Since her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social service, she writes, she has cultivated a community that wants to show up.
Theatre is a collaborative art. In this week’s episode, host Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder talks with Padraic Lillis, artistic director of the Farm Theatre and Jennifer Goff, professor at Centre College, about the collaborative process. Drawing from their experience developing a new play through the Farm Theatre project, Padraic and Jennifer discuss the ways in which collaboration helps students learn to think critically, communicate effectively, take risks, and analyze text.
Robert Barry Fleming, executive artistic director of Actors Theatre, and Courtney Sale, artistic director of Merrimack Repertory Theatre, converse about structural racism and systems of oppression, what can be learned from theatre for young audiences, the possibilities in a post-COVID world, and more.
Rachael Carnes discusses organizing Playwrights Say Never Again to School Shootings, a new anthology of work on gun violence by nineteen playwrights with readings all over the United States.
Actor Billy Flood discusses his performance as the Earthworm in StageOne Family Theatre’s production of James and the Giant Peach, sharing how he engaged with the role to resist gender norms.
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.
In the second installment of his series, writer and actor Eli Keel discusses the lack of representation for artists of color in Louisville’s theatre scene.
The 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented The Path to Production livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 April at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:00 GMT / 6 p.m. BST (London). In Twitter, use #HumanaFest and follow @ATLouisville.
The 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented Artists and Scientists: Great Minds Think Alike livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 4 April at 9 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10 a.m. EDT (New York) / 14:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST (London). In Twitter, use #HumanaFest and follow @ATLouisville.
The 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented The Role of Storytelling in the 21st Century with Anne Bogart livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 28 March at 9:30 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 a.m. EDT (New York) / 14:40 GMT (London). In Twitter, use #HumanaFest and follow @ATLouisville.
Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented The Art of Collective Invention conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 4 April at 10 a.m. PDT/ 12 p.m. CDT / 1 p.m. EDT / 17:00 GMT / 6 p.m. BST (London).
Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented Perspectives in Theatre Criticism livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 3 April at 11 a.m. PDT/ 1 p.m. CDT / 2 p.m. EDT / 18:00 GMT / 7 p.m. BST (London).
Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented a conversation with Anne Bogart livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 29 March at 7 a.m. PDT/ 9 a.m. CDT / 10 a.m. EDT / 2 p.m. GMT.
