Our residency program, including seven ongoing collaborations, has engaged established guest artists and cultural practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds, social conditionings and from around the world. Often, they have not had a previous rural experience, or a residency opportunity, or simply a quiet space to think and work. Residency projects have ranged from design to dramaturgy, from retreat to writing, from performance creation to training, and participation in DE’s Conversations series. Adjunct to residency is DE’s Individualized Mentorship for artists, both online and in person, in acting and directing, creation and producing, and building collective practices.