Though there has been a rich history in the U.S. of attempts to create a grassroots theater that is open to and reflective of the concerns of ordinary people, much of that history has been lost or obscured. Tab ContainerAbout About: Grassroots Theater Note Roadside Theater was founded in the coalfields of central Appalachia in 1975 as part of Appalshop, which had begun six years earlier as a War on Poverty/Office of Economic Opportunity job training program for poor youth. From its inception, young Press Release: An Ideal Theater Essay or Article Download original file By Todd London Book: From The Ground Up, Grassroots Theater in Historical & Contemporary Perspective Essay or Article Download original file By Dudley Cocke, Harry Newman, and Janet Salmons-Rue Published by the Community Based Arts Project, Cornell University, 1993. Click here to read the book in full screen. Commentary Far Too Many Misconceptions about Theater in America Essay or Article Download original file By Ben Cameron Speech: Robert Gard's Last Speech Essay or Article Download original file By Robert Gard In October 1992, one hundred practitioners, scholars, and interested observers of grassroots theater met at the Center for Theatre Arts at Cornell University for a two and a half day symposium, “ Quotation: Flowing it Back to the People Essay or Article By Robert Gard "Perhaps because of the demands upon such men (the leaders), because of the very complexity of the things they attempted, they did not bring themselves to write down their experiences, let alone Toward a Theater of Liberation: Learning from the 50th Anniversary of the SNCC-inspired Free Southern Theater Blog Post Tuesday, October 29, 2013 By Dudley Cocke Where do we stand on issues of race and class in the present historical moment, and what role can theater play in the ongoing freedom struggle? Grassroots, Community-based Theater Essay or Article By Robert H. Leonard Grassroots, Community-based Theater: A View of the Field and Its Context By Robert H. Leonard From: the Community Arts Network website, a project of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Media Video: Robert Gard's Last Speech (1992) Video Robert Gard's Speech (1992) Video of Robert Gard's Speech (1992) Video: When Theater Was Dangerous Video When Theater Was Dangerous Video of When Theater Was Dangerous Share this: Facebook Google Plus Twitter ReGen: Teaching in Colleges and Communities
About: Grassroots Theater Note Roadside Theater was founded in the coalfields of central Appalachia in 1975 as part of Appalshop, which had begun six years earlier as a War on Poverty/Office of Economic Opportunity job training program for poor youth. From its inception, young
Book: From The Ground Up, Grassroots Theater in Historical & Contemporary Perspective Essay or Article Download original file By Dudley Cocke, Harry Newman, and Janet Salmons-Rue Published by the Community Based Arts Project, Cornell University, 1993. Click here to read the book in full screen.
Far Too Many Misconceptions about Theater in America Essay or Article Download original file By Ben Cameron
Speech: Robert Gard's Last Speech Essay or Article Download original file By Robert Gard In October 1992, one hundred practitioners, scholars, and interested observers of grassroots theater met at the Center for Theatre Arts at Cornell University for a two and a half day symposium, “
Quotation: Flowing it Back to the People Essay or Article By Robert Gard "Perhaps because of the demands upon such men (the leaders), because of the very complexity of the things they attempted, they did not bring themselves to write down their experiences, let alone
Toward a Theater of Liberation: Learning from the 50th Anniversary of the SNCC-inspired Free Southern Theater Blog Post Tuesday, October 29, 2013 By Dudley Cocke Where do we stand on issues of race and class in the present historical moment, and what role can theater play in the ongoing freedom struggle?
Grassroots, Community-based Theater Essay or Article By Robert H. Leonard Grassroots, Community-based Theater: A View of the Field and Its Context By Robert H. Leonard From: the Community Arts Network website, a project of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
Video: Robert Gard's Last Speech (1992) Video Robert Gard's Speech (1992) Video of Robert Gard's Speech (1992)
Video: When Theater Was Dangerous Video When Theater Was Dangerous Video of When Theater Was Dangerous
