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Acting & Performance

This section contains content on the craft of acting, created by performers of all types.

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Presence Before Performance at ODIN HOME
by Melvin Ningyao Yen
3 March 2026
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Creating in the Chaos
by Murielle Borst Tarrant
3 November 2025
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Xhloe and Natasha on the Fringe
by Jonathan Mandell
23 September 2025
Video
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).

The poster for Lady Luck is a Whore.
Essay
28 September 2012

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

Several people stand outside a shop with a sign that says "Write Out Front."
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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."

Several people walking in a line down a sidewalk in a park.
Essay
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.

Video
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.

Candid photo of Kashif Powell.
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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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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.

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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.

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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.

Video
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.

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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.

Video
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.

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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.

 

Video
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.

Several actors stand and pose wearing colorful tutus, wigs, and makeup as an audience watches.
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22 September 2011

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

A man with white hair and ragged clothing.
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20 July 2011

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

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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.

A group of people pose for a photo outdoors.
Essay
3 March 2026

It only took ten days for ODIN HOME to upend Melvin Ningyao Yen’s approach to making theatre. They detail what they learned at Odin Teatret and the tools they took home that gave them a new way to start.

a clown kissing a clear riot shield
Series

When Clowns Fight the Power

This series features a selection of folx from around the world who are all part of a long and diverse heritage of clown activists who subvert bigots and in cultivate hope in hard-hit communities. From rural villages to urban centers, from popular protests to refugee camps, each of our contributors use grit and humor to activate their communities toward equity and justice.

group of musicians posing with their instruments
Series

Living the Dream

In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act, in a world of diminished residuals, rising student loan interest rates, reduced network pick-ups, and a dying regional theatre circuit

Series

Solo Theatre

Seven theatre practitioners share their experiences working on and creating solo performance pieces.

Series

Los Angeles Labor

A series of posts about Los Angeles theatre, the values applied to our art and business choices, and how we collectively address the challenges and the need for change.

Series

Love or Money Series

A series examining the meaning of "professional" and "amateur" theatre, and proposes a model to encourage healthy dialogue between the two.

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