Grassroots theater
Subtitle: a search for regional arts in America
By: Robert Gard ; with a foreword by David H. Stevens ; and with an introduction by Maryo Gard Ewell.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Description: "Readers will discover in Grassroots Theater a spiritual autobiography of Robert Gard, a rare chronology of a little-known era in theater history, useful projects for local community groups, and lively discussion of such cultural themes as the role of the arts in American democracy. Grassroots Theater reminds us that an individual's creative vision transcends technology, current events, and changing demographics. Writes Gard, "The knowledge and love of place is a large part of the joy in people's lives.

There must be plays that grow from all the countrysides of America, fabricated by the people themselves, born of their happiness and sorrow, born of toiling hands and free minds, born of music and love and reason.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.