Howard Shalwitz, co-founder of Woolly Mammoth, talks with Carey Perloff, longtime director of American Conservatory Theater, about their decades-long tenures at their respective companies, covering everything from the throughline of founding manifestos, to the five- to six-year cycles companies go through, to how lonely it is to be an artistic director, and more.
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, 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 State of the Field Address for the Fourth Symposium of Doctoral Programs in Theatre and Performance Studies
7 October 2018
Tufts professor Dr. Noe Montez's keynote speech at the Fourth Symposium on Doctoral Programs in Theatre and Performance Studies in Boston, MA on 5-6 October 2018.
Playwright Rachel Bonds reflects on being a working artist since the birth of her son, and maps out tips for theatres working with other parent-artists.
ArtsBoston presented the panel discussion Hiring and Retaining a Diverse Workforce livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. BST (London, UTC+1).
Todd London celebrates playwright Carlyle Brown, who recently won the William Inge Theater Festival’s award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater.
UK-based theatremaker Naomi Joseph looks at a problem many emerging theatre creators face: that artist development opportunities for them have upper age limits.
A public session of the On the Move General Assembly
Thursday 24 May 2018
Lisbon, Portugal
On the Move, the cultural mobility information network active in Europe and worldwide, and Polo Cultural Gaivotas Boavista presented the conversation Tips and Advice for Artists and Cultural Professionals to Internationalize Their Careers and Artistic Practices livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 24 May 2018 at 10:30 a.m. UTC +1 (Lisbon, London) / 11:30 a.m. UTC +2 (Berlin, Johannesburg) / 12:30 p.m. UTC +3 (Beirut, Moscow) / 5:30 p.m. UTC +8 (Singapore) / 7:30 p.m. UTC +10 (Sydney) / 9:30 a.m. UTC +0 / 5:30 a.m. UTC -4 (New York).
Pamela McQueen talks to Irish playwright Deirdre Kinahan about the political nature of her work, her creative process, and how she's sustained a prolific career as a female playwright.
Holly L. Derr writes about recent cases of sexual harassment in the American theatre, and asks when and how institutions and abusers will truly be held accountable.
Acompáñanos en nuestro primer video-chat global en el que discutiremos sobre la pregunta: ¿Qué significa para ti vivir del teatro?. / Our first global video chat discussed the topic: "What does 'making a life in theatre' mean to you?".
Sara Brookner interviews the steering committee of the Berkshire Leadership Summit, which brought together a hundred present and future US and Canadian women leaders to discuss equity and advancement in the theatre field.
For the fourth installment of the Chronic Theatremaker series, Sara Brookner interviews playwright Lisa Kenner Grissom about living with lupus and learning to balance her health practice with her writing practice.
Bay Area theatre fellowships and internships at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Saturday 17 February 2018
Bay Area CA, United States
Hear from current fellows interns from Bay Area theatre companies including Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA), Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA) Marin Theatre Company (Marin, CA) and A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA) discuss the details of their programs and the nuts and bolts of applying to fellowships and internships, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 17 February 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.
Noe Montez discusses Indiana University’s recent decision to discontinue the PhD in Theatre and Drama program, and discusses the need for public institutions to advocate for the futures of their doctoral students.
