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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
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Thursday 8 December 2016
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Hunger by local playwright and poet Ebony Stewart livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 8 December at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 02:00 Friday, December 9 GMT (London).

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29 November 2016

Actor Jithesh Kuyyalil discusses how his background in physics helps him understand acting techniques.

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My Old Man (and Other Stories)

26 November 2016

Jess Barbagallo and Chris Giarmo discuss design questions for Jess’s play My Old Man (and Other Stories) and the recently increased interest in trans artists.

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25 November 2016

Matt Błażejewski discusses the Me Too Monologues and its impact as a community-based theatre project that spreads awareness of mental health issues to college students.

Video
Sunday 13 November 2016
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Bootleg Theater presented the World Premiere of Marissa Chibas' The Second Woman livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV at howlround.tv Sunday 13 November at 5:00 p.m. EST (New York) / 2:00 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 4:00 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 10:00 p.m. GMT/UTC (London).

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Thursday 10 November 2016
San Francisco, CA, United States

FaultLine Theater in collaboration with American Conservatory TheaterCampo SantoCrowded Fire Theater, and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presented Every 28 Hours, livestreamed on HowlRound TV network on howlround.tv on Thursday 10 November at 7:30 PDT (San Francisco) 9:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 26:30 GMT / 3:30 a.m. BST (London).

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7 November 2016

Charlotte Canning discusses gun violence in theatre, and film, taking a close look at safety policies and regulations for firearms on set.

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Thursday 3 November 2016
Vancouver, Canada

Playwrights Theatre CentreHeart of the City FestivalHua Foundation and DTES Neighbourhood House in Vancouver presented the Sharing Theatre, Sharing Culture conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 3 November at 6:30 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 9:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / Friday 4 November at 01:30 GMT-UTC (London). Share your thoughts in Twitter with #howlround, and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

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30 October 2016

John R. Killacky discusses his time as curator of Performing Arts at Walker Art Center, and the controversy caused by featured works.

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28 October 2016

Travis Amiel shares his experience of engaging audiences in Company One Theatre’s production of The T Party by Natsu Onoda Power.

Podcast

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and the Legacy of Anti-Apartheid Theatre

24 October 2016

Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Gibson Cima of Georgetown University about Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, it’s collaborators, and it’s lasting impact on South African political theatre.

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21 September 2016

Undergraduate actor Sterling Oliver writes about how performing Forward led him to rediscover a passion for working to prevent climate change.

Video
Friday 16 September 2016
Austin, TX, United States

Ethos and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Atlantis: A Puppet Opera—a mythic tale of powerful warring religious zealots who are obsessed with world domination and non-renewable energy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 16 September at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

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7 September 2016

Billy McEntee discusses the use of cellphones in recent Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

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4 September 2016

Tracey Houston and Rob Langford, founders of Montréal company Waterworks, describe their experience working on the play Aftermath by Andrea Dworkin. Immediately following is a reflection by Helena Levitt who performed in Aftermath.

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Actor and Activist Gustavo Melo Cerqueira

15 August 2016

In this installment, Jelisa Jay Robinson profiles Gustavo Melo Cerqueira, a Brazilian arts activist based in Austin, Texas.

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Dallas, Texas

13 August 2016

Shelby-Allison Hibbs collects thoughts from Dallas theatremakers about the sustainability of the city’s theatre scene.

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Owning Your Process to the Nth Degree

5 August 2016

Jess Pillmore writes about the power that comes with owning and speaking up for one’s artistic needs.

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Orientalism in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

3 August 2016

Matt DiCintio explores the orientalism in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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23 July 2016

Ricky Young-Howze talks with actor Ali Stroker about changing people’s perceptions about performers with disabilities.

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19 July 2016

Neal Reynolds discusses how a play's subject matter may increase the potential for an abusive production process.

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How and Why I Decided to Tackle the Issue of Parity in Modern Theatre

16 July 2016

Madeline Easley describes how an assignment inspired her to create a platform where people can share stories and write monologues.

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8 July 2016

Artistic Director Kimmothy Cole discusses gender fluidity and advocates the need for creating more opportunities transgender, gender-queer, androgynous, and other non-binary actors.

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2 July 2016

Actor Lashad Beck shares his tips for dealing with cultural microaggressions during a production.

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On Ben Foster’s Monstrous Stanley Kowalski

23 June 2016

Manuel Betancourt on the Young Vic’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at St. Ann’s Warehouse.

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