Content in this section focuses on theatre created outside of urban and suburban centers. Here, artists discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of creating work in rural environments all over the world. The Rural Theatre series, focusing on artists and companies in the United States, is a great place to start.
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in:vzbl Festival—A Festival Dedicated to Rural Communities
Performance Videos and Artist Talks from the 2025 Festival in Timișoara, Romania
Thursday 5 March to Tuesday 10 March 2026
Timișoara, Romania
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In Rural Minnesota, This Resident Ensemble Model Thrives
The Network of Ensemble Theater presented MicroFest Kentucky/Tennessee livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 October and Friday 27 October 2012.
In the belief that rural artists need to be represented, Double Edged Theatre Company headed a conversation with fellow rural artists about action steps for the communities to take.
Patrick Overton on the history of cultural development in Rural/Small communites across the United States, and the nessisety of that development to the health of the community.
Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts, presented a conversation on The State of the Rural Arts: Crisis, Change, and Opportunity livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 12 August 2012 at 8 a.m. Pacific / 9 a.m. Mountain / 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern.
Performance Videos and Artist Talks from the 2025 Festival in Timișoara, Romania
Thursday 5 March to Tuesday 10 March 2026
Timișoara, Romania
A limited online screening of six performance videos and artist talks from the 2025 in:vzbl Festival hosted in Timișoara, Romania. The festival is dedicated to rural communities, presenting shows from Romania, Hungary, Serbia, and Poland.