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Recent Essays

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

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Double Dip

27 September 2013

Chanakya Vyas teams up with the HartBeat Ensemble to explore the connections between India and America through oral interviews to find the obvious can be overlooked. 

Photo from Mr. Burns.
Essay
26 September 2013

The world has gone dark, and no one will ever watch The Simpsons again. This is where Anne Washburn begins Mr. Burns: a post-electric play.

a portrait of elaine avila
Essay
26 September 2013

Elaine Ávila explains why she does not define herself as Latina, but takes accepts that designation with the highest honors.

Essay
25 September 2013

Adara Meyers gives an overview of her artistic journey navigating as a producer and playwright. 

Logo for Sod House Theatre.
Essay
24 September 2013

Chris Garza visits The Visit staged in rural Minnesota, and reflects on how immersive theater invites audiences complicity in a play about mob psychology, vengance, and greed.

A generic theatre award.
Essay
23 September 2013

Eliza Bent investigates how and why awards are valuable when the field seems clustered with them.

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League of Professional Theatre Women’s International Theatre Award

22 September 2013

Adara Meyers offers a brief overview of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Cafe Onda logo.
Essay
20 September 2013

Bienvenidos! We would like to welcome you to Café Onda, an online gathering space in partnership with HowlRound that will feature regular content of the Latinx Theatre Commons.

Photo from Re-Present Me.
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Lucy Watson's Re-Present Me at Anthony Greaney

19 September 2013

Allison Vanouse reviews Lucy Watson's Re-Present Me, a performance art piece meditating on the artist's relationship with the supernatural.

The letter H stylized as Howlround's original logo.
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19 September 2013

A call to theatre students to help develop the conversation about what issues are happening in their communities and how we can create change.

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