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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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Reengineering Education in the Adagbabiri Community Through Theatre for Development
Essay
Reengineering Education in the Adagbabiri Community Through Theatre for Development
by Eseovwe Emakunu, Dennis OBIRE
17 August 2023
Maintaining Connections from the Hyperlocal to the International
Podcast
Maintaining Connections from the Hyperlocal to the International
by Jeffrey Mosser, Jennifer Johnson, Carlos Uriona
5 April 2023
Worldmaking 101: Imagination and Reparation at Double Edge Theatre and Ohketeau Cultural Center
Essay
Worldmaking 101: Imagination and Reparation at Double Edge Theatre and Ohketeau Cultural Center
by Jonathan Eburne
14 November 2022
A stage set as an early American settlement.
Toward a Rural Arts Education
Essay

Toward a Rural Arts Education

3 October 2012

Scott Walters discusses the necessity of creating independant and interdisciplinary Rural Arts programs.

Two giant shoes with people gathered around.
Abundance and Transformation
Essay

Abundance and Transformation

2 October 2012

Donna Neuwirth describes the integration of culture and agriculture at the Wormfarm Institute in Wisconsin.

Two men on a stage look at two people sitting in chairs in front of them.
Rural Theater in a Democracy
Essay

Rural Theater in a Democracy

1 October 2012

Dudley Cocke, the director of Roadside Theater, on Rural Theater, its specific gifts, and the necessity of its inclusion in American Theater.

 

The State of the Rural Arts, A Conversation Hosted at Double Edge Theatre
Double Edge Theatre
Video

The State of the Rural Arts, A Conversation Hosted at Double Edge Theatre

Sunday, 12 August 2012
Ashfield, MA, United States

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.

Rural Theatre
Series

Rural Theatre

A series featuring voices from the United States' rural arts communities.