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A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora

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A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora

by Saymoukda Vongsay, Ova Saopeng, Samson Syharath, Kaysone Syonesa, Lidet Viravong

7 September 2023

On Collaborative Evolution with Friendship at its Core

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On Collaborative Evolution with Friendship at its Core

by Carlyle Brown, Noël Raymond

21 August 2023

On Hauling Water: Outdoor Theatre as Re-Enchantment amidst Climate Crisis

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On Hauling Water: Outdoor Theatre as Re-Enchantment amidst Climate Crisis

by Elle Thoni

2 May 2022

On the left, a performer stands on top of a curved platform and speaks. On the right, a performer sits on a round platform with hands clasped together.

A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora

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A Cypher Among Theatremakers from the Laotian Diaspora

7 September 2023

Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay convenes a roundtable discussion among actors, directors, producers, and playwrights from the Laotian diaspora who work in theatre in the United States. As former refugees and/or the refugees, these theatremakers navigate their places as arrivers in the settler-colonial structure of the United States.

A man stands in an empty rehearsal space while a women sits across from him with a laptop.

On Collaborative Evolution with Friendship at its Core

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On Collaborative Evolution with Friendship at its Core

21 August 2023

After three decades of working together as playwright and director, collaborators and friends Carlyle Brown and Noel Raymond are trying something new: co-creating a theatrical work and performing in it. They sit down to discuss the project’s genesis in their friendship and the research, questions, and experiences that are shaping their generative process.

On Hauling Water: Outdoor Theatre as Re-Enchantment amidst Climate Crisis

Elle

Thoni

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On Hauling Water: Outdoor Theatre as Re-Enchantment amidst Climate Crisis

2 May 2022

Theatre artist Elle Thoni shares their experience working on the outdoor theatre production of a futuristic musical, Queen B, and challenges institutional ideas on how and where theatre can take place.

Red Eye Theater's seven artistic directors.

Collective Leadership

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Collective Leadership

A Conversation with Red Eye’s Artistic Directors

1 April 2021

The co–artistic directors of Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis talk about shifting to a collaborate leadership model with a horizontal structure and consensus-based process, backdooring their way into traditional funding structures and resources, and more.

From Nicety to Necessity

Jack

Reuler

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From Nicety to Necessity

21 October 2020

Jack Reuler, artistic director of Minneapolis’s Mixed Blood Theatre, reflects on how the pandemic might just be the great equalizer in the American theatre and how it’s time for theatre to move from being something nice to being something necessary.

MUSICAL METAMORPHOSIS (Live-captioned)

Playwrights' Center

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MUSICAL METAMORPHOSIS (Live-captioned)

A Songwriter’s Journey into Musicals

Tuesday 25 August 2020

Minneapolis MN United States

Playwrights' Center presented MUSICAL METAMORPHOSIS livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 25 August 2020 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 6 p.m. MDT (Denver, UTC -6) / 7 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis, UTC -5) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).

Text writing across mediums, headshots of Sarah Gubbins, Jen Silverman, and Mfoniso Udofia

WRITING ACROSS MEDIUMS (Live-captioned)

Playwrights' Center

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WRITING ACROSS MEDIUMS (Live-captioned)

A Conversation with Sarah Gubbins, Jen Silverman, & Mfoniso Udofia

Tuesday 11 August 2020

Minneapolis MN United States

Playwrights' Center presented WRITING ACROSS MEDIUMS livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 11 August 2020 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 6 p.m. MDT (Denver, UTC -6) / 7 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis, UTC -5) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).

BLACK MADE THAT (Live-captioned)

Playwrights' Center

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BLACK MADE THAT (Live-captioned)

A Community Salon to Center Blackness, Joy, and Truth-telling

Tuesday 14 July 2020

Minneapolis MN United States

Playwrights' Center presented BLACK MADE THAT livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 14 July 2020 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 6 p.m. MDT (Denver, UTC -6) / 7 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis, UTC -5) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).

Giving Yourself Permission to Leave

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Giving Yourself Permission to Leave

Two Founding Artistic Leaders Discuss Stepping Down

26 March 2020

Michelle Hensley and Abe Rybeck—former founders and artistic directors of Minneapolis’s Ten Thousand Things and Boston’s the Theater Offensive, respectively—discuss their leadership transition, including knowing when to step back, succession planning, fears of leaving, and more.

Committing To A Season of Historically Excluded Voices

Lisa

Channer

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Committing To A Season of Historically Excluded Voices

A Moment of Reflection at University of Minnesota

14 November 2019

Lisa Channer, professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, talks about her school’s work in crafting a pledge to join the JUBILEE—a yearlong, nationwide theatre festival featuring work by traditionally excluded artists.

Lou Bellamy, Diane Rodriguez, Diane Roberts, Andrea Assaf, Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker, Michael Malek Najjar.

Directing Praxis panel

Pangea

Art2Action

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Directing Praxis panel

from the National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation at Pangea World Theatre in Minneapolis

Monday 15 July 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The panel Directing Praxis at the National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Monday 15 July 2019 at 1:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 3:30 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis, UTC-5) / 4:30 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4) / 20:30 UST+0.

The Afro-Atlantic Playwright Festival Closing Roundtable

Playwrights' Center

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The Afro-Atlantic Playwright Festival Closing Roundtable

Hosted by the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis

Sunday 14 July 2019

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis presented the Afro-Atlantic Playwright Festival Closing Roundtable livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Sunday 14 July 2019 at 11 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 1 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis, UTC-5) / 2 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4) / 18:00 UTC+0.

“Who are you when scared?”

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“Who are you when scared?”

Confidence, Fearlessness, and Artistic Direction

23 June 2019

Artistic directors Joe Haj of Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater and Rob Melrose of Houston’s Alley Theatre talk about confidence and fearlessness, a company of actors, fighting for the classics, and more.

three actors onstage, one looks surprised

Taking Leaps in Leadership

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Taking Leaps in Leadership

Sarah Rasmussen and Joanie Schultz in Conversation, Part Two

10 February 2019

In Part Two of this conversation, Sarah Rasmussen, artistic director at Minneapolis’s Jungle Theater, and Joanie Schultz, former artistic director at Addison’s WaterTower Theatre, talk about their biggest successes over the past couple of years, the difference in a board’s relationship to a founding artistic director and to a new leader, and more.

Following the "Knowing"

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Following the "Knowing"

Joanie Schultz and Sarah Rasmussen in Conversation

3 February 2019

In Part I of this conversation, Sarah Rasmussen, artistic director at Minneapolis’s Jungle Theater, and Joanie Schultz, former artistic director at Addison’s WaterTower Theatre, talk about the importance of working with a third party during leadership transitions, trusting your gut in decision-making, and more.

National Theater Project (NTP) Twin Cities Regional Convening, Minnesota

NEFA

Pangea

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National Theater Project (NTP) Twin Cities Regional Convening, Minnesota

Co-hosted by New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) & Pangea World Theater

Sunday 2 December 2018

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and Pangea World Theater partnered to bring you the National Theater Project (NTP) Twin Cities Regional Convening in Minnesota, which livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network on Sunday 2 December 2018 starting at 9 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. CDT / 12 p.m. EDT.

silhouette of performer playing guitar while audience watches, holding flashlights

The Final Act

Scott

Artley

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The Final Act

Sunsetting a Nonprofit Arts Organization

23 October 2018

Scott Artley talks about the decision to wind down activities of Patrick’s Cabaret in Minneapolis after over thirty years on the scene and details the steps taken to “sunset” the organization in a respectful, beautiful way.

A Revolt of the Beavers for Our Time

Robert

Hubbard

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A Revolt of the Beavers for Our Time

10 October 2018

Theatre professor Robert Hubbard writes about Kit Bix’s recent adaptation of Louis Lantz and Oscar Saul’s 1937 play Revolt of the Beavers for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

The Global Voices Panel at the National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation

Art2Action

Pangea

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The Global Voices Panel at the National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation

2018 Mentorship Institute

Wednesday 18 July 2018

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Art2Action, Inc. and Pangea World Theater are proud to present an extraordinary conversation, featuring several of the international theater directors who are participating in the 2018 National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation—including world-renowned dramaturg Rustom Bharucha, Syrian director Kholoud Sawaf, recent recipient of the Order of Canada Margo Kane, director of Nicaragua’s most important theater Lucero Millan, South African theater professor and Zulu artist Ntokozo Madlala, and more. Tune in for a revolutionary global conversation!

Panel: Twin Cities Strategies to Advance Equity in the Theater

Art2Action

Pangea

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Panel: Twin Cities Strategies to Advance Equity in the Theater

National Institute for Directing & Ensemble Creation: 2018 Mentorship Institute

Friday 20 July 2018

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Art2Action, Inc. and Pangea World Theater presented the Panel: Twin Cities Strategies to Advance Equity in the Theater livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 20 July at 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3:30 p.m - 5 p.m. CDT (Minneapolis) / 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. EDT (New York).

At the Crossroads of Disability and Theatre at Mixed Blood

Jack

Reuler

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At the Crossroads of Disability and Theatre at Mixed Blood

18 December 2017

Jack Reuler discusses nearly two decades of incorporating work about, for, or with people with disabilities or on issues of disability at Mixed Blood Theatre.

Ten Thousand Theaters Conference at Ten Thousand Things

Ten Thousand Things

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Ten Thousand Theaters Conference at Ten Thousand Things

Sunday and Monday 3-4 December 2017.

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ten Thousand Things presented the Ten Thousand Theaters Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday and Monday 3-4 December 2017.