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The State of BIPOC Theatre
ArtsBoston's Network for Arts Administrators of Color 
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
Video
On the Same Page
A Playwright Forum for a Changing Field
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Essay
After Twenty Years, the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Has its Last Hurrah
by Bess Rowen
2 February 2026
Video
Saturday 22 September 2012 
Provincetown, MA, United States

Italy's MatèTeatro was presented a performance of I Blues as part of The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 22 September 2012.

Portrait of Michael E.
Essay
19 September 2012

Michael Elyanow sheds light on the financial constraints of being a playwright and why it may still be worth it.

Video
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Ashfield, MA, United States

Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts, presented a conversation on The State of the Rural Arts: Crisis, Change, and Opportunity livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 12 August 2012 at 8 a.m. Pacific / 9 a.m. Mountain / 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern.

A logo that reads "Model The Movement" with an image of a tree behind it.
Essay

Theatre Makers in the Black Community Congregate to Change Dynamics in Boston

25 July 2012

Akiba Abaka discusses her experience at the Model the Movement conference in Boston.

The set for Futurity.
Essay

On The Lisps’ Futurity: A Musical

12 July 2012

James J. Hodge examins our societys relation to the future through the lens of the new musical Futurity by the Lisps.

Video
Sunday 10 June 2012
Boston, MA, United States

Company One hosted a discussion about Aditi Kapil's Love Person and collaboration with Boston's Deaf community livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 10 June 2012 at 1:15 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3:15 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4:15 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 20:15 GMT / 9:15 p.m. BST (London) / 10:15 p.m. CEST (Berlin).

Three actors sit around a table onstage.
Essay
11 June 2012

Playwright Kirsten Greenidge reflects on her impulses to rewrite, and how she learned to stay connected to her work.

Podcast

Ilana Brownstein of the Playwrights' Commons Boston

17 May 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Ilana Brownstein, founder of the Playwrights' Commons.

A theatrical release poster for The Grand Inquisitor.
Essay

A March Night at the Paramount with Peter Brook’s Grand Inquisitor

22 April 2012

Taline Vokeritchian muses on the lingering, invigorating power of first loves.

Essay
20 April 2012

Steven Sapp writes about his relationship with ArtsEmerson, and how his friendship with Rob Orchard has helped him to create his best work.

Portrait of P Carl.
Essay
18 April 2012

P. Carl and David Dower outline thier plan for what HowlRound will look and function like moving forward.

Several people in colorful outfits dance on stage.
Essay
18 April 2012

Melia Bensussen examines how the arrival of The Commons will intersect with the theater professionals that populate Emerson College's faculty.

Essay
17 April 2012

Student Nick Medvescek writes about the synergy of HowlRound and Emerson College's student-led theatre community.

Essay

Why Emerson? Why Now?

16 April 2012

Rob Orchard reflects on his professional career at the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre, leading to his new position and excitment for Emerson's Office of the Arts.

A row of buildings in a city.
Essay
15 April 2012

President Lee Pelton welcomes The Commons to Emerson College!

Many doodles of the word no arranged to form the word yes.
Essay

Welcome to the New HowlRound.com

2 January 2012

A welcome to the new HowlRound.com, another step forward in turning the conversation around theater from "me" to "we."

Essay
28 December 2011

Molly Smith reflects on the transformations of Areana Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater over the past year.

BIPOC Theatre event poster.
Video

ArtsBoston's Network for Arts Administrators of Color 

Tuesday 19 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts

Join the Network for Arts Administrators of Color (NAAC) and some of Boston’s most talented theatre trailblazers of color for a compelling conversation around the state of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) led theatre.

On the same page event poster.
Video

A Playwright Forum for a Changing Field

Tuesday 5 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Join Company One and some of New England’s most dynamic playwrights for an evening of collective conversation about the changing new play landscape.

A woman holds a baby in an outdoor performance.
Essay
2 February 2026

Bess Rowen reflects on two decades of exciting, experimental productions at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.

A group of people sit around a table in a black box theatre.
Essay
5 January 2026

In May 2025, the International Presenting Commons (IPC) convened to discuss the state of international cultural exchange. Munroe Forbes Shearer reports on the convening, which pursued questions, resources, and actions to continue international work amid Trump administration policy shifts that threaten to disrupt it.

A group of people in front of the Massachusetts State House holding a banner that reads "It's time to change the mass flag and seal" and "ban the native mascots".
Series

The Living Presence of Our History

Presented by The Ohketeau Cultural Center and Double Edge Theatre

On the history and presence of the Nipmuc and other Tribes in Ashfield, Massachusetts and the surrounding areas.

Series

Interning for The Theater Offensive by Tatiana Gil and Max Cerci

Theatre artists Tatiana Gil and Max Cerci speak on their experience working at the Theater Offensive as True Color Expansion Interns.

Series

Love Sonnets

Things Women Say

This series chronicles the production process for Love Sonnets: Things Women Say, a compilation of monologues for women.

Series

ArtsEmerson

A series of articles on the history, ethos, and goals of ArtsEmerson.

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