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The Living Presence of Our History Part X
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The Living Presence of Our History Part X
The Ohketeau Cultural Center and co-producer Double Edge Theatre host a panel with Indigenous leaders and scholars
Sunday 10 March 2024
Massachusetts
Kinship, Solidarity, and Working Towards Everyone’s Survival
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Kinship, Solidarity, and Working Towards Everyone’s Survival
by Mary Amanda McNeil , Samora Pinderhughes, Storme Webber
14 September 2023
Decolonizing Arts Leadership Through Shared Black and Indigenous Leadership
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Decolonizing Arts Leadership Through Shared Black and Indigenous Leadership
by David Howse, Ronee Penoi
12 September 2023
Bloom Where You Grow
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Bloom Where You Grow

Interview with Claudia Nolan, American Dramaturg

16 June 2017

In this second installment, Maggie Sulc interviews dramaturg Claudia Nolan about her experience with new play development in the Northeast region of the United States.

Much Ado About Nothing: A Reading in the Original Pronunciation
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Much Ado About Nothing: A Reading in the Original Pronunciation

Friday 12 May 2017
Somerville, MA, United States

Weyard Ensemble Theater presented a performance of Much Ado About Nothing: A Reading in the Original Pronunciation at Arts at the Armory in Somerville, Massachusetts, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 12 May at 7:30 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).

The Bible Women’s Project
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The Bible Women’s Project

Shouting to be Heard in a Religiously Conservative Environment

11 May 2017

Director and playwright Tara Brooke Watkins discusses the process of creating The Bible Women’s Project, which fuses women’s stories from the Bible and the stories of women from conservative, Christian backgrounds.

The How and the Why of Arts Advocacy
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The How and the Why of Arts Advocacy

1 May 2017

Sara Brookner writes about her experiences and take-aways from participating in National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, and Arts Matter Advocacy Day in Boston, MA.

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The HowlRound Challenge
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The HowlRound Challenge

An Open Call for Convening Proposals

12 April 2017

Through The HowlRound Challenge, we will produce and host up to five in-person convenings in Boston, from September 2017 to June 2019 that will incubate ideas and seed action to make a better theatre and a better world.

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Robbie McCauley ‘n Company: A Convening in Performance
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Robbie McCauley ‘n Company: A Convening in Performance

Emerson College

Thursday 6 April and Friday 7 April 2017
Boston, MA, United States

Multimedia theatre company Sleeping Weazel, in cooperation with Emerson College’s Performing Arts Department and Office of the Arts, presented Robbie McCauley ‘n Company: a convening in performance livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 6 April and Friday 7 April 2017. Follow @HowlRound and use #howlround on Twitter. 

Steely Lies The Heart
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Steely Lies The Heart

Musings on Playwriting in the Age of Trump

1 April 2017

Kirsten Greenidge reflects on the playwright's relationship to this unruly moment of cultural shift and what happens to one’s work when the world around us is changing so rapidly?  

The I Told You Show
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The I Told You Show

Anthony Atamanuik’s Take on Trump, The Election, and Where It All Went Wrong

31 March 2017

Allison Raynor interviews Anthony Atamanuik, a Donald Trump impersonator who critiques both the president and audiences in his latest solo piece.

Arts Matter Advocacy Day
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Arts Matter Advocacy Day

ArtsEmerson's Paramount Theater

Tuesday 28 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

MASSCreative presented Arts Matter Advocacy Day livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 28 March at 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. MDT (Denver) / 7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 14:00-16:30 UTC / 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BST (London) / 16:00-18:30 CEST (Brussels). Use hashtag #AMAD17 and follow @masscreative on Twitter & Instagram and on Facebook to participate in the conversation. The livestream will be live-captioned.

We Are the Heroes We Need
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We Are the Heroes We Need

Squeaky Fromme, Assassins, and the Call for Arts Activism

28 March 2017

Kitty Drexel writes about Stephen Sondheim's Assassins , and the need for artists to defend natinoal arts funding.

Conversation Claudia Rankine: On Whiteness
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Conversation Claudia Rankine: On Whiteness

Friday 24 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented the conversation Claudia Rankine: On Whiteness livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 24 March at 3:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 6:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:00 GMT-UTC (London) / 23:00 CET (Berlin). On Twitter, follow @ArtsEmerson and #howlround.

Natasha’s Dream
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Natasha’s Dream

a Foreign and Familiar Vision

21 March 2017

Erik Nikander discusses Yaroslava Pulinovich's Russian play Natasha's Dream, presented in New Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts.

Facing Exclusion: Pioneering Activists Harry Hom Dow and Tien Fu Wu
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Facing Exclusion: Pioneering Activists Harry Hom Dow and Tien Fu Wu

Saturday 18 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston and Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) presented Facing Exclusion: Pioneering Activists Harry Hom Dow and Tien Fu Wu, a theatrical presentation and conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 18 March at 2 p.m. EST (New York), 1 p.m. CST (Chicago), 12 p.m. MST (Denver), and 11 a.m. PST (Los Angeles).

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Grey Gardens Revisited

14 March 2017

Daniel Coelho discusses Druid Theatre Company’s revival of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, making parallels to the women of Grey Gardens and Tennessee Williams’ character Blanche DuBois.

A Performing Arts and Disability panel from the AXIS Dance Company Residency at Boston University—Monday 13 March 2017
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A Performing Arts and Disability panel from the AXIS Dance Company Residency at Boston University—Monday 13 March 2017

Monday 13 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

The AXIS Dance Company Residency at Boston University presented a Performing Arts and Disability: Leadership, Inclusion, and Training Symposium panel discussion featuring regional arts leaders and artists livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 13 March at 1:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 12:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:00 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 17:00 GMT-UTC (London) / 18:00 CET (Berlin) / 19:00 EET (Bucharest).

Convening: Art in the Service of Understanding: Bridging Artists, Military, Veterans, and Civilian Communities
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Convening: Art in the Service of Understanding: Bridging Artists, Military, Veterans, and Civilian Communities

10 March to Sunday 12 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) partnered with HowlRound to livestream the convening Art in the Service of Understanding: Bridging Artists, Military, Veterans, and Civilian Communities from Boston on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 March to Sunday 12 March. Use Twitter hashtag #artsandmilitary to participate in online conversation.

A conversation with director Garry Hynes
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A conversation with director Garry Hynes

10 February 2017

Ramona Ostrowski speaks with director Gary Hynes about Druid Theatre Company, revisiting Beauty Queen of Leenane twenty years after its first production, and new political movements within Irish theatre.

When Family Inspires Political Protest Art
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When Family Inspires Political Protest Art

4 February 2017

Bryn Boice writes about how a rift with her father led her to begin work on a devised piece called I, Snowflake.

#BreakingtheBinary: A Dialogue on Accessibility for Trans People Working in the Arts
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#BreakingtheBinary: A Dialogue on Accessibility for Trans People Working in the Arts

Monday 30 January 2017
Boston, MA, United States

#BreakingTheBinary is a free and public symposium focusing on accessibility for trans* people working in the arts presented by the American Repertory Theater at the Oberon. The event included a panel discussion of trans-identified theatre workers—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network howlround.tv Monday 30 January at 12 p.m. EST to 1:00 p.m. EST (Boston) / 11 a.m. CST to 12 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 10 a.m. MST to 11 a.m. MST (Denver) / 9 a.m. PST to 10 a.m. PST (San Francisco)/ 17:00 GMT—18:00 GMT. Follow the conversation on social media via the hashtag #BreakingtheBinary and follow @howlroundtv.

#BreakingtheBinary
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#BreakingtheBinary

an interview with SK Kerastas and Lisa Evans

26 January 2017

Regina Victor interviews SK Kerastas and Lisa Evans about their work to make theatre institutions more accessible for trans* people, on and off stage.

What Do You Know? A Discovery of Prejudgment, Vocabulary, and Identity
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What Do You Know? A Discovery of Prejudgment, Vocabulary, and Identity

24 January 2017

Max Cerci discusses watching Gemma Cooper-Novak’s Through the Glory Hole and What We Found There as a summer intern for The Theater Offensive, reflecting on his theatre background and his queer identity.

Just a Girl with a Dream
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Just a Girl with a Dream

Interning and Envisioning at The Theater Offensive

23 January 2017

Tatiana Gil reflects on her experience interning for The Theater Offensive in Boston, Massachusetss last summer, sharing her vision of organizing creative spaces for queer youth.

Mutual Duality
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Mutual Duality

Making The Work Matter with Double Edge Theatre at Boston Conservatory at Berklee

21 January 2017

Mark Krawczyk writes about the experience his students at Boston Conservatory at Berklee had during a semester of working with artists from Double Edge Theatre. 

The Ghostlight Project
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The Ghostlight Project

Thursday 19 January 2017
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston participated in the Ghostlight Project livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 January at 5:30 p.m. EST (Boston)/4:30 p.m. CST (Austin)/3:30 p.m. MST (Denver)/ 2:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles). In Twitter, use #howlround to participate in the conversation and follow @howlroundtv.

What Comes Next?
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What Comes Next?

Theatre and Posttraumatic Growth After the 2016 Election

4 January 2017

Emily White writes about how her research on posttraumatic growth informs her belief that theatre can be an important tool to help America unite and heal.