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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

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Our Theatres Are Facing Backlash. Here Are Ten Ways to Respond.
by Mariló Núñez, Marlis Schweitzer
27 April 2026
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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
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Tuesday 23 June 2015

 

The Ford Foundation presented the convening Art, Identity, and Movements for Change livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 23 June.

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Discovering Emotional Dramaturgy

18 July 2015

Early Career Dramaturg Amanda Boyle reflects on the lessons she learned at the 2015 Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) conference in New York City.

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Thursday 16 July to Saturday 18 July 2015
La Jolla, CA, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America presents the 2015 National Conference: Writing the Changing World in La Jolla, California livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 16 July to Saturday 18 July. 

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Leadership Defined for the Future

9 July 2015

Candace Feldman introduces New Gen National Arts Network, a group that seeks to position young arts administrators for leadership in their fields.

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Friday 26 June to Saturday 27 June 2015
Miami, FL, United States

City Theatre in Miami presented CityWrights 2015—A Professional Weekend for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 June to Saturday 27 June.

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Thursday 25 June to Saturday 27 June 2015
New York, NY, United States

 

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented the 30th Annual Conference in New York City livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 25 June to Saturday 27 June.

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Thursday 18 June to Saturday 20 June 2015
Cleveland, OH, United States

 

Theatre Communications Group (USA) presented the 25th Annual National Conference in Cleveland: Game Change livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 18 June to Saturday 20 June.

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Saturday 23 May to Friday 29 May 2015
Omaha, NB, United States

 

The Great Plains Theatre Conference was pleased to present their 2015 Prairie Conversations Series with talks from Omaha, Nebraska that was livestreamed on global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Saturday 23 May to Friday 29 May. 

Essay
1 May 2015

The Latinx Theatre Commons Steering Committee invites you to attend Carnaval 2015, July 23-25 at the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.

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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. 

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Friday 17 April and on Sunday 19 April 2015
Independence, KS, United States

 

The William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas presented The 34th William Inge Theater Festival and Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 17 April and on Sunday 19 April.

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Wednesday 25 March to Friday 27 March 2015
Kansas City, MO, United States

Theatre Communications Group's 2015 Audience (R)Evolution Convening livestreamed from Kansas City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 25 March to Friday 27 March. In Twitter, follow @TCG@HowlRoundTV, and use hashtag #AudRev15.

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Friday 20 March 2015
Philadelphia, PA, United States

University of Pennsylvania presented The Visual and Performative Ethnography Symposium livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 20 March from 9 a.m. EDT to 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 a.m. PDT to 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 13:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT (London). In Twitter, use hashtag #pivpe.

Essay

Ten Lessons Theatre Can Learn from Golf, Knishes, Teens, Tevye, and Twitter, But Not Termites

8 March 2015

The question from TEDxBroadway 2015: What ideas about theatre can we learn from people who may never have been inside one?

Video
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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Friday 16 January and Saturday 17 January 2015
Boston, MA, United States

Theatre Development Fund and Theatre Bay Area announced the culmination of the eighteen‐month Triple Play Project with a convening of theatre practitioners from throughout the U.S. livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 16 January and Saturday 17 January 2015 from Emerson College.

Essay
14 January 2015

Mark Blankenship discusses Triple Play, an initiative exploring what artists and administrators can do to entice casual ticket buyers to see more new plays.

Essay
12 January 2015

HowlRound's Jamie Gahlon spoke with scholar Brian Herrera about what he learned compiling The Latinx Theatre Commons 2013 National Convening book, and his vision for how others may find it useful. 

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9 January to 13 January 2015
New York, NY, United States

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) welcomed performing arts professionals and enthusiasts around the world to join us remotely for select plenary events featuring luminaries from the industry and for professional development sessions sharing best practices from the field during our APAP|NYC 2015 conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from 9 January to 13 January 2015.

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Thursday 8 January to Sunday 11 January 2015
New York, NY, United States

 

The Under the Radar Festival 2015 at the Public Theater in New York City presented the festival's Professional Symposium and two Culturebot Conversations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 8 January to Sunday 11 January.

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Wednesday 7 January 2015
New York, NY, United States

Join us for the symposium and official launch of the Cultural Mobility Funding Guide for the USA: Theatre, Performing Arts, and Dance—a free and user-friendly guide to funding for international exchange for artists traveling to and from the USA livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 7 January from 10 a.m. EST to 5:30 p.m. EST. In Twitter, direct comments @SegalCenter and use #USCulturalMobility

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Monday 17 November 2014
Tulsa, OK, United States

Tulsa, OK! The National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma  livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 November. 

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Friday 31 October 2014
Atlanta, GA, United States

Theater Emory, the professional producing organization of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, presented a panel discussion on Harold Pinter in conversation with contemporary artists as a part of their semester-long celebration of the playwright’s work, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 31 October at 20:00 GMT (London) / 4 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 3 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1 p.m. PDT (Vancouver). In Twitter, use #howlround to chat.

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Thursday 9 October to Saturday 11 October 2014
Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists and the Asian Arts Initiative presented the 2014 National Asian American Theatre Conference & Festival in Philadelphia livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Thursday 9 October to Saturday 11 October.

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Thursday 7 August 2014
New York, NY, United States

The National Black Theatre presented their Public Summit, Is Black Theatre Sustainable?: From Sustainability to Collectivity, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 7 August at 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. EDT.

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