A Theater of Affirmation

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

By Donna Porterfield

Here's what happened when, in September 2017, American Theatre magazine asked Roadside's artistic director for an interview for a forthcoming article about how our current polarized politics “in the Age of Trump” shine a spotlight on the social and cultural work of theatremakers.

The War on Poverty: A Roadside Theater Perspective

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

By Donna Porterfield

As reporters from big city newspapers and national magazines swarmed into Appalachia to cover the War, residents opened Life Magazine and saw themselves, their friends, and their neighbors depicted as shack-dwelling, forlorn looking people.

Remembering Where I Was When . . . On the Anniversary of the Assassination of The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

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By Donna Porterfield

On April 4th, 1968, I was crossing the street on my way to class when I heard students yelling to each other, “Have you heard the news? Have you heard the news? Martin Luther King was assassinated.”

Little Red Hearts

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Friday, February 14, 2014

By Donna Porterfield

From collaboration with an Appalachian women’s shelter to working with Liberian refugee artists in Philadelphia, Roadside Theater and its collaborators use cultural expression to address domestic violence.

World Cancer Day in Central Appalachia

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

By Donna Porterfield

According to a report from the federal Appalachian Regional Commission, my home in Central Appalachia has the highest death rates from all cancers among all demographic subgroups of any Appalachian region.

Roadside Theater, Art in a Democracy

Blogs by Donna Porterfield

A Theater of Affirmation

The War on Poverty: A Roadside Theater Perspective

Remembering Where I Was When . . . On the Anniversary of the Assassination of The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

Little Red Hearts

World Cancer Day in Central Appalachia

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