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The State of BIPOC Theatre
ArtsBoston's Network for Arts Administrators of Color 
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
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On the Same Page
A Playwright Forum for a Changing Field
Tuesday 5 May 2026
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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After Twenty Years, the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Has its Last Hurrah
by Bess Rowen
2 February 2026
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12 August 2018

Associate Producer Ramona Ostrowski and Fellow JD Stokely reflect on how HowlRound made the Theatre in the Age of Climate Change Convening on 8-10 June 2018 our greenest convening yet.

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Theatres of Revolution: Performance, Pedagogy, and Protest

Friday 3 August 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) presented their 2018 conference in Boston, USA with the theme Theatres of Revolution: Performance, Pedagogy, and Protest livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 3 August 2018. 

group of people applauding in ASL
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Accepting Applications for the Deaf Theatre Action Planning Session

31 July 2018

The Deaf Theatre Action Planning Session, a convening for deaf theatremakers taking place on 15-17 March 2019, is accepting applications for convening participants.

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ArtsBoston

Tuesday 24 July 2018
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsBoston presented the panel discussion Hiring and Retaining a Diverse Workforce livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. BST (London, UTC+1).

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Monday 9 July 2018
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented the Play Reading Book Club Colloquium—a community engagement initiative—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 9 July 2018 at 6 p.m. EDT (Boston, UTC -4) / 3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles, UTC -7) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 11 p.m. BST (London, UTC +1).

a poster with four people on it. it reads "a snowflake: or rare white people"
Essay
2 July 2018

Dramaturg Gaven D. Trinidad reflects on workshopping Snowflakes, or Rare White People by Dustin Chinn as a part of UMass Amherst's New Play Lab in December 2017.

two people embracing
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How Does a Small Company Thrive?

17 June 2018

Olivia D’Ambrosio, Producing Artistic Director of Bridge Repertory Theater in Boston, Massachusetts discusses how the company's early ambitions led to challenges, and how they're learned to course-correct.

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Thursday 24 May 2018
Boston, MA, United States

The Network for Arts Administrators of Color and ArtsBoston presented The Path Forward: A Conversation on Racial Equity in Arts Leadership  livestreamed from the National Museum of Singapore on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 24 May from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).

 

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Tuesday 15 May 2018
Boston, MA, United States

StageSource in Boston presented the 2018 Town Hall on gender parity and opportunities for deaf artists livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 15 May 2018 at 6:30 p.m. EDT (Boston, UTC -4) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles, UTC -7).

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the Berkshire Leadership Summit and Beyond

9 April 2018

Sara Brookner interviews the steering committee of the Berkshire Leadership Summit, which brought together a hundred present and future US and Canadian women leaders to discuss equity and advancement in the theatre field.

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What Love Never Dies Leaves Out

1 April 2018

Kitty Drexel writes about the failure of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies to accurately represent the performers with disabilities that made New York City's Coney Island famous.

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Emerson College

Tuesday 27 March 2018
Boston, MA, United States

HowlRound Theatre Commons presented a conversation about the National Playwright Residency Program livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 27 March at 11:15 a.m. EST (Boston) / 10:15 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 8:15 a.m. PST (San Francisco).

Essay
25 March 2018

Yan Chen talks with poet, performer, and playwright Kit Yan about the intersections of genre and intersections of identity in his work.

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22 March 2018

Alison Weller reflects on the process of writing Boundless, a play about a fishing community on Cape Cod that faces climate change every day.

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Sunday 4 March 2018
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented Citizen Speak: A Conversation with Claudia Rankine which was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 4 March at 5:30 p.m. EST (Boston) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. PST (San Francisco).

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Monday 26 February 2018
Boston, MA, United States

Arts Fuse in Boston presented For the Love of Arts Criticism archived on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 26 February at 7 p.m. EST (Boston) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco).

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Boston Center for the Arts

Tuesday 20 February 2018
Boston, MA, United States

The Network for Arts Administrators of Color presented Amplifying Voices: A Conversation with Leaders of Color in the Arts at Boston Center for the Arts archived on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 20 February at 6 p.m. EST (Boston) / 5 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. PST (San Francisco). 

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Reflections on Emerson College's Teach-In On Race

31 January 2018

Emerson College student Mary Frances Noser reflects on a campus-wide teach-in about race.

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Tuesday 12 December 2017
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsBoston presented Paving the Way: A Conversation with Leaders of Color in the Arts livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 12 December 2017 at 6 p.m. EST (Boston) / 5 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. PST (San Francisco).

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10 December 2017

Rachel Spencer Hewitt, PAAL founder, kicks off the parent advocacy in the arts series with an overview of the history of PAAL and a rationale for family-friendly practices in the theatre.

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9 November 2017

Movement director and professor Yo-El Cassell reflects on how movement should help people access playfulness and joy, regardless of ability.  

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The 12th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival

5 November 2017

Williams and Shakespeare at The 12th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival.

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Saturday 28 October and Sunday 29 October 2017
Lenox, MA, United States

WAM Theatre presented the Berkshire Leadership Summit livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 28 October and Sunday 29 October 2017.

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Monday 23 October 2017
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson and ArtsBoston presented Leading from the Audience: a Conversation with Susan Peevy and Candelaria Silva-Collins livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network on Monday 23 October at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).

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Saturday 21 October 2017
Boston, MA, United States

The Boston Asian American Film Festival and New England Foundation for the Arts presented Beyond Orientalism: The Forum livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network on Saturday 21 October at 10:30 a.m. EDT (New York) / 9:30 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco).

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