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Conferences

The content in this section includes video or transcripts of conference events and reports from field gatherings. We regularly livestream conferences from the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA), IETM, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), the National Performance Network (NPN), On the Move, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and more.

The Latest

Essay
Our Theatres Are Facing Backlash. Here Are Ten Ways to Respond.
by Mariló Núñez, Marlis Schweitzer
27 April 2026
Essay
Annalisa Dias and Madeline Sayet on Ecologies of Time and Change
by Annalisa Dias, Madeline Sayet
7 April 2025
Podcast
Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-Based Theatre Part One: Participant Perspectives
by Jeffrey Mosser, HANSEL TAN, Robi Arce Martinez, Michelle Hayford, JD Stokely, Johanna Kasimow, Nisi Sturgis, Sacha Vega, Yizhou Huang, Brittney S. Harris, Leslie Elkins
17 October 2024
Collage of theatre artists gathering and speaking at the From Scarcity to Abundance convening.
Video
Friday 15 April 2016
Seattle, WA, United States

Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) proudly presented the LTC Pacific Northwest Convening Opening Ceremonies livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 April at 8 p.m. PDT-10 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 10 p.m. CDT-12 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11 p.m. EDT-1 a.m. EDT (New York).

Video
Friday and Saturday, 15-16 April 2016
Bay Area, CA, United States

ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America presented REMAP Bay Area livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday and Saturday, 15-16 April 2016. See the livestream schedule below. In Twitter, use hashtags #ArtChangeUS and #HowlRound. Follow @ArtChangeUS and @HowlRoundTV.

Essay

A Conversation with Roberta Uno

14 April 2016

An interview with Roberta Uno, director of Arts in a Changing America, by P. Carl.

Video

Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective, La MaMa, and CultureHub

Wednesday 6 April 2016
New York, NY, United States

La MaMa in New York City presented Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at Culturehub's Arts/Culture: Social Justice and Social Change discussion livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 6 April at 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 11:30 p.m.-4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. MDT (Alberta) / 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. AKDT (Alaska) / 6:30 a.m.-11 a.m. HAST (Hawaii) / 16:30-21:00 GMT / 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. BST (London) / 18:30-23:00 CEST (Brussels). On Twitter, use #howlround and follow @LaMamaETC@CultureHubNYC, and @HowlRoundTV

Video
Monday 4 April to Wednesday 6 April 2016
Phoenix, AZ, United States

ArtPlace America presented the annual ArtPlace Summit in Phoenix, Arizona livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 4 April to Wednesday 6 April. In Twitter, use #ArtPlaceSummit, and follow @ArtPlaceAmerica and @HowlRoundTV

Video
Friday 25 March 2016
Boston, MA, United States

Visual and Media Arts Department of Emerson College in Boston presented The New England Graduate Media Symposium livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 25 March from 2 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 18:00-21:15 GMT (London) / 19:00-22:15 CET (Amsterdam). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @EmersonVMA and @HowlRoundTV

Video
Sunday 20 March 2016
Phoenix, AZ, United States

New England Foundation for the Arts and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in association with the Tucson Pima Arts CouncilDNAWORKS, and the Performing Arts Department at the Institute of American Indian Arts presented the The Arizona Performing Arts Summit livestreamed from Xico Arte Y Cultura  in Phoenix on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 20 March at 12 p.m. PDT - 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 1 p.m. MDT - 7 p.m. MDT (Denver) / 2 p.m. CDT - 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EDT - 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 19:00 GMT - 01:00 GMT (London). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @NEFA_Boston and @howlroundtv

Video
Monday 14 March 2016
New York City, NY, United States

NoPassport and New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study presented The 10th Annual NoPassport Theatre Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 14 March from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST (New York). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @howlroundtv for updates. 

Essay
11 March 2016

Azure D. Osborne-Lee and Kestryl Cael Lowery recap the Trans Theatre Artists Convening that took place in December, 2015.

Video
Monday 7 March 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Public Theater in New York City presented A Town Hall Meeting: Gender Identity, Representation, Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 7 March at 4 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EST (New York) / 00:00 GMT Tuesday, March 8 (London). Join the conversation in Twitter with #HowlRound and #PublicForumNY. Follow @howlroundtv@PublicForumNY

Essay
5 March 2016

Caridad Svich considers spectatorship and audience in anticipation of the 10th NoPassport “Dreaming the Americas” theatre and performance conference on Monday, March 14, 2016.

Video
Friday 15 January to Tuesday 19 January 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) presented the 2016 APAP|NYC Conference livestreamed from New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 15 January to Tuesday 19 January. In Twitter, join the conversation with #APAPNYC#howlround, and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Video
Friday 15 January 2016.

As a culmination of the Art of Change initiative, the Ford Foundation is hosting The Artists of Change: Conversations with the Ford Fellows livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 January. On Twitter, use #ArtOfChange and follow @HowlRoundTV. To submit questions to the Fellows, follow @FordFoundation and look out for the prompts.

Video

The Culturebot: Scanning the Landscape Roundtable Conversations

Thursday 14 January to Sunday 17 January 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Public Theater in New York City presented the Under the Radar Festival Professional Symposium and the Culturebot: Scanning the Landscape Roundtable Conversations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 14 January to Sunday 17 January. In Twitter, use #UTR16 and #howlround. Follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Video
Tuesday 6 January 2016
New York City, NY, United States

Ford Foundation’s Art of Change initiative livestreamed an inter-generational workshop on art and social engagement Tuesday 6 January 2016. In Twitter, use #ArtOfChange and follow @HowlRoundTV.

Video
Saturday 12 December to Monday 14 December 2015
Portland, OR, United States

The National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 12 December to Monday 14 December. To participate in conversation, direct your comments on Twitter to @NPN_VAN and use hashtag #AMPortland. Find the Facebook page here.

Video
Saturday 7 November 2015.
New York, NY, United States

The Art of Justice: Articulating an Ethos and Aesthetic of the Movement presented its first convening in a three-part series of artist roundtables, livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRoundTV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 7 November. To join the conversation via Twitter use hashtag #TheArtofJustice and follow @cccadi and @nyuartspolitics.

Essay

The Tenth Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa—Part 3

5 October 2015

Part three of Aphra Behn’s report from The Tenth Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

Video
Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October 2015
San Francisco, CA, United States

 

Golden Thread in San Francisco presented the ReOrient 2015 Forum—a weekend of panel presentations and artistic exchange on theatre and the Middle East—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 3 October and Sunday 4 October. 

Essay

The Tenth Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa—Part 2

3 October 2015

In the second installment of her series, Guerilla Girl Aphra Behn recalls some memorable moments at the Women Playwrights International Conference.

Essay
3 October 2015

PhD candidate Daphnie Sicre writes about her experience presenting at the Black Theatre Conference.

Essay

The Tenth Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa—Part 1

2 October 2015

In the first installment of her series, Guerilla Girl Aphra Behn discusses the origins of the Women’s Playwrights International Conference and Guerilla Girls On Tour.

Video
Saturday 19 September 2015
Boston, MA, United States

HowlRound presented the Greater Boston Theatre Board Convening livestreamed on the commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 19 September. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @howlroundtv.

Essay
4 September 2015

A report out on 2015 LTC Carnaval Breakout Sessions on advocacy, artmaking, convening/networking, and scholarship. 

Video
Friday 28 August - Sunday 30 August 2015
Fayette, ME, United States

The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) presented the NET 2015 National Gathering livestreamed on the HowlRound TV channel at howlround.tv Friday 28 August - Sunday 30 August from Camp Winnebago in Fayette, Maine.

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