Recent Essays

Carlos Diaz Stoop shares the impact of mentorship on his career as an arts administrator, educator, and independent producer and explains how the Creative Independent Producer’s Alliance (CIPA) and the International Creative Producers (ICP) are creating organizational environments that encourage co-learning and collective decision-making.

Independent producers Jennifer Harrison Newman and Marianna Mott Newirth kick off the Creative and Independent Producer Alliance (CIPA) series by reflecting on the creation of CIPA and highlighting the role and importance of creative and independent producers in the theatre field.

Join us in welcoming Hannah Fenlon, HowlRound’s new communications consultant!

When Ricky and Dana Young-Howze began reviewing digital theatre productions early in the COVID-19 pandemic, they weren’t expecting to build a tight-knit, global community. They share their journey into the digital theatre scene and reflect on what it has taught them.

Artist and health and wellness educator Molly Schenck discusses how stress, trauma, and burnout can show up in creative spaces and offers advice on how theatremakers can work from a trauma-informed lens.

Kofoworola Owokotomo shares her experience directing a new production of The Vagina Monologues that explicitly addressed women’s oppression in contemporary Nigerian society.

Verity Healey sits down with Javaad Alipoor to discuss themes that preoccupy Alipoor as a theatremaker and political person: racism, history, Brexit, international communities, politics, and how these things come into his work and collaborations with other artists.

Playwright John J King shares his experience with and advice for centering sustainability in theatre productions.

Regina Victor paints a picture of a future for the theatre industry with cultural strategy at the center.