Live on #NEWPLAY TV

A convening of the Latinx Theater Commons Steering Committee will take place at HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College, Boston on Friday, March 22, 2013 and will livestream on #NEWPLAY TV, found on the new HowlRound homepage and on newplaytv.info.

Watch the livestream from 9:30am PDT - 12:00pm PDT (San Francisco) / 11:30am CDT - 2pm CDT (Chicago) / 12:30pm EDT - 3pm EDT (Boston) / 16:30 GMT - 19:00 GMT (London) and participate and contribute to the proceedings on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.

Purpose:

• We are a group of Latina/o theater artists seeking establish a Latinx Theater Commons in order to “update the American narrative of Latina/os” in our field.
• The Latina/o presence in the United States is growing rapidly, but its theatrical voice is shrinking. As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, the multinational narrative of Latina/os in the U.S. is becoming more complex and in need of more thorough examination.
• We seek the recognition of a canon of Latina/o plays equal to the stature of African-American drama; an ongoing venue for conversation in person and online among Latina/o artists, producers and presenters; and more powerful, diverse Latina/o voices in the polis of the American theater.

For more context on this initiative, see these articles.

See below for the detailed livestreaming schedule:

History of the Latino/a Theater Commons presented by Anne Garcia-Romero

9:30am PDT - 9:45am PDT (San Francisco) / 11:30am CDT - 11:45am CDT (Chicago) / 12:30pm EDT - 12:45pm EDT (Boston) / 16:30 GMT - 16:45 GMT (London)

Overview of HowlRound by Polly Carl

9:45am PDT - 10:15am PDT (San Francisco) / 11:45am CDT - 12:15pm CDT (Chicago) / 12:45pm EDT - 1:15pm EDT (Boston) / 16:45 GMT - 17:15 GMT (London)

Meeting Goals by Tlaloc Rivas

10:15am PDT - 10:30am PDT (San Francisco) / 12:15pm CDT - 12:30pm CDT (Chicago) / 1:15pm EDT - 1:30pm EDT (Boston) / 17:15 GMT - 17:30 GMT (London)

The Present: Sharing Circle, moderated by Jose Luis Valenzuela

10:30am PDT - 12:00pm PDT (San Francisco) / 12:30pm CDT - 2pm CDT (Chicago) / 1:30pm EDT - 3pm EDT (Boston) / 17:30 GMT - 19:00 GMT (London)

Steering Committee comprises of:

Christopher Acebo, Luis Alfaro, Kevin Becerra, Juliette Carrillo, Sandra Delgado, Michael John Garcés, Anne Garcia-Romero, Ricardo J. Martinez, Lisa Portes, Anthony P. Rodriguez, Diane Rodriguez, Tlaloc Rivas, Olga Sanchez Saltveit, Tanya Saracho, Antonio Sonera, Octavio Solis, Enrique Urueta, Kinan Valdez, Clyde Valentín, José Luis Valenzuela, Patricia Ybarra, Karen Zacarías.

About #NEWPLAY TV:

#NEWPLAY TV is a peer-produced knowledge commons stewarded by HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons. The channel is at newplaytv.info and is an international, shared-resource for live events and performances relevant to the theater field. Its mode of production is open-access and open source and its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Follow and use hashtag #newplay on Twitter to participate in a community of peers revolutionizing the flow of information and knowledge in our field. We’re fans of the Creative Commons License CC-BY. Co-produce with us by contacting @NewPlayTV on Twitter, emailing newplaytv (at) howlround.com or by calling Vijay Mathew at +(1) 917.686.3185. Host a watch party by using this tool and let us know about it.