Recent Essays

This Thursday's topic will be: The Internet + Audience Engagement. How do your audiences continue their in-person experience on the internet? What are the in-person manifestations of your online engagement? Join us Thursday, October 24 for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 11:00am PDT – 12pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 1:00pm CDT – 2pm CDT (Austin) / 2:00pm EDT – 3pm EDT (New York) / 18:00 GMT – 19:00 GMT / 7:00pm BST - 8pm BST (London) / 8:00pm CEST - 9pm CEST (Berlin).

RJ Maccani discusses learning through Foundery Theatre’s projects the distinct ways artists and social justice organizers can come together to make change.

In this installment, Aaron Carter offers a brief overview of The Lab at Steppenwolf.

"The field is not yielding the actors I need yet, and I'm wondering why this is so. So they're either not being trained properly or the pool is not diverse enough. For example, if I need a light skinned bilingual actor who can do a believable Northern Mexican accent—the casting pool is limited."

Thea Rodgers challenges us to feel more deeply – and to produce Shakespearean productions that embrace the full depth and breadth of human emotion.

Danielle Rosvally talks about the expansive definition of what qualifies as  “professional.” She breaks down the word in order better articulate the parameters of the word.

Eleanor Regan finds during her study abroad experience that theatre that interrogates a subject actively and presents a real viewpoint gives the audience the most to chew on.

Kacy O’Brien wondered what a conference would look like if it was planned as one long coffee break. How would the results compare to traditional break-out sessions?