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Three people stand on a stage. One kneels on the ground wearing horns, one poses while wearing a pink tutu and orange cape, and other looks out into the audience while wearing a cookie monster t-shirt.
Don't Call it Sweet
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Don't Call it Sweet

11 March 2012

Sarah Coleman talks about the stigma of "sweetness" that surrounds TYA, and the idea that creating plays for children is no child's play.

Michael Rohd teaching in front of several people sitting in chairs.
Interview with Michael Rohd
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Interview with Michael Rohd

8 March 2012

Rebecca Novick interviews Michael Rohd, founding artistic director of Sojourn Theatre, about audience engagement, measure of success, and how location informs art.

Several kidney beans lying around. Beneath them, the words "counting new beans: intrinsic impact and the value of art"
The Importance of Beginning
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The Importance of Beginning

The Changing Relationship of Artists, Organizations, and Communities

8 March 2012

This excerpt from Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art includes quotes from various theatre-leaders finding new ways and forms of audience connectivity.

In Search of the Artistic Home
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In Search of the Artistic Home

7 March 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Tony Taccone continues this series.

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The Critic-Artist Relationship
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The Critic-Artist Relationship

A Story from @NYTcriticwatch

7 March 2012

The relationship between critics and artists can be complex and fraught, but it doesn't have to be. We recount a touching story in which the critic-artist relationship is built on understanding and growth.

A brick building with a sign that reads "mixed blood."
Interview with Jack Rueler
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Interview with Jack Rueler

6 March 2012

This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. Jack Reuler of Mixed Blood Theatre talks about the new metrics of measuring the impact of theatre.

The letter H stylized as Howlround's original logo.
The Weekly Howl
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The Weekly Howl

Tuesday, March 6 - "Intrinsic Impact"

6 March 2012

Join the HowlRound team for our Weekly Howl on Twitter! This week we are discussing "Intrinsic Impact" with special guest Clayton Lord who just authored the post "Count What Matters Most."

A portrait of director diane paulus.
Interview with Diane Paulus
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Interview with Diane Paulus

5 March 2012

In this excerpt from Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, Rebecca Novick talks with Diane Paulus about programming, audience engagement, and the role of dialogue in a theatre's relationship with its patrons.

Count What Matters Most
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Count What Matters Most

5 March 2012

Clayton Lord discusses changing theater's model for measuring impact from an econonic to intrinsic.

A portrait of Dudley Cocke
Interview with Dudley Cocke
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Interview with Dudley Cocke

4 March 2012

In this excerpt from Counting New Beans: Instrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, Dudley Cocke talks to Clayton Lord about Roadside Theater and its mission of encouraging conversation through theater in Appalacian communities.

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