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Recent Essays

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

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Lies in the Theater and Some Thoughts on Mike Daisey

20 March 2012
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"Separating Fact From Fiction—The Role of Docu-Drama" w/ Co-Host @playwrightsteve

20 March 2012

Join the discussion around Mike Daisey’s blog post about the controversy of the accusation of false information in his one man show, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Job.

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An appreciation

19 March 2012

David Chapman draws attention to the ways we can continue to learn and be inspired from the multi-facted legacy of Václav Havel, first post-Soviet President of Czechoslovakia.

A laptop sits on a table in the dark.
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When do you write?

17 March 2012

In her latest installment, Catherine Trieschmann talks about finding time to write... when you're busy taking care of very tiny humans.

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Crowdsourced Opportunities from the #NEWPLAY Community!

16 March 2012

The Playwrights' Center is looking for applications for their Internship Program

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Rethinking Intellectual Property

15 March 2012

Isaac Butler argues for a re-thinking of the way we as theater artists approach and apply copyright and intellectual property.

 

Howlround's New Play Map.
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A Call to Co-Develop a Theater Commons

15 March 2012

Welcome to the New Play Map, an innovative, crowd-sourced way to track all the new work being made across the nation. But for our newest project to succeed, we need your help.

Portrait of Sarah Gubbins.
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In Search of the Artistic Home

13 March 2012

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

A dictionary entry for the words collaborate, collaboration, and collaborator.
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13 March 2012

Love, comprimise, and honesty are essential to good partnerships. But are we as a theatre industry remembering to include these ideas in the way we make work?

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"Bound By Broadway: The State of the American Musical" by @RyanBogner

12 March 2012

Join the HowlRound team for our Weekly Howl on Twitter! This week we are discussing "Bound By Broadway: The State of the American Musical" by Ryan Bogner.

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