The History of Appalachian Roadside Theater in ‘Art in a Democracy;’ plus Resistance in Residence artist Leelee Jackson
Roadside Theater is a professional ensemble of storytellers and theater makers hailing from the mountains of central Appalachia. In its decades since its founding in 1975, the ensemble has taken on the task of people’s theater, engaging social issues and abandoning the ‘fourth wall’ concept in order to bring audiences into the process of cultural production. … Continued


