Sarah Matusek on the New York City production of This Time by Sevan K. Greene, adapted from the memoir Not So Long Ago by Amal Meguid, directed by Kareem Fahmy.
Pretentious Productions in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada presented @tension beta-tested by #viralflock livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 29 April at 9:30 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 8:30 p.m. CDT (Winnipeg) / 7:30 p.m. MDT (Calgary) / 6:30 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / (Saturday, April 30 at 01:30 GMT). Follow @tensionshow on Twitter, and use #howlround.
Christopher Goodson interviews Latina theatre artists Nelda Reyes, Rose Cano, and Carmen Aguirre about their thoughts on the current climate for Latina/o work in the Pacific Northwest.
Canadian theatre-artist Col Cseke considers how an artistic community seeks comfort following the tragic death of Michael Green, co-founder of One Yellow Rabbit.
BECAUSE IT'S 2016: An Open Invitation from the Latino Theatre Community to Discuss Representation—a conversation with members of the Latina/o theatre community about fair and equal representation on Vancouver stages—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 11 January at 7 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 8 p.m. MST (Calgary) / 9 p.m. CST (Winnipeg) / 10 p.m. EST (Toronto). In Twitter, send comments and questions to @ricebeansthtr and use hashtag #cafeonda for Latina/o theatre related conversation.
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 TVnetwork 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.
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.
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).
Scriptwriter and dramaturg Maggie Sulc reports on her participation in two convergences or pop-up residencies with Indy Convergence in Toronto and Indianapolis.
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 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.
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.
Canada's SpiderWebShow and The Collaborations through Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre presented the convening The Republic of Inclusionabout 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).
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).
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.
You’re invited to join Playwrights Theatre Centre from Vancouver, Canada for a conversation about Interactive Storytelling: Video Games and Theatrewhich 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).
Matt McGeachy writes about Modern Times Stage Company's Forgiveness: A Theatrical Poem, an intense movement piece exploring the dialetic between forgiveness and forgetting.
