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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
Thursday 6 July 2017
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Meet the artists involved in Berkeley Rep’s Summer Residency Lab, the cornerstone program of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 6 July at 6:15 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 8:15 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 9:15 p.m. EDT (New York).

Video
Friday 23 June 2017
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Meet the artists involved in Berkeley Rep’s Summer Residency Lab, the cornerstone program of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network Friday 23 June at 5:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 7:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8:00 p.m. EDT (New York).

Video
Thursday 22 June - Saturday 24 June.
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented the 2017 LMDA Conference “Access, Activism & Art” livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network from Thursday 22 June - Saturday 24 June.

Essay

The state of funding for Latinx Theatre Companies in the City of Angels

7 June 2017

In this first installment of a three-part series, Armando Molina writes about funding for theatres in Los Angeles, California.

Video
Sunday 28 May 2017
Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, California presented a performance of I Carry Your Heart by Georgette Kelly livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 May at 5:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 4:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 2:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).

Essay

The Djerassi Playwrights Initiative

24 May 2017

Andrew Saito, participant in the Djerassi Playwrights Initiative, speaks to his experience at the residency.

Essay

a Playwriting Class

3 May 2017

Lauren Gunderson continues her series of videos asking "Why theatre?" In this class, she addresses active characters in plays, and dramatic structure.

Video
Sunday 23 April 2017
Cosa Mesa, CA, United States

South Coast Repertory presented the 2017 PPF Playwrights Panel: Why this play now? livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 23 April at 9 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12 p.m. EDT (Boston). 

Essay

a Playwriting Class

13 April 2017

Lauren Gunderson shares a video of her teaching a playwriting class on dialogue and asks the question: why theatre?

Essay
11 April 2017

Carlos Morton discusses the latest revival of Luis Valdez’s Zoot Suit, examining its production history and corresponding socio-political events.

Essay
30 March 2017

Lojo Simon writes about creating a reading and conversation series for her community.

Essay

A Dance Theatre Story of Veteran Resilience

7 March 2017

Director Judith Smith discusses her company’s collaboration with Choreographer Joe Goode for to go again, a dance theatre piece that explores the lives of veterans with disabilities.

Video

How to Apply—Regional Theatre Fellowships and Internships

Thursday, February 23 2017
Bay Area, CA, United States

Thinking about applying for a fellowship or internship in theatre? Hear from current fellows at regional theatre companies around the country including Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA), Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT), and A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA) discuss the details of their programs and the nuts and bolts of applying! Livestreaming on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday, February 23 at 12 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST (New York). Ask questions to panelists live by tweeting @BerkRepSchool using #CreativeCareers.

Essay

Looking Back on the Revivals of Sinclair Lewis’s Play During the Election of 2016

19 February 2017

Paul Gagliardi, a scholar of the Federal Theatre Project, considers recent productions of It Can’t Happen Here and why the play is resonating with both directors and audiences today.

Video
Tuesday 31 January 2017
Berkeley, CA, United States

California Shakespeare Theater in Berkeley, California presented their Civic Dialogue panel Old Plays, New Faces: Representation in Classic Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 31 January at 9:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 8:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles).

Video
Monday 23 January 2017
Berkeley, CA, United States

Berkeley Repertory Theatre presented their Creative Careers panel: Pen to Paper, A Discussion with Professional Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 23 January at 5:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles), 7:30 p.m. CST (Chicago), 8:30 p.m. EST (New York). 

Essay

Grace Plains and Bodies for a Global Brain

8 January 2017

The process of creating two works, as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s participation in Google's Glass Creative Collective, that use audience's and actors' locations, identities, and choices as pivotal elements of their storytelling structures and investigating the simultaneous processes of dramatic writing/devising and writing code.

Essay

How the San Francisco Bay Area Affects the Playwrights who Live There

13 December 2016

Peter Nachtrieb talks to nine other Bay Area-based playwrights about their connection to where they live.

Video
Monday 14 November 2016
Berkeley, CA, United States

Berkeley Repertory Theatre presented their Creative Careers panel Tipping the Scale: Maximizing Resources at a Small to Midsize Theatre Company livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 14 November at 1:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles), 3:30 p.m. CST (Chicago), 4:30 p.m. EST (New York). Join us on Twitter by tweeting @BerkRepSchool using the hashtag #CreativeCareers during the event.

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).

Video
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).

Essay
10 November 2016

Dramaturg Maria Patrice Amon interviews Playwright Herbert Sigüenza about his comic influences, and Manifest Destinitis, his adaptation of Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid.

Essay
5 November 2016

Keynote speech delivered by Diane Rodriguez at the Theatre Bay Area Conference on 3 April 2016.

Video
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Bay Area, CA, United States

The James Irvine Foundation’s New California Arts Fund presented the panel discussion Governance for Social Impact with California Shakespeare TheaterOakland Museum of California, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV at howlround.tv Wednesday 2 November at 1:15 p.m. EDT (New York) / 10:15 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12:15 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 17:15 GMT-UTC (London). Share your thoughts in Twitter with #NewCalArts and #howlround, and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Essay
2 November 2016

In this second installment, Megan Reilly discusses her participation in Ascension, the second phase of The Tension Experience, and reflects on agency for audience members in this immersive experience.

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