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Digging for Bones with Topdog/Underdog
Podcast
Digging for Bones with Topdog/Underdog
by Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey
15 November 2023
Our Trauma Twin Siblings: Building Creative Spaces for Queer and Trans Tamil Community as Teardrop Collective
Essay
Our Trauma Twin Siblings: Building Creative Spaces for Queer and Trans Tamil Community as Teardrop Collective
by Gitanjali Lena, Hari Somaskantha
31 March 2023
Intentional, Relational, Consensual: A New Framework for Performing Arts Contracts
Essay
Intentional, Relational, Consensual: A New Framework for Performing Arts Contracts
by Rachel Penny, Nico Elliot, Kim Senklip Harvey, Owais Lightwala, Nikki Shaffeeullah, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
30 March 2023
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Theatre of the Torontonians
Essay

Theatre of the Torontonians

21 April 2019

May Antaki offers a brief look at the vibrant Toronto theatre community.

the word "behavior" repeated multiple times.
Behavior
Video

Behavior

A new play by Darrah Teitel (Canada).

Wednesday 27 March 2019
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Great Canadian Theatre Company and SpiderWebShow Performance present Darrah Teitel's new play Behavior livestreaming from Ottawa on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 27 March 2019 at 5 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8 p.m. EDT (Ottawa).

two actors onstage in costume
At the Core of Theatre for Young Audiences is Voicing Identity, Intersectionality, and Empathy
Essay

At the Core of Theatre for Young Audiences is Voicing Identity, Intersectionality, and Empathy

20 March 2019

Kim Peter Kovac looks at the way the theatre for young audiences field has changed over the last few years, where it’s at today, and what his hopes are for the future.

naomi and emma
We Can't Work in Isolation
Essay

We Can't Work in Isolation

Naomi Campbell and Emma Stenning in Conversation

13 January 2019

Naomi Campbell, Luminato’s new artistic director, sits down with Emma Stenning, Soulpepper’s new executive director, about theatre in Toronto, reaching communities outside of the downtown core, cross-collaboration, and more.

woman, smiling and holding a mic, addresses audience
Walking Narrative-Subverters
Essay

Walking Narrative-Subverters

Joyce Rosario and Meiyin Wang in Conversation

21 October 2018

Joyce Rosario, interim artistic director of the PuSh Festival, and producer and curator Meiyin Wang sit down to talk about whether the next crop of leaders is being set up for success, working across differences with colleagues, their respective transitions, and more.

actors hugging onstage
Shifting Institutions, Shifting Audiences
Essay

Shifting Institutions, Shifting Audiences

Brendan Healy and May Antaki in Conversation

17 October 2018

May Antaki speaks with Brendan Healy, the new artistic director of Toronto’s Canadian Stage, about leadership changeovers happening across Canada, how his approach to being an AD has shifted over the years, his desire to cultivate curiosity inside audiences, and more.

David Dower and David Howse stand next to each other.
A User’s Guide to Leadership Transition in the North American Theatre
Essay

A User’s Guide to Leadership Transition in the North American Theatre

14 October 2018

David Dower, artistic director of ArtsEmerson, introduces the leadership series with thoughts and advice from his past experiences with major leadership transitions over his thirty-year career.

a person and a puppet on stage
This Sentence
Essay

This Sentence

How Do We Comprehend the Effects of Climate Change?

17 September 2018

Kendra Fanconi explains why it might take us eighty-eight minutes to digest one simple sentence about climate change.

The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas 2018 Conference
Video

The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas 2018 Conference

Crossing Borders

Thursday 21 June 2018
Toronto, Canada

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented their 2018 Conference Crossing Borders livestreamed from Toronto, Canada on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 21 June to Saturday 23 June 2018. On Twitter, follow @LMDAmericas and @HowlRound for updates. Watch the livestream at howlround.tv and on the LMDA Facebook Page.

foldA: festival of live digital Art with SpiderWebShow Performance
Video

foldA: festival of live digital Art with SpiderWebShow Performance

Wednesday 20 June 2018
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

SpiderWebShow Performance presented foldA: festival of live digital Art at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 20 June 2018.

The Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2018 Conference
Video

The Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2018 Conference

Queen's University

Tuesday 29 May and Wednesday 30 May 2018
Kingston, Canada

The Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2018 Conference presented keynotes, presentations, and conversations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 29 May and Wednesday 30 May 2018. Follow @CATR_ACRT and @howlround in Twitter, and use hashtag #CATR2018

Decolonizing Theatre/La Descolonización del Teatro
Essay

Decolonizing Theatre/La Descolonización del Teatro

an Introduction/Introducción

27 May 2018

Annalisa Dias and Madeline Sayet introduce the Decolonizing Theatre series by exploring the ways the American theatre has been and still is complicit in the legacy of colonialism.

actors and a puppet onstage
Chantal Bilodeau on “Breaking Up with Aristotle” and Finding New Ways to Tell Stories Onstage
Podcast

Chantal Bilodeau on “Breaking Up with Aristotle” and Finding New Ways to Tell Stories Onstage

Theatre History Podcast #61

7 May 2018

Playwright Chantal Bilodeau joins us to discuss her essay "Why I'm Breaking Up with Aristotle," and how we need to explore new forms of storytelling in order to create theatre that engages with issues like climate change.

Jean-François Côté: The Revival of Aboriginal Theater Metamorphosis of the Americas
Video

Jean-François Côté: The Revival of Aboriginal Theater Metamorphosis of the Americas

Monday 26 March 2018
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Jean-François Côté: The Revival of Aboriginal Theater Metamorphosis of the Americas livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 26 March at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco). Follow @HowlRound on Twitter for updates, and use #howlround.

Gender Parity in Canadian Theatre
Essay

Gender Parity in Canadian Theatre

15 April 2018

Elana Gartner, founding co-chair of the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Award, interviews Rebecca Burton, co-founder of Equity in Theatre at the Playwrights Guild of Canada, about gender parity for women playwrights in Canada.

#52PlaysbyWomen
Essay

#52PlaysbyWomen

An Advocacy Action Introspection

19 December 2017

Laura Shamas reports on the successes and challenges of launching the year-long social media campaign #52PlaysbyWomen.

The Breathing Hole and Inuit Cultural Dramaturgy
Essay

The Breathing Hole and Inuit Cultural Dramaturgy

22 September 2017

Canadian playwright Colleen Murphy writes about the importance of including Indigenous characters in plays and Indigenous artists in the process of making them.

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Shooting Shakespeare
Essay

Shooting Shakespeare

The Art of Taking Plays from the Stratford Stage to a Theatre Near You

21 July 2017

Lou Harry interviews Antoni Cimolino and Barry Avrich of The Stratford Festival to discuss the process of recording productions of each of Shakespeare's plays.

Introducing the World Theatre Map Ambassadors
Essay

Introducing the World Theatre Map Ambassadors

14 July 2017

The World Theatre Map beta project has engaged its first cohort of twenty-eight World Theatre Map Ambassadors from twenty-four countries to direct community organizing, outreach, and feedback gathering.

Bloom Where You Grow
Essay

Bloom Where You Grow

Interview with Claudia Nolan, American Dramaturg

16 June 2017

In this second installment, Maggie Sulc interviews dramaturg Claudia Nolan about her experience with new play development in the Northeast region of the United States.

Les Productions Ondinnok
Essay

Les Productions Ondinnok

On the Experience of Making Indigenous Theatre in Quebec, Canada / Les Productions Ondinnok: Sobre la Experiencia de Hacer Teatro Indígena en Quebec en Canadá

11 June 2017

In this installment, Choreographer Carlos Rivera talks about indigenous theatre in Quebec, highlighting the work of Yves Sioui Durand and Catherine Juntas of Les Productions Ondinnok.

A Call for Inclusivity in Quebecois Theatre / Plaidoyer pour une Scène Québécoise Inclusive
Essay

A Call for Inclusivity in Quebecois Theatre / Plaidoyer pour une Scène Québécoise Inclusive

10 June 2017

In this installment, actress Isabel dos Santos discusses traditional Quebec theatre and the lack of immigrant artists, and looks at theatres and organizations advocating for more representation and inclusion practices.

The Third Language in Montreal’s Theatres
Essay

The Third Language in Montreal’s Theatres

9 June 2017

Zach Fraser reveals the puppet theatre community of Montreal.

Montreal and the Poetic Self
Essay

Montreal and the Poetic Self

9 June 2017

Playwright and poet Jonathan Garfinkel on what draws him to Montreal.

The F Word
Essay

The F Word

Notes From a Novice About What (I Think) it Means to be a Feminist Creator in Montreal

7 June 2017

Erin Lindsay writes about being an early career theatre artist in Montreal, and shares quotes from inspirational women in the field.