Recent Essays

(Re)Search is a six part series by Bree Windham a current graduate student in dramaturgy. It details her experiences as a young dramaturg navigating different resources and the ways she has come utilize them through trial, error, and advice from others.

Andrew Alexander offers tools for appreciating the art and value of live performance while reflecting on gloATL's 2013 public art project, Liquid Culture.

If you have an idea for a topic or if you want to moderate the discussion, contact us on Twitter @HowlRound or post a comment here. Our next Howl will be on Thursday, August 22 at 11am PST/ 1pm CST/ 2pm EST/ 18:00 GMT.

As a young artist, it is inevitable that there will being learning curves including learning how to navigate new works and the delicate relationships of the new work process.

Riley Braem writes about his experience programming TYA, and why it's important to expose audiences to challenging work – the younger, the better.

Jamil Khoury talks about the importance and necessity for Arab American theatre to create narratives that are complex and unifying.  

How does technology inspire us, transform us, and help us chart a new course in the 21st century.  This installment follows the story of Erol Onaran's growth from a television repariman to millionaire.

Talya Kingston shares her experiences with Nirbhaya, Quietly, and The Events at Edinburgh Fringe in the second installment of this series focusing on the idea of witnessing.

This is the fourth in a series of blogs that chronicle the birth and infancy of New Play Frontiers at People's Light and Theater Company. This week: community engagement and new plays.