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Festivals

Festivals, often organized within a specific geographic community or around a theme, are a great way for different works to be in conversation with each other. Content in this section primarily focuses around recapping theatre festivals and analyzing multiple works that were featured.

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A Roundtable Discussion on Roma Heroes International Theater Festival, Sixth Edition
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A Roundtable Discussion on Roma Heroes International Theater Festival, Sixth Edition
Presented by the Independent Theater Hungary
Thursday 28 March 2024
Roma Heroes International Theater Festival, Sixth Edition
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Roma Heroes International Theater Festival, Sixth Edition
Presented by the Independent Theater Hungary
Wednesday 20 March - Wednesday 27 March
What Makes St. Louis a Flourishing Ecosystem for New Plays and Cooperative Production Models
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What Makes St. Louis a Flourishing Ecosystem for New Plays and Cooperative Production Models
by Jacob Juntunen
13 February 2024
Conversation from the V4 @ Theatre Critics Residency at the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra
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Conversation from the V4 @ Theatre Critics Residency at the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra

Wednesday 28 September 2016
Nitra, Slovakia

The International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra in Slovakia presented the V4@Theatre Critics Residency livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 28 September 2016 at 10:00-13:00 CEST (Slovakia) / 11:00-14:00 EEST (Ukraine) / 9 a.m.-12 p.m. BST (London) / 4 a.m.-7 a.m. EDT (New York) / 08:00-11:00 UTC.

“Glitterwashing” Orientalism in Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
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“Glitterwashing” Orientalism in Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

21 September 2016

Catherine M. Young on Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord’s production of Molière and Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, directed by Denis Podalydès’at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.

Illuminated Histories and Imagined Futures
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Illuminated Histories and Imagined Futures

The 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa

9 September 2016

Paul Adolphsen on the 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa.

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Black Fringe
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Black Fringe

1 September 2016

Jonathan Mandell on the wealth of offerings of African-American theatre at the twentieth New York International Fringe Festival. 

Visiting Arts International Producers Breakfast 2016
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Visiting Arts International Producers Breakfast 2016

Thursday 25 August 2016
Edinburgh, Scotland

Visiting Arts and Creative Scotland presented The Visiting Arts International Producers Breakfast 2016 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 25 August at 09:00 GMT / 10 a.m. BST (London) / 11:00 CEST (Berlin) / 12:00 EEST (Beirut) / 14:30 IST (Mumbai) / 18:00 JST (Tokyo) / 19:00 AEST (Sydney). Follow the event on Twitter @VisitingArts and share your thoughts with #VAPB2016. Additionally, follow @HowlRoundTV for updates about the livestream. Join the Facebook event page. 

The Year of Yockey at Kitchen Dog Theater
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The Year of Yockey at Kitchen Dog Theater

11 August 2016

Shelby-Allison Hibbs on Kitchen Dog Theater’s productions of Steve Yockey’s Blackberry Winter and The Thrush and the Woodpecker.

The Women of Summer
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The Women of Summer

7 August 2016

Carey Purcell looks at female artistic leadership of summer companies at New York Stage and Film, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.

The Neo-Futurists Present The Neo-Futurist Kitchen (a micro-festival on art & performance)
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The Neo-Futurists Present The Neo-Futurist Kitchen (a micro-festival on art & performance)

Saturday 23 July 2016
Chicago, IL, United States

The Neo-Futurists presented the The Neo-Futurist Kitchen (a micro-festival on art & performance) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 23 July. Share your thoughts and media with hashtags #howlround in all social media platforms. Follow @neofuturists and @HowlRoundTV in Twitter for updates.  

Interview with RUST Co-Operative
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Interview with RUST Co-Operative

20 June 2016

In this first installment, Paul Adolphsen interviews Philip Rademeyer and Penny Youngelson, the co-founding members of South Africa’s Rust Co-Operative who will present two pieces at the National Arts Festival.

The Audience is Present
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The Audience is Present

An Interview with LIFT’s Mark Ball

16 June 2016

Patrick Gaughan explores audience engagement and the relative merit of the Q&A in conversation with Mark Ball, artistic director of the London International Festival of Theatre.

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Livestreaming Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival
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Livestreaming Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival

11 - 14 May 2016
Nashville, TN, United States

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival in Nashville, Tennessee presents the latest new plays born from our Ingram New Works Project’s playwrights’ lab livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on May 11, 12, 13, and 14. Tweet your questions/comments to @nashrep using #howlround to participate in the talkback immediately following each reading.

The PEN World Voices: International Play Festival 2016
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The PEN World Voices: International Play Festival 2016

Wednesday 27 April to Friday 29 April
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented PEN World Voices: International Play Festival 2016 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 27 April to Friday 29 April. On Twitter use #HowlRound.

Deaf Playwriting
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Deaf Playwriting

A New Art Form

7 April 2016

In this installment, Playwright and poet Sabina England shares her process for creating performances for deaf and hearing audiences.

Rajiv Joseph: Benefits of Self-Loathing 
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Rajiv Joseph: Benefits of Self-Loathing 

A Keynote Address at the 40th Humana Festival of New American Plays

Saturday 26 March 2016
Louisville, KY, United States

The 40th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented Rajiv Joseph: Benefits of Self-Loathing—a keynote address livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 26 March at 7:30 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 9:30 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 a.m. EDT (New York) / 14:30 GMT (London). On Twitter, use #HumanaFest and follow @ATLouisville and @HowlRoundTV.

Place Hacking, Belarus Free Theatre, and Coming Home
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Place Hacking, Belarus Free Theatre, and Coming Home

13 February 2016

verity healey is back with a report on Belarus Free Theatre’s Staging a Revolution festival that was held November, 2015 in London.

Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble’s The Art Of Luv (Part 1)
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Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble’s The Art Of Luv (Part 1)

Elliot

11 February 2016

Amauta Marston-Firmino on Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble’s The Art Of Luv (Part 1): Elliot at the Under The Radar Festival in New York City.

One World is Not Enough
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One World is Not Enough

An Interview with Meiyin Wang of Under the Radar Festival

11 January 2016

Patrick Gaughan interviews Under the Radar Festival Co-Director, Meiyin Wang.

WTF?! How necessary is clarity in the theatre?
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WTF?! How necessary is clarity in the theatre?

7 January 2016

Jonathan Mandell, unable to understand several recent plays, goes to the source to explain them, and then humorously debates how important it is for theatre to be coherent. 

Maytag Virgin, Quotidian Theatre's Sweet Success
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Maytag Virgin, Quotidian Theatre's Sweet Success

2 December 2015

Patricia Davis on the world premiere production of Audrey Cefaly’s Maytag Virgin at Quotidien Theatre in Washington, DC.

Performances in the Temps d’Images Festival / Independent Performing Arts Platform
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Performances in the Temps d’Images Festival / Independent Performing Arts Platform

Thursday 12 November - Saturday 14 November 2015
Cluj, Romania

Temps d’Images Festival / Independent Performing Arts Platform in Cluj, Romania presented She’s a Good Boy by Compania 28, Cunthate [ură] by BÉZNĂ Theatre, and Domestic Products livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 12 November to Saturday 14 November. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @HowlRoundTV

Women’s Voices Theater Festival
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Women’s Voices Theater Festival

A Weekend in the Emerald City

10 November 2015

Holly L. Derr on Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías, Animal by Claire Lizzimore, Queens Girl in the World by Caleen Sinette Jennings, Women Laughing Alone with Salad by Sheila Callaghan, and Uprising by Gabrielle Fulton, all part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington, DC.

Belarus Free Theatre’s Staging a Revolution Festival
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Belarus Free Theatre’s Staging a Revolution Festival

Monday November 2 to Saturday November 14 2015
London, UK

Belarus Free Theatre presented the Staging a Revolution Festival livestreamed to audiences across the world by CultureHub on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv and simultaneously via Belarus Free Theatre's sister website The Ministry of Counterculture from Monday November 2 to Saturday November 14. Each evening’s performance will be available to view online here for two weeks after the livestream.

Actors Light Up the Venice Film Festival
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Actors Light Up the Venice Film Festival

13 October 2015

Marcina Zaccaria on the 72nd Annual Venice Film Festival and the intersection of theatre and film acting.

Something is Afoot in Washington, DC
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Something is Afoot in Washington, DC

7 October 2015

Holly Derr reports on the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, bringing together more than 50 of the Washington, DC’s professional theaters to feature world premieres of new plays and musicals by women.

Push-Pull
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Push-Pull

Available Light and the Fringe Culture in Philadelphia

22 September 2015

Emma Wiseman on Available Light by Lucinda Childs, designed by Frank Gehry and scored by John Adams at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.