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Roadside Theater
Performance & Residency Schedule
January - December, 2006
Specific performance times will
be added as they become available.
JANUARY 12, 7:00PM
MT. EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BIG STONE GAP , VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
JANUARY
12, 7:00PM
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
NORTON , VA
Story Circle
JANUARY
23, 7:00PM
RURITAN CLUB
GATE CITY, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
JANUARY
26, 7:00PM
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
NORTON, VA
Story
Circle
FEBRUARY
9
HILTONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HILTONS,
VA
Mountain Tales & Music, an energetic performance of
traditional tales and songs of the Appalachian Mountains
FEBRUARY
16
APPALACHIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APPALACHIA, VA
Mountain Tales & Music, an energetic performance of
traditional tales and songs of the Appalachian Mountains
FEBRUARY
17 , 7:00PM
CATHOLIC CHURCH
LEBANON , VA
Story Circle
FEBRUARY
24
GRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH
PHOENIX, AZ
Story Circle training at National Grantmakers in Health
conference
MARCH
3-4
AKRON FIRE DEPARTMENT
AKRON, NY
Mountain Tales & Music, an energetic performance
of traditional tales and songs of the Appalachian Mountains
MARCH
10, 7:30PM
JETTIE BAKER ARTS CENTER
CLINTWOOD , VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
MARCH
14-18
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TISCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM
WHITESBURG, KY
Appalshop and Appalachia: An Inquiry, a five-day exchange
between Roadside/Appalshop artists and Tisch Scholars and faculty
MARCH
25-27
MUGABEE
NORTON, VA
Music workshop and exchange with MUGABEE of Raymond, Mississippi.
APRIL
3
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE
WISE , VA
Ron Short performs music
APRIL
20-23 and 27-30
PREGONES THEATER
THE BRONX, NY
Betsy,
the premiere of an original Roadside/Pregones musical that
tells the story of a Bronx-born Puerto Rican jazz singer and the
unexpected discovery of her Scots-Irish roots
MAY
1
PREGONES THEATER
THE BRONX, NY
Touring
Symposium, a conversation about touring original theater in the
US (by invitation only)
May
12
BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK
BREAKS, VA/KY
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home (by invitation)
JUNE 2-3, MID-DAY
POKE SALLET FESTIVAL MUSIC SCHOOL
HARLAN, KY
Roadside's Ron Short conducts traditional music workshops ending with a music concert
JUNE 8, 7:00pm
INDIAN BOTTOM CHURCH
BLACKEY, KY
Traditional singing and pot luck dinner as one part of Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival
JUNE 9, 1:00PM
HAZARD, KY
Mountain Tales & Music, an energetic performance of the traditional tales & songs
of the Appalachian Mountains
JUNE 10, 7:00pm
SEEDTIME ON THE CUMBERLAND FESTIVAL
WHITESBURG, KY
Roadside's Ron Short performs as part of the "Songs of Coal" Appalachian music presentation at
Appalshop's annual festival of traditional music, films & videos, theater, workshops, and crafts (June 9-10)
JUNE 12, 5:30-7:00PM
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ABINGDON, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
JUNE 26-30
COWAN CREEK MUSIC SCHOOL
COWAN, KY
Roadside's Ron Short teaches traditional Appalachian singing
AUGUST 1-4
MOUNTAIN MUSIC SCHOOL
BIG STONE GAP, VA
Roadside's Ron Short conducts string band workshops and performs Appalachian music
AUGUST 5
CARTER FAMILY FOLD
HILTONS, VA
Ron Short performs at the Carter Family Fold's annual festival
AUGUST 6, 1:00-5:00PM
NATURAL TUNNEL STATE PARK
GATE CITY, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home; a benefit concert for New Beginnings
AUGUST 9, 1:00PM
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS FESTIVAL
ABINGDON, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
AUGUST 26
CLEAR CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEREA, KY
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
SEPTEMBER 9
DOG BOGGS FESTIVAL
COUNTRY CABIN
JOSEPHINE, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
SEPTEMBER 14
LEAD VIRGINIA
UVA-WISE
WISE, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home (not open to the public)
SEPTEMBER 30
RALPH STANLEY MUSEUM
CLINTWOOD, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
OCTOBER 8
WISE FALL FLING
WISE, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
OCTOBER 12, 7:30PM
GRUNY PERFORMANCE CENTER
GRUNDY, VA
Music of Coal, Roadside’s Ron Short and other Appalachian artists
perform music about the lives of coal miners and their families
OCTOBER 14, 12:00 NOON
SULLIVAN CO. HISTORICAL DAYS
BLOUNTVILLE, TN
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
OCTOBER 20-21
HOME CRAFT DAYS
MT. EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BIG STONE GAP, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
OCTOBER 26, 7:00PM
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
JACKSON, MS
Prisoner Count Standing, a community play reading of a new script addressing prison issues
OCTOBER 28
GLEMA MAHR CENTER FOR THE ARTS
MADISONVILLE, KY
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
NOVEMBER 1
BARTER THEATRE
ABINGDON, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
NOVEMBER 3, 7:00PM
GOODLOE CENTER
MT. EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BIG STONE GAP, VA
Music from Home, Roadside’s Ron Short is joined by the MECC string band
NOVEMBER 14
INDIAN BOTTOM CHURCH
BLACKEY, KY
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
NOVEMBER 17, 7:00PM
MT. EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BIG STONE GAP, VA
Music from Home, 21 original songs and a plainspoken narrative
about life, love, and home
NOVEMBER 24 & 25
COWAN CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER
COWAN, KY
Traditional Appalachian singing workshop
NOVEMBER 28, 7:00PM
MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
LEBANON, VA
Prisoner Count Standing, a community play reading of a new script addressing prison issues
NOVEMBER 30, 7:00PM
WESLEY MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
RICHMOND, VA
Prisoner Count Standing, a community play reading of a new script addressing prison issues
DECEMBER 13, 6:30PM
INDIAN BOTTOM CHURCH
BLACKEY, KY
Christmas in Appalachia, Roadside's annual holiday performance featuring music, stories, and more
DECEMBER 14, 7:00PM
COWAN COMMUNITY CENTER
COWAN, KY
Christmas in Appalachia, Roadside's annual holiday performance featuring music, stories, and more
DECEMBER 15, 7:00PM
APPALSHOP THEATER
WHITESBURG, KY
Christmas in Appalachia, Roadside's annual holiday performance featuring music, stories, and more
DECEMBER 16
JETTIE BAKER CENTER
CLINTWOOD, VA
Christmas in Appalachia, Roadside's annual holiday performance featuring music, stories, and more
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Ron Short and
Hal Cannon perform a traditional mountain tale at the National Museum
of the American Indian in New York. (Photo by: Enid Farber)
On
The Road With Roadside Director, Dudley Cocke
January
30 ,
2006
HONOLULU, HI
Council on Foundations, Family Foundation Annual Conference; workshop-"Power
Imbalance in Grantmaking"; Story Circle; Arts Round Table
May
7-9,
2006
PITTSBURGH, PA
Council on Foundations, 57th Annual Conference
June 10,
,
2006 1:00-3:30pm
CHARLESTON, SC
Spoleto Festival USA, Avery Institute for African-American History and Culture; speaker at "The Big Root
," a dialogue about preserving the past and preparing for the future as communities face
development and change
Check
out where we've been:
see Roadside's 2004-2005 Performance
and Residency Schedule
see
Roadside's 2003-2004 Performance and Residency Schedule
see
Roadside's 2002-2003 Performance and Residency Schedule
see
Roadside's 2001-2002 Performance and Residency Schedule
View
a map of Roadside Theater's performance, residency, and exchange
sites
see
Dudley Cocke's 2004 schedule
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out about booking a Roadside Theater performance or residency
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