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Resisting “Yes, And” Culture and Learning to Say No
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Resisting “Yes, And” Culture and Learning to Say No
by Sara Božin
8 January 2024
Evolving Our World Through the Power of an Actor’s Empathy
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Evolving Our World Through the Power of an Actor’s Empathy
by Yura Sapi
2 November 2023
A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora
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A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora
by Saymoukda Vongsay, Ova Saopeng, Samson Syharath, Kaysone Syonesa, Lidet Viravong
7 September 2023
How May I Connect You? (Or, Scenes in a Key of D:\) by Project: Project
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How May I Connect You? (Or, Scenes in a Key of D:\) by Project: Project

29 September 2013
Boston, MA, United States

Project: Project, a Boston-based ensemble theatre company, explores our ever-changing relationship with technology. How May I Connect You? (Or, Scenes in a Key of D:\) was devised from interviews with people aged 17-70 and illuminates how technology has changed how we communicate and relate to one another. Originally produced on 29 September 2013. facebook.com/projectprojectboston@pp_boston.

In a World Where Everyone Has Vocal Training
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In a World Where Everyone Has Vocal Training

31 August 2013

Holly L. Deer writes about the politics of the female voice, and the hypothetical world in which all of us would have professional training for our speech.

Goodbye from Berlin
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Goodbye from Berlin

A Remembrance of Julie Harris

26 August 2013

Lydia Stryk shares a reflective overview of her friendship with beloved actress Julie Harris.

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Reunion
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Reunion

Why Do They Keep Coming Back?

7 August 2013

Jens Rasmussen, Rachael Holmes, Meg MacCary, and Emily Morse discuss long-term engagement with their project, their unique perspectives, and the significance of reunion. 

Story Slam at KoFest in Amherst
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Story Slam at KoFest in Amherst

Sunday 28 July 2013
Amherst, MA, United States

The KoFest in Amherst, Massachusetts presented Story Slam livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 July 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CDT (New Orleans) / 8 p.m. (Toronto).

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A performance of Enlightenment on E Floor North at Strange Attractor Theatre
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A performance of Enlightenment on E Floor North at Strange Attractor Theatre

Saturday 6 July 2013
Juneau, AK, United States

Strange Attractor Theatre presented their latest original performance play, Enlightenment on E Floor North, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 July 2013 at 7:30 p.m. AKDT (Juneau) / 10:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11:30 p.m. EDT (Providence, RI).

Simultaneous to Strange Attractor’s performance in Juneau, AK, they will host a live viewing party at the Empire Black Box at 95 Empire St in Providence, Rhode Island.

Anatomy of a Showcase
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Anatomy of a Showcase

2 May 2013

With the future on the line, when the material is left to the students to choose for their showcase-honest and respect is the answer to making this opportunity rich for everyone.

 

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Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television Live from Breaking String Theater
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Maksym Kurochkin's Vodka, Fucking and Television Live from Breaking String Theater

Saturday 8 December 2012
Austin, TX, United States

Breaking String Theater of Austin, Texas proudly presented Vodka, Fucking and Television by Russian playwright Maksym Kurochkin, directed by Liz Fisher, and translated by John J. Hanlon, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 8 December at 6 p.m. PST (San Francisco)/ 8 p.m. CST (Austin) / 9 p.m. EST (New York) / Sunday 9 December at 02:00 GMT (London) / Sunday 9 December at 06:00 MSK (Moscow).

Conceptual Artist Duo Sean Fletcher & Isabel Reichert Present The Artist Is Elsewhere at the Performance Art Institute
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Conceptual Artist Duo Sean Fletcher & Isabel Reichert Present The Artist Is Elsewhere at the Performance Art Institute

Friday 19 October 2012 / Saturday 20 October 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

The Performance Art Institute in San Francisco presented The Artist is Elsewhere, an evening of remote-access performances livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 19 October at 8 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 11 p.m. EDT (New York) / Saturday 20 October at 03:00 GMT / 12 p.m. JST (Tokyo) / 2 p.m. EDT (Sydney).

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What Really Happened in Vegas?
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What Really Happened in Vegas?

28 September 2012

Leanne Linsky writes about the process of writing and performing her own one-woman show.

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Write Out Front
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Write Out Front

A Playwright Happening

6 September 2012

Micheline Auger reports about her project, Write Out Front, which places playwrights in the Drama Book Store's window for a mini "residency."

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SITSTANDWALKLIEDOWN
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SITSTANDWALKLIEDOWN

23 August 2012

Phil Soltanoff writes about SITSTANDWALKLIEDOWN, and how performance art can make us think about how we live, work, and occupy public space.

Hidden Room's Rose Rage at Hidden Room
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Hidden Room's Rose Rage at Hidden Room

Friday 3 August to Sunday 5 August 2012.
Austin, TX, United States

Hidden Room of Austin, Texas presented beta tests and a performance of Rose Rage, their adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 3 August to Sunday 5 August 2012.

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“Pigmeat” and Company
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“Pigmeat” and Company

A Legacy of Black Performance in Durham, NC

20 July 2012

Kashif Jerome Powell on the legacy of Dewy “Pigmeat” Markham on the Black Performance work in the Durham, North Carolina theater scene, its influcence on the work of local theatermaker Mike Wiely, and the continuation of said conversation in the current Black performace scene in Durham.

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Phoenix Theatre's 15th Hormel New Works Festival
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Phoenix Theatre's 15th Hormel New Works Festival

Friday 13 July to Sunday 22 July 2012
Phoenix, AZ, United States

Phoenix Theatre presented readings from the 15th Hormel New Works Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 13 July to Sunday 22 July 2012.

A (New) Vision Grows in Harlem
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A (New) Vision Grows in Harlem

Conversation with Ty Jones

28 June 2012

Actor-Producer Bridgit Antoinette Evans in conversation with Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem.

Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?
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Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry?

16 June 2012

Barry Martin writes about the importance of slowing down – and how the speed of a show can enhance or betray its script.

A Transatlantic #RoseRage Rehearsal livestreamed by Hidden Room in Austin and Brisbane—Tuesday 15 May 2012
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A Transatlantic #RoseRage Rehearsal livestreamed by Hidden Room in Austin and Brisbane—Tuesday 15 May 2012

Tuesday 15 May 2012
Austin, TX, United States

A rehearsal of Hidden Room Theatre's Rose Rage followed by a chat with the artistic team livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 15 May 2012.

Choice or Coincidence
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Choice or Coincidence

Portrait of a DC Theatermaker

14 April 2012

Natsu Onoda Power writes about the role of coincidence and fate in her career, and how the "choices" we make in our artistic journeys are hardly a matter of choice at all.

Seeing Red by David J. Loehr at Riverrun Theatre Co
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Seeing Red by David J. Loehr at Riverrun Theatre Co

Friday 9 March 2012
Madison, IN, United States

Riverrun Theatre Company presented Seeing Red by David J. Loehr, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 9 March 2012 at 7:30 p.m. EST / 6:30 p.m. CST / 4:30 p.m. PST.

Interview with Erika Chong Shuch
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Interview with Erika Chong Shuch

17 November 2011

Erika Chong Shuch, a dancer, choreographer, director and theater maker dishes on the seeds of her passion for performance, her creative process, and her experiences collaborating with other artists.

 

Performance of Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino at Capital Fringe
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Performance of Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino at Capital Fringe

11 November 2011
Washington, D.C., United States

On November 11, Capital Fringe's Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. Directed by Kerri Rambow. With Carlos Bustamante and Ian LeValley.

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A Culture of Trust
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A Culture of Trust

22 September 2011

Taylor Mac discusses actor professionalism, and trusting rather than auditioning them.

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Interview with Steve Epp
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Interview with Steve Epp

20 July 2011

Playwright Cory Hinkle interviews Steve Epp to discuss his process devising performances which are often rooted in an exploration of history.

Casting Myself
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Casting Myself

27 April 2011

Susan Miller speaks on the collision of the playwright's personal and the public, and the beauty found in performing these stories themselves.