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Resurgence in America’s Roots Region
Essay
Resurgence in America’s Roots Region
by Alex Ates
8 February 2018
Theatre History Episode # 32
Podcast
Theatre History Episode # 32
Seret Scott Looks Back on the Free Southern Theater
by Michael Lueger, Seret Scott
22 May 2017
Enter Leviathan
Essay
Enter Leviathan
Staging Moby Dick in the Deep South
by Corey Bradberry
20 July 2016
Resurgence in America’s Roots Region
Essay

Resurgence in America’s Roots Region

8 February 2018

Alex Ates looks at how the Free Southern Theater established a model of artmaking and activism in the South in the '60s and considers how the New South is primed for another generation of civic action artmaking. 

Theatre History Episode # 32
Podcast

Theatre History Episode # 32

Seret Scott Looks Back on the Free Southern Theater

22 May 2017

Michael Lueger talks with director and performer Seret Scott about her work with the Free Southern Theater.

Enter Leviathan
Essay

Enter Leviathan

Staging Moby Dick in the Deep South

20 July 2016

Corey Bradberry’s theme and production considerations for staging Moby Dick for a contemporary audience in the deep South.

Welcome to Mississippi
Essay

Welcome to Mississippi

17 March 2015

Carlton Turner's address on the state of the arts in Mississipi from the Mississipi Performing Arts Summit, held February 15-16, 2015 in Jackson, MS.

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Free Southern Theater's 50th Anniversary
Video

Free Southern Theater's 50th Anniversary

Friday 18 October and Sunday 20 October 2013
New Orleans, LA, United States

Junebug Productions in New Orleans presents Talkin' Revolution, a four-day gathering to celebrate and honor the 50-year legacy of Free Southern Theater livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 18 October and Sunday 20 October 2013. In Twitter, use hashtag #howlround and direct comments @JunebugNoLa. Additionally, follow @HowlRoundTV for updates about livestreaming events.

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An Interview with Beth Henley
Essay

An Interview with Beth Henley

29 September 2011

Dan O'Brien interviews Beth Henley about her play The Jacksonian, and what it means to be a playwright from the American South.