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Recent Essays

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

Essay
9 June 2012

Cory Tamler suggests innovation in the conversation with, to, and how playwrights create will spur development in Pittsburgh’s new works theatre scene.

Essay
8 June 2012

Tami Dixon talks about her company, Bricolage, and how theater can begin important conversations in predominantly-white Pittsburgh.

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Deal

8 June 2012

Deal by Eric Pfeffinger of Toledo, Ohio is the first short play installment from The Here and Now Project.

A landscape picture of Pittsburgh.
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Land of Reinvention

7 June 2012

Dennis Schebetta talks about being a newcomer to Pittsburgh, and the city's history of reinventing and reviving itself.

Portrait of Matt M. Morrow.
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7 June 2012

Matt Morrow, the new Associate Artistic Director of City Theatre, talks about his work with City Theatre, what excites him about new writers, and his recent return to Pittsburgh.

A contemporary building.
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a Theater Life in Pittsburgh

6 June 2012

Pittsburgh is where Tameka Cage-Conley, a nonfiction writer and poet, to become a playwright. She is pursuing the stories of her location to raise questions about the American landscape.

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In Search of the Artistic Home

5 June 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Stephanie Mayer-Staley continues this series.

The letter H stylized as Howlround's original logo.
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Help us Pick a Topic

4 June 2012

Help us decide the topic for the next Weekly Howl

A portrait of Karla Boos.
Essay
4 June 2012

Karla Boos discusses theatre in Pittsburgh, and the relationship between playwrights and directors.

Portrait of Tammy Ryan.
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4 June 2012

Playwright Tammy Ryan describes the theatrical and artistic landscape of Pittsburg, and argues for the city to more fully embrace Pittsburgh's local playwrights.

 

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