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How Cultural Resistance for Palestine Makes Revolution Irresistible
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How Cultural Resistance for Palestine Makes Revolution Irresistible
by Beto O'Byrne
15 May 2024
Book Talk: We Started a Nightclub
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Book Talk: We Started a Nightclub
The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge
Thursday 23 May 2024
New York City
World Voices
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World Voices
Displacement Plays from Uganda, Lebanon, West Africa, Haiti and Ukranian Playwrights Project
Monday 13 May 2024
New York City
Theatrical Reinvention
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Theatrical Reinvention

A Conversation with John Doyle

10 November 2016

Donald Sanborn talks with director John Doyle about the differences between musical theatre and opera, and the power of seeing actors play instruments on stage.

Death and Disenfranchisement
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Death and Disenfranchisement

Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes from the Field

8 November 2016

Jonathan Mandell reviews Anna Deavere Smith’s latest solo performance piece, which presents seventeen real-life characters to establish a connection between school failure, the prison system, and police killings.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 7 November 2016
New York City, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 7 November at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

Theatre & Performance in 1970s NYC: Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead
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Theatre & Performance in 1970s NYC: Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead

Monday 31 October 2016
New York City, NY, United States

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented the panel discussion Theatre & Performance in 1970s NYC: Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV at howlround.tv Monday 31 October at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:30 p.m. GMT/UTC (London) / 23:30 CET (Berlin). Share your thoughts in Twitter with #howlround, and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Free Tickets for Community College Students—Part 1
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Free Tickets for Community College Students—Part 1

27 October 2016

In this first installment, Daphnie Sicre begins her discussion on theatres and programs that offer free, or discounted tickets to college students.

The Ghosts of the Interart
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The Ghosts of the Interart

25 October 2016

Matt Opatrny writes about ensemble company Blessed Unrest and the lack of affordable space for small companies in New York City.

Marie Chauvet/Haiti: Chauvet's Theatres of Revolt
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Marie Chauvet/Haiti: Chauvet's Theatres of Revolt

Monday 24 October 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Marie Chauvet/Haiti: Chauvet's Theatres of Revolt, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 24 October 2016 at 2:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:00 p.m. EDT (New York).  Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 24 October 2016
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 24 October at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Paola Lázaro

21 October 2016

Paola Lázaro writes about her residency at The Atlantic.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Jenny Rachel Weiner

21 October 2016

Jenny Rachel Weiner writes about her residency at Roundabout Theatre Company.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Caroline V. McGraw

21 October 2016

Caroline V. McGraw writes about her residency at Page 73.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Jaclyn Backhaus

21 October 2016

Jaclyn Backhaus writes about her residency at Clubbed Thumb.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Rachel Bonds

21 October 2016

Rachel Bonds writes about her residency at Ars Nova.

Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence
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Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence

Chisa Hutchinson

21 October 2016

Chisa Hutchinson writes about her residency at Second Stage.

Meet the Writers at the 23rd Annual Playwrights' Week
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Meet the Writers at the 23rd Annual Playwrights' Week

Monday 17 October 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Lark in New York City presented Meet the Writers, the public kick-off event of the 23rd Annual Playwrights’ Week livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 October at 7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 23:00 GMT.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
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Public Theater
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 17 October 2016
New York City, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 October at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

Producing Advice from the Company that Named Themselves Team Awesome Robot
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Producing Advice from the Company that Named Themselves Team Awesome Robot

Part Two

16 October 2016

The second dispatch from Team Awesome Robot on producing independent theatre in New York City.

Performance of The God Projekt by Lone Wolf Tribe
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Performance of The God Projekt by Lone Wolf Tribe

Sunday 9 October 2016
New York, NY, United States

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City presented a performance of The God Projekt by Lone Wolf Tribe livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 9 October at 4pm EDT (New York) / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST (London) / 22:00 CEST (Berlin) / 1pm PDT (Los Angeles). On Twitter, follow @LaMaMaETC, @HowlRoundTV and use #howlround.

The Musical Theatre Podcast "Something New" at Dramatists Guild
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The Musical Theatre Podcast "Something New" at Dramatists Guild

Saturday 8 October 2016
New York City, NY, United States

The Season 4 Finale of the musical theatre podcast "Something New" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 8 October at 4:00 a.m. PST (Portland) / 7:00 p.m. EDT (New York). In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and use #howlround, #SomethingNew, #SN4

Questioning How We Tell Mainstream History with Men On Boats
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Questioning How We Tell Mainstream History with Men On Boats

8 October 2016

Summer Banks talks with Jaclyn Backhaus about bringing the story of Men On Boats to life on stage without any men.

The PRELUDE 2016 Festival
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The PRELUDE 2016 Festival

Wednesday 5 October through Friday 7 October 2016
New York City, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented the Prelude 2016 festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based and peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 5 October through Friday 7 October 2016. See the livestream schedule below. Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround, @PRELUDENYC, and #PRELUDE16

Politics and Theatre
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Politics and Theatre

Does Each Serve the Other? Presidential Candidates on Stage

6 October 2016

Jonathan Mandell looks at some recent plays that explore this wackiest of election seasons in novel ways, and asks: Is mockery proper...or even possible?

History Repeats Itself
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History Repeats Itself

Hallie Flanagan in the Twenty-first Century

4 October 2016

Amy Brady interviews Michael Arve about Dangerous Theatre, a piece he’s directing based on Hallie Flanagan’s 1938 testimony to the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities.

The Signature Awards
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The Signature Awards

a proposal

3 October 2016

Edward Einhorn reflects on the failures of the current awards system for independent theatre in New York, and proposes a solution. 

First-Person Radio
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First-Person Radio

Miniature Interviews with Three Audio Storytellers

2 October 2016

Emma Wiseman presents musings on audio storytelling and the world of radio from Cecil Baldwin, Jon Earle, and Audrey Quinn, three New York-based audiophiles.