Recent Essays

After working with Theater Mu for twenty-one years, Rick Shiomi reflects on the art of saying farewell.

Patricia Davis reviews The Hampton Years at Theater J, and how the production's content is just as subversive as the context in which the play is being produced.

Christina Anderson found that the MFA program does not show the realities of the American theatre but gives space for someone to consider their ideal theatre.

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

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This week's topic: "Realism: Friend and Foe"

Vanessa Garcia shares an overview of working on a devised theatre piece.

Srda Vasiljevic writes about the imporance of being a well-rounded creator, and how BA programs are preparing students to make a different type of theater.

P. Carl issues an apology on behalf of HowlRound and Lily Janiak in regards to a NewCrit piece.

(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.

The budding identity of American regional theater is fresh ensembles creating devised work that answers why with these people, in this place.

Matt McGreachy writes about Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes’s production of The Daisy Theatre at the Luminato Festival in Toronto.