The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company

02/28/2026

Today at noon is Bill's Celebration of Life. It will be livestreamed. Go to his obit page at Faroneandsoninc.com for the link.

01/30/2026

PRPAC Co-Founder, William H. Rowland, II
R.I.P.
Please share your memories of Bill...

09/23/2025

If you missed last year's sampling of "Issues of Color" monologues at PRPAC's Jackie Warren-Moore Festival, be sure to experience the entire play and talk-back in the upcoming reading, by local playwright Anne Margaret Childress. Sept 25 at CFAC

05/22/2025

How awesome to have a legend come to life.
Don't miss Vanessa Johnson as Shirley Chisholm!

Shirley Chisholm: Unbought, Unbossed, Unforgotten! Performed by Vanessa Johnson and the Matie Masie Ensemble. May 23, 2025 - 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for....

05/10/2025

You won't want to miss this production under the direction of PRPAC alum, Blondean Young!

What happens when tradition meets ambition,and a little bit of drama on the usher board? Come see Under The Pew. Laugh and have a good time

10/16/2024

https://youtu.be/t02pksFvEww?si=c9Osi4NzTA9AWs-D

Get ready for The Jackie Warren-Moore Monologue & Poetry Festival on Oct. 18, 2024! Karin Franklin-King of the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company and Nya J...

10/13/2024

Give a listen, highlights of upcoming Jackie Warren-Moore Festival will be featured on Inspiration for the Nation. Our thanks to George Kilpatrick for this support!

This week on George Kilpatrick Inspiration For The Nation (10/13/24): Financial Planner and CEO Vicki Brackens of Brackens Financial Solutions Network, LLC Michael Collins, Commissio…

10/11/2024

JACKIE WARREN-MOORE FESTIVAL

TWO FREE PERFORMANCES!

Full presentation is Friday, October 18 - 5:30 pm
Art in the Atrium - 201 E. Washington St.

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Preview (w/OCC student poets) Thursday, October 17 - 5:30 pm
Onondaga Community College - Marvin & Schuh Recital Hall

Preview will be live-streamed...here’s the link.

The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company will be presenting a poetry and monologue festival in memory of Jackie Warren-Moore, first poet laureate of Onondaga...

10/02/2024

Poetry, monologues, music, video, audience dialogue and more…that sums up the Third Annual Jackie Warren-Moore (JWM) Festival, presented by the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company (PRPAC).

Monologues, written by local playwright Anne Margaret Childress, and the poetry of Ms. Warren-Moore will be performed by a diverse ensemble of community artists; music legend Marcia Hagan performs and dialogue with audience, facilitated by TV show host Iris St. Meran, will conclude the event.

It’s a family affair! Free admission.

The Festival celebrates the legacy of the late JWM, nationally published poet, local columnist, actor and activist, who encouraged using words as a weapon of choice. This year's Festival theme is "Community."

09/03/2024

SAVE THE DATE - Oct. 18, 2024
Jackie Warren-Moore
Monologue & Poetry Festival III

11/09/2023

Free admission! Only two performances! (Friday at 6:30; Saturday at 1:00) Come on down to this original production from The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company at the Community Folk Art Center (which is diagonal across the street from Syracuse Stage).