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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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10 June 2016

Rob Orchard writes about Robert Brustein’s career of writing political theatre, and shares an audio recording of a new satirical skit.

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Shakespeare, Space Suits, and the Power of the Human

31 May 2016

Shari Caplan on Sans Everything by Strange Attractor Theatre at the Charlestown Working Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. 

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19 May 2016

Josh Platt reflects on Boston-based director Summer Williams’ interpretation of Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara, in light of her recent direction of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

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Tuesday 10 May 2016
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented the public dialogue Some Other Race: Exploring the Diversity within the Latino Story livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 10 May at 7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter with hashtag #cafeonda.

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Performer’s Reflection on Charles Mee’s Love Sonnets

8 May 2016

Actors Mary Frances Noser and Emma Lukens reflect on their process acting in Love Sonnets at Emerson College.

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7 May 2016

In this third installment, Victoria Masteller discusses her experience as Associate Director and examines how space informed the production of Love Sonnets.

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6 May 2016

In this second installment, Helen Schultz reflects on her dramaturgical process.

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Introduction

5 May 2016

In this first installment, Director Caitlin Bailey shares her directorial process for Love Sonnets: Things Women Say, a compilation of monologues for women written by Chuck Mee.

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Saturday 30 April 2016
Boston, MA, United States

ArtChangeUS@ArtsEmerson, and HowlRound presented Claiming Your Space—a conversation about writing and performing identity with acclaimed performer/playwrights Marissa Chibas and Melinda Lopez moderated by Dr. P. Carl livestreamed from Boston on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 30 April at 4 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 20:00 GMT / 9 p.m. BST (London). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @howlroundtv

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Noh Drama at Boston University

30 April 2016

A conversation with Theatre Nohgaku members about noh theatre and their production of Zahdi Dates and Poppies.

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28 April 2016

Playwright Melinda Lopez shares her experience buying tickets to see Hamilton, and addresses the cost of watching a Broadway show versus the cost of caring for her mother.

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A Defense of Smart People

26 April 2016

Anchuli Felicia King on the Second Stage production of Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People in New York.

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23 April 2016

Sara Katzoff writes about Kickwheel Ensemble Theater’s creation of Passage, a physical theatre comedy. 

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17 April 2016

In this installment, Damon Krometis discusses the Boston premiere of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and the ways this production positioned the audience as both spectators and participants.

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Tuesday 5 April 2016
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented the panel discussion Curation and the Politcs of Listening, part of the Naming Ourselves Public Dialogue series, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 5 April at 7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). In Twitter, use #howlround to participate in the conversation and follow @howlroundtv.

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Monday 28 March 2016
Boston, MA, United States

The City of Boston’s Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture presented the Boston Creates Town Hall livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 28 March at 6 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. PDT / 22:00 GMT. For more information, visit www.bostoncreates.org. Social media users can engage with the process on Twitter using #BostonCreates or by following on Facebook

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Friday 25 March 2016
Boston, MA, United States

Visual and Media Arts Department of Emerson College in Boston presented The New England Graduate Media Symposium livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 25 March from 2 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 18:00-21:15 GMT (London) / 19:00-22:15 CET (Amsterdam). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @EmersonVMA and @HowlRoundTV

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Friday 25 March and Saturday 26 March
Boston, MA, United States

Boston University presented Theatre Nohgaku's Performance and Discussion of Noh Music and a Lecture and Demonstration of Noh and Kyogen Performance Styles livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 25 March and Saturday 26 March. On Twitter, use #howlround and follow @HowlRoundTV

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18 March 2016

Rebekah Bryer shares her theatre background and advocates an interdisciplinary approach to working in the field.

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15 March 2016

Artistic Directer Peter DuBois and Melinda Lopez express why their partnership has been both so natural and so successful.

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the Theatrical Balancing Act of Documentary Playmaking

9 March 2016

Melissa Bergstrom and Kate Marple share their process of creating the documentary theatre piece Big Work.

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Shifting a Playwright’s Perspective

17 February 2016

Playwright Pat Gabridge describes the experience of seeing the same production of his play in Massachusetts and Maryland.

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Controversies and Interventions in the Theatre

Tuesday 9 February 2016
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson in Boston presented the panel discussion Interrogating Whiteness Part II: Controversies and Interventions in the Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 9 February. In Twitter, use #howlround to participate in the conversation and follow @howlroundtv

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Playwright Deborah Lake Fortson Addresses the Teenage Sex Trafficking Crisis

5 February 2016

Charlotte Meehan and Adara Meyers sit down with playwrights Deborah Lake Fortson and Amy Merrill, director Robbie McCauley, and law enforcement and community stakeholders to talk about youth sex trafficking and The BODY & SOLD Project.

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From Performance, to Classroom to Activism

Tuesday 2 February 2016
Boston, MA, United States

Company One Theatre presented the panel conversation: Theatre & Education on the Front Lines of Boston Communities—Race & Representation: From Performance, to Classroom to Activism livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 2 February at 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles). In Twitter use #howlround and follow @Company_One and @HowlRoundTV.

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