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Podcast
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
Sunday 22 July 2012
Bay Area CA, United States

2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco presented Scenic Design and New Play Development: A Panel Discussion livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 22 July 2012 at 3 p.m. PDT / 5 p.m. CDT / 6 p.m. EDT.

A clock labelled "Naked Angels" with the word "Tuesdays" beneath it. The clock reads 9:00.
Essay
18 June 2012

Andy Donald talks about Tuesdays@9, Naked Angels' iniative to welcome playwrights to a truly open submissions policy, where they can have a shot at getting their work produced.

Essay
9 June 2012

Denizen Kane interviews playwright/director/curator Marc Bamuthi Joseph about magical realism, letting go, and collaboration.

Video
Monday 4 June 2012
Washington, D.C., United States

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company presented a reading of 8 and a town-hall style discussion of same-sex marriage livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 4 June 2012 at 5:45 p.m. PDT / 7:45 p.m. CDT / 8:45 p.m. EDT.

Podcast

Tony Taccone of Berkeley Repertory Theatre

31 May 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Tony Taccone, Artistic Director of Berkleley Repertory Theatre.

Essay

reflections on a Chicago playwright’s learning curve in Hollywood

31 May 2012

Moving from Chicago to LA included more than a huge wardrobe change. The reality of life in LA changed Brett Neveu’s relationship to writing and made him find balance in new rules.

Portrait of Lisa Steindler.
Essay
17 May 2012

Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director of San Francisco's Z Space sat down with Jamie Gahlon to talk about their technical residencies.

A woman wearing a floral headpiece.
Essay

An Interview with Kolmel WithLove

24 April 2012

The News creates a space for queer performances to be put on a stage. Each ten minute time slot allows artists a place to experiment, explore new work, and start their conversation.

Essay
7 March 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Tony Taccone continues this series.

Essay
21 January 2012

Carey Perloff talks about making theatre in the Bay Area, and what makes San Francisco such a great incubator for collaborations.

Essay
21 January 2012

Rebecca Novick examines San Francisco's complicated relationship with ambition—and why we should all embrace the idea of "investing" instead of "making it."

Essay
20 January 2012

Dan Wolf talks about San Francisco, and what makes him keep coming back, no matter where or how far away he goes.

Podcast

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb of Z Space

20 January 2012
Essay
19 January 2012

Brad Erickson continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.

Portrait of Sean San Jose.
Essay
18 January 2012

Sean San José continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.

Essay
17 January 2012

Octavio Solis continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.

A black and white portrait of three men and two women. One of the men is shirtless and holds a pistol.
Essay
16 January 2012

In this first installment, Deborah Cullinan gives an overview of San Francisco's theatre scene and its players.

Video

@upnextbayarea blogs about "Theatre via Livestream"

12 January 2012
Washington, D.C., United States

Two teens converse about #NEWPLAY TV, the #newplay initiative

Essay
17 October 2011

Mark Jackson, a theater maker in San Francisco, talks about the founding of Theater Salons, a series of informal talks about theater between differnet theatermakers in the area, and the lessons he has learned from them.

Portrait of Jonathon Moscone.
Essay
13 October 2011

Deborah Cullinan and Jonathan Moscone discuss Ghost Light, a new play exploring his father — San Francisco Mayor George Moscone — and Supervisor Harvey Milk's assassination.

Three actors of "culture clash" stare into the camera.
Essay
22 June 2011

Richard Montoya, of the theater group Culture Clash, delivers his theatrical manifesto; one of outside the lines, in every way.

A pair of red dice with theatrical masks on them.
Essay
18 February 2011

Ronald McCants addresses the issues that disable up-and-coming playwrights in the Los Angeles theatre scene.

One performer sits on a chair downstage, three at a table in the background.
Essay
27 January 2011

Playwright Chinaka Hodge recounts her experiences producing her first play and how the collaboration process supported and enhanced the growth of her play.

A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay.
Podcast
28 May 2026

In the season finale, Marina and Nabra preview Golden Thread’s 2026 season, from Palestinian performance and stand-up comedy to new Arab American plays and ReOrient. They reflect on curation, community, and the future of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre.

A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay.
Podcast
21 May 2026

This episode is a deep dive into Golden Thread’s ReOrient Festival and the MENATMA convening, exploring how short plays, artistic experimentation, and community infrastructure shape the evolving landscape of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States.

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