Recent Essays

Ben Gassman discusses the LIT Fund’s grant lottery system and the concept of radical transparency.

Using the production of Ken Urban’s play A Sense of an Ending to launch the conversation, theatre  artists Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Gregg Mozgala, A. Rey Pamatmat,  Mfoniso Udofia, and Ken Urban talk about representation on stage. 

In the second installment, Regina García profiles Costume Designer Courtney Flores, who discusses her working relationship with Campo Santo.

Trip Venturella outlines a process for theatremakers to build their own theatres.

In an attempt to make it even easier for everyone to have their voice heard in the HowlRound journal, we’ve recently made some changes to the way we collect pitches. 

Critic Fabiana Cabral advocates the need for more accessible training for writing theatre criticism.

Wier Harman writes about being part of the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program, and the “Organization as Citizen” project.

Jeff Chang on Detroit-based Complex Movements’ Beware of the Dandelions, a narrative, concert, visual installation, architectural piece, and convening space to distribute revolutionary ideas and activate creative ecosystems and economies of change. 

Jennifer S. Ponce de León interviews playwright Virginia Grise about her plays, her process, and her vision for the future of Latino/a theatre.