Recent Essays

Jonathan Mandell shares his experience at New York City’s first-ever official Puppet Week.

Charlie Peters asks, “What if the role of a director was conceived primarily as one of listening rather than visioning?”

Margarita Kompelmakher details the Alliance Theatre’s process of adapting Working into a community-engaged production that both modeled grassroots organizing and told the story of the work of organizers in the city.

David Valdes shares eleven steps educators can take to ensure their course offerings are more actively inclusive.

HowlRound is thrilled to welcome Ciara Diane and Ashley Malafronte on board as our new content editors.

Jonathan Mandell reflects on a number of live, in-person productions that have taken place in New York City over the course of summer 2021.

Kofoworola Owokotomo shares the theatre for development processes she undertook with a team of students to tackle issues of drug abuse, tribalism, and poor attitudes towards education in two Nigerian communities.

Ashley Malafronte and Michael DeWhatley ask: How can future-minded theatres revolutionize their internship programs to create a more diverse, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial set of initiatives?

Tara Brooke Watkins reflects on the legacy of Robbie McCauley, who challenged the status quo of theatre systems, from the classroom to the rehearsal room to productions.