NBAF in partnership with Arts at Emory and Emory University presents a day-long symposium with distinguished local and national scholars who will address the issue of the presence and influence of African Americans on performance arts and theater.
Participants include: Aku Kadogo, Chair of Theater Department, Spelman College; McKinley Melton, Professor of English, Gettysburg College; moderator Paul Carter Harrison, Emory Scholar/ artist in residence, playwright, director and author of “The Drama of Nommo;” Nina Angela Mercer, playwright, poet, New York-based theater scholar; Dianne Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Emory University; Pellom McDaniel III, Curator, Emory University Rose Manuscript and Rare Books Library and; Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Holder.