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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
Opening Address to Students at LEAP
Essay

Opening Address to Students at LEAP

23 December 2015

Playwright Leanna Brodie’s opening address to students at Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre LEAP program.

Moving Toward Gender Equity in the Canadian Theatre
Essay

Moving Toward Gender Equity in the Canadian Theatre

5 December 2015

Sophia Romma writes about the ideas for working toward gender parity that came out of the April 2015 Equity in Theatre Symposium in Toronto, Ontario.

From the Heart of a City: A Panel on Community and Theatre 
Video

From the Heart of a City: A Panel on Community and Theatre 

Thursday 29 October 2015 
Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver Moving Theatre and Playwrights Theatre Centre presented a panel discussion on community and theatre coinciding with the book launch of From the Heart of a City—livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 29 October at 7:15 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8:15 p.m. MDT (Calgary) / 9:15 p.m. CDT (Winnipeg) / 10:15 p.m. EDT (Toronto). In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV, and use #HotCFest

Equity in Theatre
Essay

Equity in Theatre

What exactly does it mean and what would it take to actually have it?

24 October 2015

Shellen Lubin summarizes the discussions and themes of the Equity in Theatre Symposium and International Summit on Gender Parity in Theatre, which took place in Toronto in April, 2015.

From Impulse To Audience
Essay

From Impulse To Audience

Four Days at Toronto’s Theatre Centre

8 October 2015

Raphael Martin on the history, organizational model, current reality, and aspirations of The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Canada.  

I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
Essay

I Can't Go On, I'll Go On

26 September 2015

Kendra Fanconi addresses climate change in her work not as an abstract concept, but as a real and immediate concern that is deeply rooted in a sense of place: the forests of British Columbia.

A Conversation about Smart Phones and Theatre
Video

A Conversation about Smart Phones and Theatre

Monday 21 September 2015
Vancouver, Canada

Playwrights Theatre Centre in Vancouver presented A Conversation about Smart Phones and Theatre—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 21 September at 7 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8 p.m. MDT (Calgary) / 9 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 10 p.m. EDT (Montreal).

The Happy Accident
Essay

The Happy Accident

30 August 2015

Actor Jenna Turk describes some less-than-perfect on-stage moments that ended up adding a surprise element to the performances.

It’s Not a Performance
Essay

It’s Not a Performance

14 August 2015

Scriptwriter and dramaturg Maggie Sulc reports on her participation in two convergences or pop-up residencies with Indy Convergence in Toronto and Indianapolis.

Unscripted: Lost and Found in Fado at Playwrights Theatre Centre
Video

Unscripted: Lost and Found in Fado at Playwrights Theatre Centre

Saturday 2 May 2015
Vancouver, Canada

 

Playwrights Theatre Centre in Vancouver presented the event Unscripted: Lost and Found in Fado livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 2 May at 8:45 p.m. EDT (Montreal) / 7:45 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6:45 p.m. MDT (Albuquerque) / 5:45 p.m. PDT (Vancouver).

Equity in Theatre Symposium
Video

Equity in Theatre Symposium

Monday 27 April 2015
Toronto, Canada

 

Equity in Theatre and The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Canada presented the opening and closing panels on the state of equity in Canada theatre at Equity in Theatre’s Symposium, a full-day event tackling underrepresentation and gender inequities in the theatre industry livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 27 April 2015. 

Looking for the Ending (Or is it the Beginning?)
Essay

Looking for the Ending (Or is it the Beginning?)

20 April 2015

Alanna Mitchell talks about transforming her book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis into a one-woman show, and the conversation she found in theatre.

Convening "The Republic of Inclusion" on Accessibility and Live Performance at Progress Festival
Video

Convening "The Republic of Inclusion" on Accessibility and Live Performance at Progress Festival

Sunday 15 February 2015
Toronto, Canada

Canada's SpiderWebShow and The Collaborations through Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre presented the convening The Republic of Inclusion about accessibility and live performance from SummerWorks / The Theatre Centre’s Progress International Festival of Performance and Ideas in Toronto livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 15 February at 1 p.m.-5 p.m. EST (Toronto) / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. MST (Calgary) / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 18:00-22:00 GMT (London).

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Forum on Canadian Theatre hosted by The National Theatre School of Canada
Video

Forum on Canadian Theatre hosted by The National Theatre School of Canada

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Saturday 4 October 2014
Montreal, Canada

The National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal and the SpiderWebShow presented From Where I Stand, A Forum of Perspectives on Canadian Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 4 October at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT (Montreal) / 8 a.m.-11 a.m. MDT (Calgary) / 7 a.m.-10 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 14:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST (London, UK).

An Interview with 7 Fingers’ Gypsy Snider and Shana Carroll
Essay

An Interview with 7 Fingers’ Gypsy Snider and Shana Carroll

28 September 2014

P. Carl interviews 7 Fingers' Gypsy Snider and Shana Carrol.

So I Guess I am a Dramaturg?
Essay

So I Guess I am a Dramaturg?

Reflecting on Toronto’s LMDA Mini-Conference

20 June 2014

We are building a shared vocabulary that may not ever fit into a dictionary or any static form, but will give us a foundation to work toward into the future. The playwrights and artistic directors, the artists, both established and emerging, all gathered at Tarragon Theatre not to shut out the harsh reality of making work in this day and age, but to huddle together and collaborate on what’s working and solutions to what’s not.

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Interactive Storytelling: Video Games and Theatre
Video

Interactive Storytelling: Video Games and Theatre

Tuesday 20 May 2014
Vancouver, Canada

You’re invited to join Playwrights Theatre Centre from Vancouver, Canada for a conversation about Interactive Storytelling: Video Games and Theatre which is livestreaming for the global, commons-based peer produced HowRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 20 May at 5 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 8 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / Wednesday, May 21 at 00:00 GMT / 10 a.m. AEST (Sydney).

Photo from Forgiveness: A Theatrical Poem.
The Mystery of Forgiveness at the Modern Times Stage Company
Essay

The Mystery of Forgiveness at the Modern Times Stage Company

1 April 2014

Matt McGeachy writes about Modern Times Stage Company's Forgiveness: A Theatrical Poem, an intense movement piece exploring the dialetic between forgiveness and forgetting. 

Confronting an Ugly Truth
Essay

Confronting an Ugly Truth

Beauty, Conformity, and Ethics in Marius von Mayenberg’s The Ugly One

13 February 2014

Matt McGeachy looks at the Tarragon Theatre's production of The Ugly One and how it tackles the phenomenon of the "handsome bubble"

Photo from The Gay Heritage Project.
Touching Time
Essay

Touching Time

Choosing Gay Heritage in The Gay Heritage Project

12 December 2013

Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn, and Andrew Kushnir explore gay heritage while questioning whether such a thing can actually exist resulting in a living archive in a play structure.

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The Artist as Worker
Essay

The Artist as Worker

Solidarity in To Russia with (Gay) Love

26 November 2013

Matt McGeachy writes about To Russia with (Gay) Love, and how artists can find solidarity in the struggles of those from which they are isolated.

A photo from The Daisy Theatre.
A Stunning Bouquet
Essay

A Stunning Bouquet

Ronnie Burkett's The Daisy Theatre

18 July 2013

Matt McGreachy writes about Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes’s production of The Daisy Theatre at the Luminato Festival in Toronto.

Photo from a production of Passion Play.
Encounters with Grace
Essay

Encounters with Grace

Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play in Toronto's East End

11 July 2013

The Canadian premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, which probes faith, brought together a group of strangers for an immersive four hour play resulting in the possible confirmation of faith in community.

Portrait of Adrienne Wong.
Left and Leaving
Essay

Left and Leaving

29 June 2013

Adrienne Wong writes about her experience making theater in Vancouver, and why she's chosen to leave.

Wide logo for Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of The Americas.
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference
Video

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference

Thursday 27 June and Saturday 29 June 2013
Vancouver, Canada

The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas annual conference in Vancouver, Canada was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 27 June and Saturday 29 June 2013.