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The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices
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The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices
by Lauren Halvorsen
13 July 2023
A Music Man for Deaf Audiences
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A Music Man for Deaf Audiences
by Melissa Lin Sturges
6 September 2022
International Collaboration in TYA New Play Development
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International Collaboration in TYA New Play Development
by Teresa A. Fisher
2 January 2017
Collage of the headshots for the members of the Artistic Caucus.
The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices
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The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices

13 July 2023

Lauren Halvorsen reports on the origins, development, and learnings of the Artistic Caucus, a collaborative initiative between four regional theatres. By employing a racially and geographically diverse collective of freelance artists to identify new work, scout projects, and facilitate relationships on behalf of all four theatres, the Artistic Caucus seeks to disrupt traditional curatorial practices.

Eight actors dressed in costume singing together on stage.
A Music Man for Deaf Audiences
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A Music Man for Deaf Audiences

6 September 2022

Melissa Lin Sturges shares her experience attending Olney Theatre Center’s bilingual production of The Music Man, which was presented in both English and American Sign Language.

International Collaboration in TYA New Play Development
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International Collaboration in TYA New Play Development

2 January 2017

Teresa A. Fisher discusses International Playwrights’ Intensive, a new play development program that facilitates international collaboration for theatre for young audiences. 

The Thanksgiving Play
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The Thanksgiving Play

an interview with playwright Larissa FastHorse

23 November 2016

Dramaturg Deanie Vallone talks with playwright Larissa FastHorse about The Thanksgiving Play, writing a play with all white characters, and the obligation artists and institutions have to their area’s Indigenous community.

Rolando Sanz Brings Andrew Lippa’s “Concept Opera” I Am Anne Hutchinson/ I Am Harvey Milk
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Rolando Sanz Brings Andrew Lippa’s “Concept Opera” I Am Anne Hutchinson/ I Am Harvey Milk

16 June 2016

Marcina Zaccaria discusses Rolando Sanz’s role in producing and presenting the opera I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk by Andrew Lippa.

Hitting the Road
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Hitting the Road

Shifting a Playwright’s Perspective

17 February 2016

Playwright Pat Gabridge describes the experience of seeing the same production of his play in Massachusetts and Maryland.

My America Too; New Civil Rights Panel Discussion at Center Stage
Center Stage
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My America Too; New Civil Rights Panel Discussion at Center Stage

Sunday 13 December 2015
Baltimore, MD, United States

Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland presented a panel discussion about new civil rights in conjunction with My America Too—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 13 December at 22:30 GMT (London) / 5:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. PST (Pacific). To participate in conversation, direct your comments on Twitter to @centerstage_md and use hashtag #AskMyA2.

Your Guide to Theatre Education
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Your Guide to Theatre Education

Towson University

10 October 2015

David Dudley interviews Naoko Maeshiba about the opportunities in Towson University’s MFA in Theatre Arts program. 

Pragmatic Pedagogy
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Pragmatic Pedagogy

or, How I Learned Everything about Teaching from William James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and George Carlin

1 August 2015

Stephen Nunns shares his approach (or lack thereof) to pedagogy, which is often dynamic and performative.

Logo for One Minute Play Festival.
2nd Annual Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) at E.M.P. Collective
EMP Collective
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2nd Annual Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) at E.M.P. Collective

Sunday 9 February 2014
Baltimore, MD, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival and E.M.P. Collective presented the 2nd Annual Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 9 February at 5 p.m. PST/ 7 p.m. CST/ 8 p.m. EST.

Event banner ad for the play Beneatha's Place.
Expanding the African American Narrative panel at A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE
Center Stage
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Expanding the African American Narrative panel at A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Baltimore, MD, United States

CENTERSTAGE in Baltimore presented a discussion with playwrights on “Expanding the African American Narrative,”livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at 3:45 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:45 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:45 p.m. EDT (Baltimore) / 22:45 GMT / 11:45 p.m. BST (London). View a conversion into your local time.

Logo for One Minute Play Festival.
Baltimore's One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) at EMP Collective
EMP Collective
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Baltimore's One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) at EMP Collective

Sunday 10 February 2013
Baltimore, MD, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival and EMP Collective presented The 1st Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 10 February at 5 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EST (Baltimore).

19 New Plays on Art & Neurobiology at the Generous Company’s Gumbo Festival
Generous Company
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19 New Plays on Art & Neurobiology at the Generous Company’s Gumbo Festival

Thursday 31 January 2013
Baltimore, MD, United States

Generous Company in Baltimore, Maryland presented Gumbo, a six-night festival of new works from theater, visual arts, and music blurring the lines between art and neurobiology, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 31 January 2013 at 4:30 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 6:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 7:30 p.m. EST (New York).

Devising the Environment by Stephen Spotswood
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Devising the Environment by Stephen Spotswood

A record of the experience of teaching a devising class that would center on the environment.