Art in a Democracy – Selected Plays of Roadside Theater, Volume 1 – The Appalachian History Plays, 1975–1989

Ben Fink worked with the Roadside ensemble from 2015 through 2020, as a member of the Betsy! Scholars¿ Circle, as the founding organizer of the Letcher County Culture Hub and the Performing Our Future coalition, and as the cofounder of the cross-partisan dialogue project Hands Across the Hills. He has also served as dramaturg on the German premieres of two Broadway musicals. His work in theater, organizing, pedagogy, and economic development has been featured by Salon.com, the Brookings Institution, TDR/The Drama Review, Harvard Law School, Americans for the Arts, PolicyLink, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2020, Ben was recognized by Time magazine as one of ¿27 People Bridging Divides Across America.¿