreographer, a creative entrepreneur, and a local arts leader in Akron, OH. In 2016, Dominic established a large-scale community-based dance theatre project called Artie & The Black Card (formerly The Black Card Project) which premiered in Sept 2018. By partnering with arts, education, and business institutions/corporations the project inspires conversation around black identity, how it relates to economic development in the black community, and the solutions we can create to cultivate a more diverse pool of black professionals and other marginalized people groups.
Moore-Dunson performed eight seasons as a Company Member with Inlet Dance Theatre while serving Assistant to the Artistic Director. As an individual artist Dominic has received numerous recognitions including a 2021 Associate Artists at Atlantic Center for the Arts #180 with Doug Varone, 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize Emerging Artist Award for Theatre & Dance, a 2019 fellow of The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Program at Jacob’s Pillow, 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Winner, 2019 Akron Arts Alive! “Outstanding in Dance”, and 2019 “New Agent” by moCa Cleveland, 2018 commission by Akron Art Museum for his solo work, “CAUTION,” 2017 Knight Arts Challenge Winner, 2016 National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellow, 2016 Collen Porter Fellow (International Performing Arts for Youth), and an inaugural member of Leadership Akron’s Diversity on Board Program. Currently, Moore-Dunson is a Research Resident Artist at the National Choreography Center at the University of Akron.
Dominic is a graduate of National Arts Strategies’ Executive Program for Arts & Culture Strategies at the University of Pennsylvania. Amongst his many roles as an emerging arts leader in Akron Dominic serves as a co-founder of the Akron Black Artist Guild, board secretary of ArtsNow, and as a board member of The Devil Strip Magazine.
About Francine Parr:
Francine Parr is a 25-year-old Akron native. She started performing at the age of 4. Her first notable role was the Hershey Kiss in The Nutcracker with the Ballet Theatre of Ohio in 2001. Francine attended Miller South and graduated from Firestone High School‘s VPA program on the theatre track. While attending university, studying musical theatre, Parr found that there was a huge missing piece of what she fell in love with theatre for, which was community. So, she left university and started the Millennial Theatre Project - a program of the Akron Civic Theatre, recently appearing as Deloris Van Cartier in MTP’s production of Sister Act. As a director, she has 10 plus credits including Avenue Q, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Hairspray, Dream Girls, Rocky Horror, and Carrie: The Musical.
This Luncheon is sponsored by
The Gertrude F. Orr Donor Advised Fund of the Akron Community Foundation
Tickets for the luncheon are $25.00. Live Stream tickets are $10. To purchase single event and subscription tickets and for additional information on this and other Akron Roundtable luncheons, visit www.akronroundtable.org.
Akron Roundtable Information
Tel: 330.247.8682 Website: www.akronroundtable.org
Akron Roundtable History: The Akron Roundtable was established in 1976 as a community forum to invite engaging speakers to Akron and bring bold, creative and new ideas to the region. To date, more than 450 major corporate executives, writers, government officials, artists, and civic leaders from around the country have shared their thoughts on subjects of global, national and regional importance with the Akron Roundtable audiences.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, United States