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

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Call a Thing by Its Proper Name
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Call a Thing by Its Proper Name

14 April 2013

In this essay, Travis Bedard shows Austin, Texas, as an ideal city for theatremakers yearning to innovate .

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Holler
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Holler

Gun Shy

12 April 2013

This week on Holler: what to do about sexual harrassment in the theater.

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The Origins of Geek!—An interview with Crystal Skillman by Jody Christopherson
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The Origins of Geek!—An interview with Crystal Skillman by Jody Christopherson

10 April 2013

Jody Christopherson interviews playwright Crystal Skillman about her recent work in geek theatre.

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Meet the Commons Producers
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Meet the Commons Producers

8 April 2013

Meet the Common Producers! They will help track the fourteen playwrights in residencies at HowlRound across the country.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 11
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 11

What's On Your Mind? Volunteer to moderate this week's #newplay chat

8 April 2013

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.*

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This Is It!
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This Is It!

7 April 2013

A transcription of P. Carl's keynote address on March 25, 2013 at The Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-op at University of Texas-Austin.

Doing Time on the Other Side
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Doing Time on the Other Side

5 April 2013

John Longenbaugh reflects on balancing his career as a theatre critic with being an artist

A woman looking up on stage, with several other actors doing the same elsewhere on-stage in The Great Big Also.
Preaching to the Unconverted
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Preaching to the Unconverted

5 April 2013

Lily Janiak takes a look at San Franisco-based Mugwumpin’s The Great Big Also as it explores the new frontier: what that meant to the first American settlers, and what the frontier means now.

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Everyone's a Critic... even of Critics—Notes from New York Times Critic Watch
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Everyone's a Critic... even of Critics—Notes from New York Times Critic Watch

5 April 2013

This first set of notes from the NYT Critic Watch projects disects the focus of reviews and if the readers actually agree with them

All the Hip-Hop World’s a Stage, and the Critic Is a Player
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All the Hip-Hop World’s a Stage, and the Critic Is a Player

4 April 2013

Rebecca Haithcoat draws parallels between Hip-hop and theatre and why the public finds hip-hop more accessible

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