Dare Arts Pride Project
Dare Arts Pride Project
In celebration of the nationally recognized Pride Month, Dare Arts is proud to host their Pride Project events each June.
Founded in 2023, The Dare Arts Pride Project is a creative platform for expression that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. We believe it is through shared experiences that we can continue to learn, grow, and understand others' perspectives. Through visual and performing arts programming each June we invite the LGBTQ+ community and allies to take part in sharing their artistic voices.
June First Friday (Friday, June 6) will include The Storyweavers playing Americana folk music in The Courtyard at Dare Arts from 6pm to 8pm. Mama's Black Sheep will be playing live music at Magnolia Pavilion and Jaidee Elliott will be singing in the Davis Lot. Be sure to check out the June Courtroom Gallery Exhibit titled Resilience. First Friday will conclude with a spectacular fire performance by Panda Daniels in The Courtyard.
For information on Dare Arts' other Pride Project events, including open mic and a staged reading, see below.
Dare Arts Pride Project Open Mic
On Tuesday, June 10 there will be a special Dare Arts Pride Project Open Mic Night at Hi-Vibe Holistics Listening Room in Kill Devil Hills starting at 7pm.
The microphone is open to all LGBTQ+ members and their allies. Performances including, but not limited to, song, poetry, reading, theater, and comedy are welcome.
This evening is free and open to members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. This event is open to adults 18+.
Please sign up to participate on the button below so we can plan accordingly.
Pride Project Staged Reading
Dare Arts is partnering with Theatre of Dare to co-host a staged reading of The Laramie Project at 7:00pm on Saturday, June 14 at Theatre of Dare’s headquarters in Kitty Hawk.
The Laramie Project, written by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project, explores the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming, and the community’s reaction to the hate crime through interviews.
The staged reading is a deeply moving theatrical experience, and will be directed by Mike Mazza at Theatre of Dare.
Auditions for The Laramie Project will be held at Theatre of Dare at 7pm on Tuesday, May 13.
Tickets to see The Laramie Project can be purchased on the button below.
2025 Sponsors
This project is sponsored by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau.
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of The Outer Banks, Downtown Books, and All Saints Episcopal Church for sponsoring the Dare Arts Pride Project.