fbpx Recent Essays | HowlRound Theatre Commons

Recent Essays

This is a repository of written content, sorted by most recent to oldest. Enjoy!

Essay

Lupe Valdez

17 October 2015

In this first installment, Courtney Flores profiles Lupe Valdez, Costume Designer and Founding Member of El Teatro Campesino.

Essay

Pearl Cleage

16 October 2015

Commons Producer Christian Bishop documents Pearl Cleage's residency at the Alliance Theatre through a series of videos.

Essay

Sean Graney's Modern Dionysia

16 October 2015

A consideration of how to make successful marathon-length theatre based on Sean Graney’s All Our Tragic production of 32 Greek tragedies.

Essay

Working for a Living Wage

16 October 2015

Matthew Sekellick explores what New York’s proposed minimum wage increase would mean for theatre artists.

Essay

An Introduction

15 October 2015

Playwright Matthew Minnicino kick starts his series by addressing the tradition and implications of male playwrights writing female characters. 

Essay
15 October 2015

Patricia Davis interviews Ron Menzel, an actor in Studio Theatre's production of Lucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica in Washington, DC.

Essay
14 October 2015

In his second installment, Michael Lueger interviews Dr. Beth Kattleman about her journey in theatre and academia.

Essay

a Rose by Any Other Name(s)?

14 October 2015

Emily Daly writes about being a Hyphenate—someone with multiple artistic identities.

Essay
13 October 2015

Playwright Jennifer Berry describes her dual roles as a mother and a playwright, and how these roles influence each other.

Essay
13 October 2015

Marcina Zaccaria on the 72nd Annual Venice Film Festival and the intersection of theatre and film acting.

Or Browse By Topic

Diversity, Inclusion, Visibility

Ideas & Research

Form, Genre, Style

Vocation & Careers

Language

By Country

U.S. by State

Subscribe to HowlRound

Sign up for our daily, weekly, or quarterly emails so you never miss the latest theatre conversations.

Sign me up

Support HowlRound

We fundraise to keep all our programs free and open and to pay our contributors. Thank you to all who make our work possible!

Donate today