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Interviews

This section collects all HowlRound content that takes the form of an interview between two or more theatremakers. Interested in contributing your own interview? Here are our interview guidelines and best practices!

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Podcast
Vampires, Cowboys, and Sapphic Camp with 11th Hour Productions
by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Ciara Hannon, Saylor Lake
2 June 2026
Podcast
The Trans History Project: A Cohort of Playwrights and Theatres
by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Bo Frazier
19 May 2026
Podcast
The Trans History Project: Ten Plays in Development
by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Bo Frazier
12 May 2026
Essay
17 March 2014

In this installation, Alan Dupont interviews David Dower about his work with ArtsEmerson. 

Video
Friday 14 March 2014
Boston, MA, United States

Emerson College in Boston presented a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and acclaimed author Ayad Akthar olivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 14 March at 4 p.m. PDT / 6 p.m. CDT / 7 p.m. EDT / 23:00 GMT. The conversation was moderated by P. Carl, Director of HowlRound: A knowledge commons by and for the theatre community. Use #howlround in Twitter to engage in online conversation.

Podcast

Lana Lesley & Kirk Lynn of Rude Mechanicals

7 March 2014

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Lana Lesley and Kirk Lynn of Austin's Rude Mechanicals.

Essay
23 February 2014

P. Carl interviews Director Lear deBessonet on her influences, inspirations, and current work.

Podcast

Annie-B & Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater

21 February 2014

My guests are Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, the team behind Big Dance Theater, New York. I was interested in hearing them talk about the ideas underpinning their decades of collaboration and how they have maintained a space for themselves in these times and in the blurry, hybrid world their work inhabits. Listen to audio podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Subscribe in Apple iTunes or via RSS Feed.

Portrait of Marianne Weems.
Essay

Marianne Weems in Conversation

9 February 2014

In this interview, Director Marianne Weems talk aesthetics, pedagogy, The Builders Association, and her two current plays on tour.

Video
Sunday 26 January 2014
Chicago, IL, United States

Goodman Theatre in Chicago presents an Artist Encounter for Rebecca Gilman's play Luna Gale livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 26 January at 3 p.m. PST/ 5 p.m. CST/ 6 p.m. EST/ 23:00 GMT.

The New Play Map.
Essay
21 January 2014

The following is a conversation with playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury for the Boston production of "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915" which is a current co-production between Company One and ArtsEmerson.

Essay

Interview with Black-Eyed Susan

13 November 2013

Alexis Clements interviews actress Black-Eyed Susan.

Marketing for The Mutilated.
Essay
9 November 2013

Bess Rowen talks to Director Cosmin Chivu about his production of The Mutilated.

Essay
8 September 2013

P. Carl talks to Paula Vogel, Teo Castellanos, and Will Power about politics, diplomacy as artists, and the lines they will or will not cross

A card with directions on it.
Essay

Interview with Team Singapore

14 August 2013

An interview with Team Singapore about their experience creating theatre that crosses borders through technology and how theatre can change the audience experience through it.

Photo from A Long Distance Affair.
Essay
12 August 2013

Ana Margineanu and Tamilla Woodard talk about how Skype is changing not only the creative experience for artists but also how and where audiences participate in theatre.

Poster for I Came To Look For You On Tuesday.
Essay

Why Do They Keep Coming Back?

7 August 2013

Jens Rasmussen, Rachael Holmes, Meg MacCary, and Emily Morse discuss long-term engagement with their project, their unique perspectives, and the significance of reunion. 

Headshot of Sarah Benson.
Essay
30 June 2013

Bess Rowen interviews Sarah Benson on her role as the artistic director of Soho Rep.

LMDA Logo.
Essay
28 June 2013

Jeremy Stoller interviews Vicki Strioch, President of LMDA.

Headshot of Heidi Taylor.
Essay

An Interview with Heidi Taylor

26 June 2013

Elaine Avila interviews Vancouver-based dramaturg and director Heidi Taylor.

A still from a production of A Murder of Crows.
Essay
19 June 2013

Natasha Lee Martin reached out to the playwright, Mac Wellman, in a series of interviews to get his take on re-envisioning and modernizing his play A Murder of Crows through the use of interactive design technology.

Essay

An Interview with Kuma Hula Vicky Holt Takamine

15 June 2013

Vicky Holt Tamamine talks about the challenges of bring back the tradition of hula when it’s history is entangled in westernized perspectives.

Portrait of Carlos Murillo.
Essay
7 June 2013

Anne García-Romero and Alice Tuan interview Carlos Murillo about his exploration of art and playwriting. Murillo questions how storytelling and technology will merge together.

Essay
6 June 2013

Anne García-Romero and Alice Tuan interview Brooke Berman to find that academia helped Berman find the backbone to advocate for her work.

Portrait of Kristina Wong.
Essay
4 June 2013

Anne García-Romero and Alice Tuan interview Kristina Wong about her “trial by fire” playwriting. Wong’s passionate about theatre that cannot be matched by a camera.

Portrait of Daniel Alexander Jones.
Essay
3 June 2013

Daniel Alexander Jones discusses the art of learning from mentors and value of learning the craft of playwriting.

A person wearing a scarf smiles at the camera.
Essay

christopher oscar peña chats about writing race with A. Rey Pamatmat

19 May 2013

christopher oscar peña and A. Rey Pamatmat talk about writing race in plays.

Logo for Black Women Playwrights Group.
Essay

Interview with Karen Evans

5 May 2013

Garlia Cornelia Jones-Ly and Almeria Campbell talk to Karen Evans, President and Founder of The Black Women Playwrights’ Group in Washington, DC.

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