<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">Join Dunamis Theatre and Managing Artistic Director, Nici Romo for a night of conversation based on issues surrounding women today in our everyday society. Blank Stare Conversations: Stand Together, Times Up, focuses on today's issues in "Trump America", the uproar of the "MeToo" Movement, and what life is like for humans of all gender in Akron. We all share similar experiences, come share them over coffee and treats at The Center. Nici will be collecting these stories as resource material for an upcoming theater production in 2019.</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">DATE;</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">December 10, 2018</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">TIME:</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">7:00pm to 9:00pm</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">WHERE:</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">The Center</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">118 W.Market St.</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">Akron, Ohio 44308</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">COST:</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">FREE but love donations will be accepted.</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">ABOUT BLANK STARE CONVERSATIONS:</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">Created out of the blank stares of department store mannequins, Blank Stare Conversations takes a hard look at issues facing our society today. With each passing day many humans go about their busy-filled days without truly looking at the others around them; Without seeing into their souls or without knowing their struggles. By having that conversation, we can get to know our fellow "man" while growing in our own lives. The blank stare is replaced by a true understanding of ourselves and each other. The conversation is open.</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">ABOUT DUNAMIS THEATRE:</span><br style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(29,33,41);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:transparent">Dunamis Theatre is an alternative performance company with a priority to both cultivating new works and presenting published works in experimental form and or challenging in content. Our intent is to provide a theatrical experience through all genres of theatre focusing on high quality productions; to explore new ideas, provide education, and training to develop theatre artists in children and adults in Akron and the surrounding areas. The mission of Dunamis Theatre is to inspire, challenge, entertain, educate, and empower artists and audiences of all ages by igniting the spark within our own internal dynamite; provoking examination of our contemporary world.</span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Nici Romo</b></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">Managing Artistic Director</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">Dunamis Theatre</font></div><div><font color="#002500"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002500"><b><br></b></font></div></div></div></div></div>