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Beyond the Choice
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Beyond the Choice

Confronting the Challenges of Producing Important Work

12 September 2015

Producer Jack Eidson writes about the challenges he’s faced casting  The Lilliput Troupe  with little person actors.

How a Season Comes Together
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How a Season Comes Together

29 August 2015

ArtsEmerson Artistic Director David Dower shares the process behind programming the company’s 2015/2016 season.

How (Not) to Write a Casting Breakdown
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How (Not) to Write a Casting Breakdown

24 August 2015

Actor and Tumblr curator Lynne Marie Rosenberg shares her guide for writing inclusive casting breakdowns.

So You Want to Start a Diversity Program? Ten things to consider when creating a diversity and inclusion program
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So You Want to Start a Diversity Program? Ten things to consider when creating a diversity and inclusion program

21 August 2015

Snehal Desai outlines important things to keep in mind when creating or implementing a diversity and inclusion program.

You Want a Diverse Theatre? Prove it.
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You Want a Diverse Theatre? Prove it.

18 August 2015

Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll and Deena Selenow provide practical advice for making recruitment, retainment, and casting practices more equitable and inclusive.

TranShakespeare
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TranShakespeare

Lisa Wolpe, and the Art of Empathy

16 August 2015

Director Emma Went interviews international arts activist Lisa Wolpe about the origins and ethos of TranShakespeare.

When She Speaks, I Hear Her Revolution
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When She Speaks, I Hear Her Revolution

Salt Lake’s Feminist Open Mic

10 August 2015

Shauna Brock describes Salt Lake City’s monthly open mic series When She Speaks I Hear the Revolution and its strides for diversity and inclusion.

A Snapshot of Latina/o Theatre in Chicago
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A Snapshot of Latina/o Theatre in Chicago

22 July 2015

Kristiana Colón, Henry Godinez, Isaac Gomez, Ricardo Gutierrez, Sandra Marquez, and Alexandra Meda reflect on the Latina/o theatre scene in Chicago.  

Being Real
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Being Real

A. Rey Pamatmat and the New American Identity

23 June 2015

Spencer Shannon on the critical reception of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible things I do and Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them in Boston.

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Arts Management
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Arts Management

An Exposé and Guide

20 May 2015

Elena Muslar offers her take on providing greater access to, creating more opportunities for, and showcasing arts administration as a viable career for people of color.

Seeing Change at the Forefront of a Movement
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Seeing Change at the Forefront of a Movement

The 51% Preparedness Plan

18 May 2015

Leslie Ishii and Daniel M. Mayeda share the 51% Preparedness Plan, with the hopes of creating a more diverse and inclusive field by 2042, when the nation will be majority minority.

Our Differences are Our Strengths
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Our Differences are Our Strengths

Neurodiversity in Theatre

2 May 2015

Putting his dichotomies to work, Mickey Rowe explains how his autism helps him to be a better actor.

Panel: Diversity in Musical Theatre Writing: Behind the Music*al and Dramatists Guild Conservatory
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Panel: Diversity in Musical Theatre Writing: Behind the Music*al and Dramatists Guild Conservatory

Tuesday 28 April 2015
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild and Behind the Music-al hosted an important conversation about the state of composing in New York: Diversity in Musical Theatre Writing, livestreamed on HowlRound TV on Tuesday 28 April at 6 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 22:00 GMT. To participate on Twitter, use hashtag #howlround and direct your questions to @DramatistsGuild. Additionally, follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Drama and the Shattering of Myths
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Drama and the Shattering of Myths

28 March 2015

University of Arizona’s Dr. Maribel Álvarez on another version of American pluralism as evidenced in the creation and story of the Appalachian Puerto Rican musical, BETSY!

Two actors onstage facing each other.
Do White Playwrights Think About This?
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Do White Playwrights Think About This?

27 February 2015

Larissa FastHorse explores the issues she deals with as a Native playwright, from finding an agent to what happens when she has to un-Native American a character.

The Gathering 2015: Advocating for Black Female Choreographers in the Contemporary Dance World
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The Gathering 2015: Advocating for Black Female Choreographers in the Contemporary Dance World

Sunday 11 January 2015
New York, NY, United States

Camille A. Brown presented The Gathering 2015 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 11 January at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EST (New York).

Art in a Complex World
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Art in a Complex World

In Sweet Remembrance at Sweet Briar College

8 January 2015

Geoffrey Kershner, AD of the resident theatre company at Sweet Briar College, considers the complicated intersection of art and our racial history and the responsibility of the artist.

Public Dramaturgy, Wikipedia, and Combatting “Columbusing”
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Public Dramaturgy, Wikipedia, and Combatting “Columbusing”

6 January 2015

Three dramaturgs ban together to produce an “Edit-a-Thon,” with the hopes of making Wikipedia's theatre coverage more inclusive.

Jewish Theatre, For Heaven’s Sake!
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Jewish Theatre, For Heaven’s Sake!

4 January 2015

President of the Association for Jewish Theatre David Y. Chack contemplates the future of Jewish Theatre since Ari Roth’s dismissal, as well as the need to diverse cultural expressions.

Color-Conscious Casting
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Color-Conscious Casting

Three Questions to Ask

21 December 2014

Director Lavina Jadhwani ask three questions, addressing how color-conscious casting impacts the story being told.

Beyond Cool
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Beyond Cool

Moving Towards True Transgender Visibility

19 October 2014

MJ Kaufman shares insight on the necessity of trans voices being developed and acknowledged in diverse, multi-faceted, and complex narratives. 

Home
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Home

Not Just a Place, But Also a Responsibility

7 October 2014

Home is not a shared skin tone, language, religion, location, orientation, or political sensibility, though those all play a small role. It’s a sense of history, of being known thoroughly, not just for who you are, but for who you were and who you will be; not just the good, but also the occasionally ugly. It’s the place where people want the best for me, even as I sometimes drive them crazy. It’s the place where I'm not thinking about you or about me, but about us, the house, the whole thing.

I’ll Disband My Roving Gang of Thirty Asian Playwrights When You Stop Doing Asian Plays in Yellow Face*
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I’ll Disband My Roving Gang of Thirty Asian Playwrights When You Stop Doing Asian Plays in Yellow Face*

(*Exception: David Henry Hwang’s play Yellow Face)

6 October 2014

In this installment, Mike Lew discusses the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the fraught practice of yellow face, and what equity for people of color actually looks like.

Asian American Theater
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Asian American Theater

The Question of Home

6 October 2014

Victor Maog examines the efforts of Asian American theatremakers to create spaces and push out meaningful narratives.

Invisible Inclusions
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Invisible Inclusions

Planning the 40th Anniversary Season at People’s Light

14 September 2014

Zak Berkman offers insight into implementing diversity and inclusion as the Producing Director at People's Light.