Commons-based Approaches

On the twentieth anniversary of its founding, Nan Barnett reflects on the National New Play Network’s growth, and discusses the organization’s impact.

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

K. Woodzick talks about creating The Non-Binary Monologues Project, and the need for more resources for non-binary theatremakers.

HowlRound announces the four selected convening proposals for the HowlRound Challenge, a new initiative to incubate ideas and seed action to make a better theatre and a better world.

Abigail Vega writes about the process for choosing shows for the 2017 Encuentro de las Américas festival. / Abigail Vega escribe sobre el proceso de selección de obras para el festival Encuentro de las Américas 2017.

Through The HowlRound Challenge, we will produce and host up to five in-person convenings in Boston, from September 2017 to June 2019 that will incubate ideas and seed action to make a better theatre and a better world.

HowlRound has developed and is launching The World Theatre Map. / HowlRound ha desarrollado y está por lanzar el Mapa Mundial de Teatro.

The HowlRound community is designing and building the World Theatre Map. Track the progress of this commons project and participate in its design and development.

The first of a two-part report on the tour of The Wastelands, a folk opera developed by the ensemble Children of the Wild, across the Great Lakes region of the United States.

Read the community responses to our questions, “What do you stand for? What does your art stand for?”

Playwright and attorney Cheryl Davis delves into the legal specifics of Creative Commons and fair use, explaining how artists can use them to fit their needs.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl discusses the impulse and plan for theatres across the country to host readings of her play The Oldest Boy as a benefit to raise relief funds to aid earthquake victims in Nepal.

The HowlRound community is designing and building the World Theatre Map. Track its progress and participate in its design and development.

The HowlRound community is designing and building the World Theatre Map. Track its progress and participate in its design and development.

Edward Einhorn discusses the benefits and pitfalls of posting scripts online.

On the five-year anniversary of HowlRound, P. Carl looks back with a grateful eye to the future.

In an attempt to make it even easier for everyone to have their voice heard in the HowlRound journal, we’ve recently made some changes to the way we collect pitches. 

The Latinx Theatre Commons invites theatremakers to participate in a regional convening in Dallas, Texas October 30-November 1, 2015. 

Tiffany Ana López on the LTC’s Carnaval of New Latina/o Work hosted by the Theatre School at DePaul University July 23-25, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

Lisa Portes on the power of shared leadership and collective action as embodied by the Latinx Theatre Commons.

Luis Alfaro reports on the third day of Carnaval, and shares the note the community ended on—commitment and movement.