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What Keeps You Going? What Keeps You in This Field?
17 September 2012
This Thursday's Howl is on what keeps you working in your field
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A Twitter Brainstorm on "#newplay" Thursday, Sept 13
Let's Design an Internet App!
10 September 2012
This Thursday's Howl is on using our smartphones to shape our community
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Twitter Conversation on "#newplay" Thursday, 9/6
Re-framing the Critic for the 21st Century
5 September 2012
This Thursday's Howl will be on the new roles and relationships of arts criticism
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The Weekly Howl Tuesday, August 28
Fringe Festivals
27 August 2012
Tuesday's Howl will focus on Fringe Festivals.
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Weekly Howl on Tues, August 21
Vote & Submit Your Own Topic for Discussion
21 August 2012
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens on Twitter using the hashtag “#newplay.” This week’s topic of discussion will be determined by readers’ votes right here in the comments section of this blog post.
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The Weekly Howl on Tues, August 14
How Does Place Impact Art & How Does Art Impact Place?
13 August 2012
The week's Howl will discuss the relationship between art and place.
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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, August 7
Theatre Internships
2 August 2012
Next week's topic will use Marshall Botnivick's article "Theater and the War Against Youth" as a jumping off point. Marshall will be co-moderating the discussion.
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Announcing the Howlympics
An Open Call for Olympics Writing!
31 July 2012
Call for blog posts inspired by the London Olympics
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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, July 31
Craftspeople—Nurturing the Maker in Addition to the Designer
Tomorrow's Weekly Howl will focus on the state of criticism in the theater, spurred on by Sherri Kronfeld's recent article, the many comments its garnered, Rob Weinert-Kendt's response.
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The Weekly Howl Tuesday, July 17
The Triangle Region
15 July 2012
This week's topic of discussion will focus on The Triangle region of North Carolina, which we're exploring all week on HowlRound. We'll be joined by Byron Woods and other contributors from this week. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Introducing The New Play Map Version 3.0
11 July 2012
We've officially launched version 3 of The New Play Map!
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Weekly Howl on Tues, July 10
Vote & Submit Your Own Topic for Discussion
9 July 2012
This week's Weekly Howl topic of discussion will be determined by readers' votes right here in the comments section of this blog post.
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Weekly Howl on Tuesday, June 26
Harlem in the Present Tense
25 June 2012
This week on HowlRound is dedicated to Harlem and Harlem artists, so the topic will be about contemporary Harlem and the theater artists who comprise that community. Refer to Jonathan McCrory's article "Who Is Occupying Harlem" as a starting point.
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Weekly Howl Tues, Jun 19
#TCG12 Week: A New Operating System for the American Theater
18 June 2012
This week's Howl topic is about creating a "new operating system for the American Theater". As a jumping-off point for the discussion refer to Polly Carl's keynote speech "Finding the Gift and Making Theater for Everyone."
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Weekly Howl for Tuesday, June 12
Vote on the Topic
11 June 2012
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay" from 12pm-1pm PDT (San Francisco) /1pm-2pm MDT / 2pm-3pm CDT (Chicago) / 3pm-4pm EDT (New York) / 19:00-20:00 (GMT) / 8pm-9pm (London – BST) / 9pm-10pm (Berlin – CEST).
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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, June 5
Help us Pick a Topic
4 June 2012
Help us decide the topic for the next Weekly Howl
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The Weekly Howl on Tues, May 29
Calling all Designers—
24 May 2012
Join us for our second #WeeklyHowl featuring the topic of "Designers in New Play Development and Production!"
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The Weekly Howl on Tues, May 22
Vote on what the #newplay community should discuss!
19 May 2012
Submit and vote on the topic for the next Weekly Howl.
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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, May 15
Vote for what you want to talk about!
14 May 2012
Submit and vote on the topic for the next Weekly Howl.
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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, May 8
Post-Show Discussions
7 May 2012
Join us for Tuesday's Howl on post-show discussions.
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The Weekly Howl on Tues, May 1
Diversity in the Theater—Serving Humanity or the Economy?
30 April 2012
This weeks Howl on the problem of diversity in the seasons of our big theaters, and the focus on plays that "sell"
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The Weekly Howl on Tues, April 24
"Please, Don't Start a Theater Company," or Let's Figure out the Future