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Art in a Democracy

The three essays speak to the central role art and culture play in democratic life. In the United States, this role is by turns underestimated and not understood, although it is an axiom of power that who controls culture controls the story a nation tells itself. Dudley Cocke's 1997, 2002, and 2011 essays make the case that cultural policy should become more prominent in our national debate about democracy and in the global discourse about universal human rights and freedom.

Roadside Receives
Otto Rene Castillo
Award
for Political Theater

On behalf of Roadside Theater, Dudley Cocke received the international Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theatre in New York City on May 17th, 2009. Presenting the award is Rosalba Rolón, Artistic Director of New York's Pregones Theater.

Roadside's Director participated in two recent White House meetings to discuss arts and culture policy with the administration. The photo above is the May 12th meeting.

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Roadside's Ron Short
Named Wise County
Citizen of the Year

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Curriculum Project

Culture & Community Development in Higher Ed.

"VOICES FROM THE BATTLEFRONT:
Sustaining Cultural Equity"

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Upcoming Event

BOOKS
Include Roadside

New Creative Community written by Arlene Goldbard
(New Village Press)
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Ensemble Works: An Anthology edited by Ferdinand Lewis (Theatre Communications Group)

Performing Communities, edited by Linda Burnham (published online)

Cultural Democracy written by James Bau Graves (University of Illinois Press)

Local Acts: Community-Based Performance in the United States written by Jan Cohen-Cruz (Rutgers University Press)

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THOUSAND KITES

Thousand Kites is a national dialog project addressing the criminal justice system

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ENSEMBLE WORKS: An Anthology

Includes script of Promise of a Love Song by Roadside Theater, Pregones Theater, & Junebug Productions

Edited by Ferdinand Lewis, Published by Theatre Communications Group

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BETSY -
Is she Scots Irish or Puerto Rican?

BETSY
A Musical
Collaboration with
Pregones

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Find out more about Roadside's play and workshop addressing domestic violence

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Art in a Democracy
The three essays speak to the central role art and culture play in democratic life.

Appalachia on the Move
By Dudley Cocke,
2010: Published in Longleaf Style magazine.

A Call for Cultural Development
By Dudley Cocke and Ruby Lerner,
1989: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

A Week-Long Immersion in the Activist Theory and Practice of Appalshop
by Jamie Haft,
New York University Tisch School of the Arts undergraduate students immerse themselves in the creation of grassroots film, theater, audio, and photography.

Class and the Performing Arts
by Dudley Cocke,
An essay explaining how Roadside has been able to consistently attract an audience fully reflective of the nation’s economic, racial, and geographic diversity
Fall 2008

A Bridge Conversation on New Paradigms of Artful Change
by Dudley Cocke, Craig McGarvey, and Peter Pennekamp,
The authors discuss how some of the most creative strategies for positive social change live in the intersections of disciplines, sectors, cultures, and generations
Community Arts Network,
March, 2008

A Short Story of Multi-Culturalism
By Dudley Cocke,
The author recounts what it’s like to be part of a white, rural, and working class theater company at a national multi-cultural festival at Dartmouth College
Fall 2008

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