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The Virtuosity of Black Storytelling with Tarell Alvin McCraney
Podcast
The Virtuosity of Black Storytelling with Tarell Alvin McCraney
by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley, Tarell Alvin McCraney
6 March 2024
How Stage Management Can Set the Stage for a Greener Theatre
Essay
How Stage Management Can Set the Stage for a Greener Theatre
by Macy E. Kunke
29 September 2023
NO SUMMARY: Critiquing the Critics
Video
NO SUMMARY: Critiquing the Critics
The Reception of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Theatre in North America
Friday 4 August 2023
California
Ad Lib Rescues and Spontaneous Saves
Essay

Ad Lib Rescues and Spontaneous Saves

31 October 2015

Actor Jerine Watson writes about instances in her career where something went wrong, and how the performers managed the moment.

The launch of ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America
Video

The launch of ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America

Monday 26 October 2015
New York, NY, United States

ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America presented its launch event livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 26 October. It is a new, five-year initiative that seeks to explore and understand the dramatic demographic transformation of the United States and its profound impact on arts and culture.

My Time-Traveling Mosaic Journey on California
Essay

My Time-Traveling Mosaic Journey on California

The Tempest

25 October 2015

Actor Iris Gonzalez describes her experience with Cornerstone Theatre Company, in the latest installment of the series about their California Bridge Tour.

Golden Thread's ReOrient 2015 Forum
Video

Golden Thread's ReOrient 2015 Forum

Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October 2015
San Francisco, CA, United States

 

Golden Thread in San Francisco presented the ReOrient 2015 Forum—a weekend of panel presentations and artistic exchange on theatre and the Middle East—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October. 

Cafecito
Essay

Cafecito

Milta Ortiz

18 September 2015

Emily Aguilar Thomas interviews Milta Ortiz about the inspiration for her play Más and thoughts on the future of American theatre.

The Wild Ride
Essay

The Wild Ride

Saying YES! to a season of women playwrights at Magic Theatre

16 September 2015

Loretta Greco adds her voice to the season planning series, and discusses how Magic Theatre’s 2015-2016 season came to be.

Wolves at Your Door
Essay

Wolves at Your Door

Producing Intimate Theatre in Intimate Spaces

6 September 2015

Playwright Paul Heller describes his process for self-producing his current work in living rooms and nursing homes.

Challenges with Radical Hospitality in Act II of Berkeley Rep’s Production of Notes from the Field, Doing Time in Education
Essay

Challenges with Radical Hospitality in Act II of Berkeley Rep’s Production of Notes from the Field, Doing Time in Education

The California Chapter by Anna Deveare Smith

28 August 2015

SK Kerastas describes an experience grappling with the concept of “radical hospitality” during Anna Deveare Smith’s Notes from the Field, Doing Time in Education: The California Chapter.

By Blood a Queen, In Heart a Clown
Essay

By Blood a Queen, In Heart a Clown

Beyond the Façade of Shotgun Cabaret’s Faux Real

20 August 2015

Jake Rosenberg on Shotgun Players Cabaret presentation of Monique Jenkinson’s Faux Real in Berkeley, California.

Why Write Chicano?
Essay

Why Write Chicano?

13 August 2015

Playwright and poet Joann Farías calls out her community to show up at the theatre to support Latina/o theatre artists.

On Putting Raisins and Black Olives in Pork Tamales and Living the Latina/o Theatre Commons
Essay

On Putting Raisins and Black Olives in Pork Tamales and Living the Latina/o Theatre Commons

23 July 2015

Kevin Becerra explores becoming comfortable in his identity as a Latino who speaks more Yiddish than Spanish. 

Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles Writers’ Circle
Essay

Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles Writers’ Circle

21 July 2015

A report on the Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles Writers Circle first annual Playwrights’ Nest Festival.

An Interview
Essay

An Interview

Tanya in TV-Land

19 July 2015

P. Carl interviews playwright Tanya Saracho on how writing for television has affected her work and life in the theatre.

Dramatists Guild of America’s 2015 National Conference
Video

Dramatists Guild of America’s 2015 National Conference

Thursday 16 July to Saturday 18 July 2015
La Jolla, CA, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America presents the 2015 National Conference: Writing the Changing World in La Jolla, California livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 16 July to Saturday 18 July. 

Arlecchino Appleseed: How Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Brought Commedia dell'arte to the New World
Video

Arlecchino Appleseed: How Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Brought Commedia dell'arte to the New World

Tuesday 7 July 2015
Blue Lake, CA, United States

Dell'Arte International in Blue Lake, California presented the talk "Arlecchino Appleseed—How Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Brought Commedia dell'arte to the New World" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 7 July at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:30 GMT / 6:30 p.m. BST (London) / 19:30 CEST (Rome).

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions
Essay

Playwrights, Rewrites, Multiple Productions

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

27 June 2015

Laura Brueckner interviews Peter Sinn Nachtrieb about the development of The Totalitarians.

Interview with Diane Rodriguez
Essay

Interview with Diane Rodriguez

Reflections on a Career Well-Spent

16 June 2015

Beatriz Rizk interviews Diane Rodriguez, Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group and TCG Board President.

Our Life: The Black Youth Stories, an original production presented at the University of California Irvine
Video

Our Life: The Black Youth Stories, an original production presented at the University of California Irvine

Saturday 6 June 2015
Irvine, CA, United States

 

Our Life: The Black Youth Stories, an original production presented at the University of California, Irvine, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 June at 8 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 9 p.m. MDT (Albuquerque) / 10 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 11 p.m. EDT (New York).  

Culture Clash
Essay

Culture Clash

Thirty Years and Counting

29 May 2015

Jamie Gahlon interviews Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza, now marking their thirtieth year as ensemble Culture Clash.

A Conversation with MOXIE Theatre’s Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Essay

A Conversation with MOXIE Theatre’s Delicia Turner Sonnenberg

7 May 2015

Jennifer Lane talks with MOXIE Theatre’s Delicia Turner Sonnenberg about shattering the stereotypes of women’s work and finding balance in her life.

Remember Chavez Ravine! A Los Angeles Story
Essay

Remember Chavez Ravine! A Los Angeles Story

5 May 2015

David G. Garcia and Alma Itzé Flores on the 2015 revival of Culture Clash's Chavez Ravine at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, California. 

Playwrights Panel Who do you write for? at the 18th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival
Video

Playwrights Panel Who do you write for? at the 18th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival

Sunday 26 April 2015 
Costa Mesa, CA, United States

South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California presented the playwrights panel Who Do You Write For? livestreamed on Sunday 26 April at 9 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:00 GMT / 5 p.m. BST (London). In Twitter, use #howlround.

Carlos Morton Resurrects Oscar Zeta Acosta in Brown Buffalo
Essay

Carlos Morton Resurrects Oscar Zeta Acosta in Brown Buffalo

16 April 2015

The author explores Company of Angels' workshop production of Dr. Morton's “heavy and psychedelic play.”

Playwrights in LA and the Whole 99-Seat Thing
Essay

Playwrights in LA and the Whole 99-Seat Thing

12 April 2015

LA playwright Jon Caren discusses the theatrical Renaissance that’s currently happening in LA regardless of the 99-seat theater debate.

The Revisions of Mount Misery
Essay

The Revisions of Mount Misery

Scrabble, Jellyfish, and Immediate Rewrites

3 April 2015

Andrew Saito explores what being a resident playwright has afforded his rewriting process as he works on Mount Misery, a world where Donald Rumsfeld and Frederick Douglass coexist.