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

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Post-Show Discussions

7 May 2012

Join us for Tuesday's Howl on post-show discussions.

The skyline of Seattle, Washington.
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7 May 2012

How does Seattle theater look in Spring of 2012? Specifically for new plays, for playwrights, for directors and actors who live to make something new, for audiences that crave and honor new work?

Charles Mee sitting at a table with three women behind him.
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An Interview with Chuck Mee

4 May 2012

Sarah Johnson interviews playwright Chuck Mee.

A woman with a ponytail acting onstage.
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How to lead post-show discussions for fun and profit

3 May 2012

Brant Russell offers some rules and philosophy on post-show discussions, building off five years of experience at Steppenwolf Theatre.

The letter H stylized as Howlround's original logo.
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Diversity in the Theater—Serving Humanity or the Economy?

30 April 2012

This weeks Howl on the problem of diversity in the seasons of our big theaters, and the focus on plays that "sell"

The movie poster for "Chinatown".
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30 April 2012

Ayad Akhtar on why theater, and by extention, dialoge, still matter in our age of ever eveloving, constant story making.

Diane Keaton with a baby in a chair next to her.
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Having It All

28 April 2012

Catherine Trieschmann continues her column on parenting as a playwright with answering a reader's question regarding "having it all." Can anyone have it all? And who would you rather be – Diane Keaton or Sam Shepherd?

A row of buildings in a city.
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27 April 2012

Jason King Jones found out that an MFA does not change the career-it radicalizes the artist which in turn changes the career.

Portrait of Christian Parker.
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26 April 2012

Christian Parker on the necessity of a hard "no" in the new play development process.

 

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Update # 3

25 April 2012

Here is a brief quip from the design team in addition to the final list of goals for the new play map.

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