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RESIDENCIES
Roadside’s
work will put you in conversations you never thought
would happen with people you
never thought you’d know!
From
the Appalachian Mountain coalfields of eastern Kentucky, Roadside
Theater makes original plays drawn from the songs, history, and
stories of its people. This nationally acclaimed performance ensemble
also collaborates with other communities and artists eager to take
the stage and tell their stories in their own voice.
Residencies
Your Community Won’t Forget
Roadside Theater is action-oriented. It uses a carefully developed
process to help you bring the hopes, concerns, and talent of your
community to the stage. This process helps community members from
diverse backgrounds tell their personal stories and listen to the
personal stories of others, explore and dramatically interpret shared
stories, and build a community play that is of, by, and for the
community in which it is performed. By creating unique occasions
for civic engagement, this residency process builds human connection
and empathy and helps your community identify and address its problems.
Teaching
in Colleges and Universities
Roadside Theater offers college courses in playwriting from the
oral tradition and in the history and current practice of grassroots
theater. Previous year-long or multi-year teaching residencies include
Cornell University, the College of William and Mary, and Arizona
State University.
Read
the NEA case study about a Roadside residency
Read
about Roadside's residency in Patapsco, Maryland
Book
a Roadside residency
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Idiwanan
An Chawe Artistic Director
Edward Wemytewa talks with a Haysi, VA
resident during a Roadside residency
“You
have to feel good about yourself to stand up for what you believe
in. . . . This whole project is about empowering people, and they
can then feel who they
are and where they come from is honorable."
— Ralph Paulus, farmer, Choteau, MT
“I
learned that people are more connected to each
other than they know and the best way to learn
about people different from yourself is to meet them
face to face and listen to their stories.”
— Marilyn Shannon, Coordinator,
Dayton
(OH) Stories Project
Possible
Presenting Subsidies From:
-
Alternate ROOTS
- State
Arts Councils
- Southern
Arts Federation
- Mid-Atlantic
Arts Foundation
- WESTAF
- Heartland
Arts Fund (for presenters in the Arts Midwest and Mid-American
Arts regions)
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