Donna Porterfield, February 13, 2016

Donna Porterfield, February 13, 2016

Roadside Theater (Organization : Whitesburg, Ky.)

Appalshop, Inc.

Theater.

Zuni language

Incarceration issues

Race relations--Appalachian Region

Plays.

Donna Porterfield describes her career at Roadside Theater. She describes how she came to Roadside, as well as Roadside’s early touring days and the adventures she and her colleagues shared. Porterfield goes in-depth about the funding and structural issues Roadside Theater faced. She also goes in-depth with a multitude of projects by Roadside ranging from the play ‘Junebug/Jack’ to ‘Calls From Home’. She details many of the other theaters and groups Roadside has worked with including Appalshop, Idiwanan An Chawe, and Pregones Theater. Throughout, Porterfield articulates the importance of local politics and social justice within Roadside Theater’s work.

video

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Jeffrey A. Keith

Rayna Gellert

Donna Porterfield

June Bug Productions

Storytelling

Story circles

Oral tradition

National Endowment of the Arts

Socioeconomic class