The Weekly Howl is a peer produced, open access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay. If you have an idea for a topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound. The Weekly Howl happens on Thursdays on hashtag #newplay at 11am PST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST / 19:00 GMT / 8pm CET

January 2014 marks the three-year anniversary of the launch of HowlRound. For now, we leave 2013 by offering you an assortment of quotes from the blog this past year.

January 2014 marks the three-year anniversary of the launch of HowlRound. For now, we leave 2013 by offering you an assortment of quotes from the HowlRound’s NewCrit this past year.

January 2014 marks the three-year anniversary of the launch of HowlRound. Since our beginning, we have published nearly 600 theater artists who have contributed a journal article or blog post, which have been read by 350,000 unique visitors to the site—an average of over 15,000 regular readers each month. Thank you to our contributors and readers; thank you for participating in the ongoing conversation about American theater.

If you have an idea for a topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound or post a comment here. Our next Howl will be on Thursday, December 12 at 11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 19:00 GMT.

If you have an idea for a topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound or post a comment here. Our next Howl will be on Thursday, December 5 at 11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 19:00 GMT.

Wednesday's topic is "High School Theater" and Thursday's topic is "Artistic Risk" moderated by The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis @pwcenter. Both days' conversations start at 11am PST (San Francisco) / 1pm CST (Austin) / 2pm EST (New York) / 19:00 GMT (London) / 8pm CET (Berlin). Use Twitter hashtag #newplay to participate.

If you have an idea for this week's topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound or post a comment here! 

"Diversity & Equity in Arts Organizations and Arts Communities.

The Weekly Howl is a peer produced, open access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.

The following videos were recorded in March 2013 when the steering committee of the Latino Theater Commons National Convening gathered at HowlRound, Emerson College for the first time. Learn more about this week's upcoming first large-scale formal gathering of the Latina/o theatre community since 1986.

This Thursday's topic will be: The Internet + Audience Engagement. How do your audiences continue their in-person experience on the internet? What are the in-person manifestations of your online engagement? Join us Thursday, October 24 for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 11:00am PDT – 12pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 1:00pm CDT – 2pm CDT (Austin) / 2:00pm EDT – 3pm EDT (New York) / 18:00 GMT – 19:00 GMT / 7:00pm BST - 8pm BST (London) / 8:00pm CEST - 9pm CEST (Berlin).

"The field is not yielding the actors I need yet, and I'm wondering why this is so. So they're either not being trained properly or the pool is not diverse enough. For example, if I need a light skinned bilingual actor who can do a believable Northern Mexican accent—the casting pool is limited."

Join the Weekly Howl with #newplay.  This Thursday's topic will be health care for artists, and the current resources for freelance and uninsured artists

The second of three blogs detailing some of the participants of the Latinx Theatre Commons National Convening. Here are the results to inquiry about how to better support students’ access to Latina/o plays.

The Weekly Howl is a peer produced, open access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay. Join us Thursday, October 10 for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay.

In preparation for the upcoming Latinx Theatre Commons National Convening, the Steering Committee asked how the political climate has changed participant's ability to do their work

This Thursday's topic Trans Casting will moderated by MJ Kaufman who wrote the recent HowlRound Journal article: Don’t Call me Ma’am: On the Politics of Trans Casting.

Join us Thursday, Spetember 19 for our Weekly Howl.  This week's topic is Collective Creation in Theatre: Its History and Its Ramifications for Today.

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay. This Thursday's topic: "Imagining an Arab American Theater Movement". 

This Thursday's topic: "Marathon Theater" which is presented in the HowlRound Journal article Too Much Theater? The New Marathons by Jonathan Mandell.

This weeks Howl is on gun control, social change, and artistic efficacy.

If you have an idea for a topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound or post a comment here. Our next Howl will be on Thursday, August 22 at 11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 18:00 GMT.

For the next two Thursdays @HowlRound will be taking a summer break, but in the mean time post your topics in the comments section here that you want to talk about and/or possibly moderate for future conversations.

This week's topic is: To Be Determined by You! Tweet us topics @HowlRound and we'll collectively decide which one to run with on Thursday.

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.*

Join us Thursday, July 25 for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 11am PDT – 12pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 1pm CDT – 2pm CDT (Austin) / 2pm EDT – 3pm EDT (New York) / 18:00 GMT – 19:00 GMT / 7pm BST - 8pm BST (London) / 8pm CEST - 9pm CEST (Berlin). Click here for an automatic conversion into your local time.

This week's topic: "Realism: Friend and Foe"