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Golden Thread at Thirty: Looking Beyond 2026
by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson
28 May 2026
Podcast
Inside the ReOrient Festival: Short Plays and Long-Term Impact
by Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Nora el Samahy
21 May 2026
Podcast
Centering Women and Palestinian Solidarity at Golden Thread
by Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson
14 May 2026
Video
Saturday 27 July 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

This symposium at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, produced by the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 27 July at 2:00 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4:00 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 5:00 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 21:00 GMT.

Two actors embrace onstage.
Essay

Creating A Rock + Theater Collaboration

27 July 2013

Inspired by the Adele’s song for Skyfall, the artists of the new play By and By collaborated with the band The Kilbanes to reframe the experience for the audience members.

Video
Friday 26 July 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

This symposium, produced by the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 July 2013 at 2 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 5 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 21:00 GMT.

Video
Sunday 21 July a2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

The Playwrights Foundation's Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco presented Playwrights’ Roundtable: Mapping Your Career, Taking Action livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 21 July at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12 p.m. CDT (New Orleans) / 1 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 17:00 GMT.

Photo from American Night.
Essay
16 July 2013

California Shakespeare Theater, under the direction of Jonathan Moscone, has changed route from classic work to new work that explores the diverse culture and artistry of the Golden State.

Still from Cooking Oil.
Essay

Cooking Oil in Kampala, Kigali, and Los Angeles

14 July 2013

Emily Mendelsohn shares insight into her experience directing Cooking Oil written by Deborah Asiimwe in Uganda.

Logo for the Latino Theatre Alliance Los Angeles.
Video
Saturday 13 July 2013
Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles presented a conversation from the 2013 Encuentro livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 13 July at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12 p.m.-3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT (New York).

Photo from Time Sensitive.
Essay
3 July 2013

Ragged Wing Ensemble explores the concept of time with the centerpiece of an ice sculpture in Time Sensitive.

Photo from Eternal Thou.
Essay

Adventures in the OC

2 July 2013

In the land of film and technology, LA pushes theatre to innovate the theatrical definition of reality.

Photo from the play The Arsonists.
Essay
11 June 2013

The Arsonists acts as a chilling critique of blinding following norms and devotions while simultaneously being a rally cry to trust gut intuition.

Logo for LA Stage Alliance.
Essay

The Road to New Writing

31 May 2013

Holly Derr reports from LA Stage Day, where a lack of female playwrights demonstrates a larger problem: if LA has so many female writers, then how come none of them are getting produced?

Still from A Lady and A Woman.
Essay
7 May 2013

Lily Janiak talks about Theatre Rhino’s A Lady and A Woman and examines her role as a theatre critic.

Pacific Playwrights Festival logo.
Video
Sunday 28 April 2013
Cosa Mesa, CA, United States

South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California presented a new addition to the 16th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival: a playwrights' panel delving into the question “Why this play, now?” livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 April 2013 at 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:30-17:15 GMT / 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. BST (London).

The facade of the American Conservatory Theater.
Essay
21 April 2013

Brad Erickson interviews Carey Perloff about gender parity, women in leadership, and working as the artistic director of the ACT.

A woman looking up on stage, with several other actors doing the same elsewhere on-stage in The Great Big Also.
Essay
5 April 2013

Lily Janiak takes a look at San Franisco-based Mugwumpin’s The Great Big Also as it explores the new frontier: what that meant to the first American settlers, and what the frontier means now.

The cast and crew of a play gathered around their set.
Essay
16 March 2013

Ben Guillory writes about The Robey Theatre Company, and the importance of outreach and bringing audiences to black history.

Logo for One Minute Play Festival.
Video
Sunday 16 December 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival and Playwrights Foundation presented a performance of The 3rd Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 December 2012 3 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 5 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EST (New York) / 23:00 GMT / (Monday 17 December at 10 a.m. EDT in Sydney).

 

reorient logo
Video
Saturday 17 November and Sunday 18 November 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

Golden Thread presented the Reorient 2012 Theatre Festival and Forum livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 17 November and Sunday 18 November 2012.

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).

Portrait of Jocelyn Prince.
Podcast

Jocelyn Prince, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth

12 October 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Jocelyn Prince, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in DC.

Green grapes.
Essay

Farming as Artistic Practice

3 October 2012

Nikiko Masumoto blurs the line between farming and performance, and what that can mean for communication between farmers and consumers.

Video
Monday 24 September 2012
Berkeley, CA, united States

Join us for the livestreaming of PlayGround and Dances with Light's inagural Film Festival

Video
Tuesday 18 September 2012, Wednesday 19 September.
San Francisco, CA, United States

Mugwumpin, Theatre of Yugen, hosted by Z Space, present a conversation on the parallels of creation myths and millennial propecies livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 18 September 2012, at 7 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. MDT / 9 p.m. CDT / 10 p.m. EDT / 02:00 GMT on Wednesday 19 September.

Video
Friday 27 July 2012
Bay Area CA, United States

As part of the 2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Playwrights Foundation hosted a symposium, Form vs. Content: Who’s Your Mama? llivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 27 July 2012 at 2 p.m.-5 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m.-7 p.m. CDT / 5 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m.-12 a.m. GMT / 10 p.m.-1 a.m. BST.

Video
Monday 23 July 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

Mugwumpin presented a conversation with cultural critic Greil Marcus at Z Space, exploring the topic of their next show, American prophecy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 23 July 2012 from 1 p.m. PDT – 3 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT – 6 p.m. EDT.

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