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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
A Playwriting Masterclass
Monday 20 May 2024
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
A Playwriting Masterclass
Monday 13 May 2024
Meet Amleta
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Meet Amleta
Join us for a livestream discussion with Amleta founder, Monica Faggiani
Friday 3 May 2024
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The World’s Fair Play Festival
Essay

The World’s Fair Play Festival

Remaking the Space-Time Continuum in Queens

12 August 2014

Brant Russell writes about The World's Fair Play Festival in 2014 at the Queens Theatre, which premiered 12 short plays about the 1964 and 1939 World's Fairs, where those fairs happened.

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Is Black Theatre Sustainable? at the National Black Theatre Public Summit
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Is Black Theatre Sustainable? at the National Black Theatre Public Summit

Thursday 7 August 2014
New York, NY, United States

The National Black Theatre presented their Public Summit, Is Black Theatre Sustainable?: From Sustainability to Collectivity, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 7 August at 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. EDT.

The cast of Urban Momfare.
The Seven Secret Ingredients of The New York International Fringe Festival
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The Seven Secret Ingredients of The New York International Fringe Festival

7 August 2014

Jonathan Mandell writes about seven tropes of the NY Fringe Festival, highlighting productions which fit into the reoccuring genres.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
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

Wednesday 6 August 2014
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 Wednesday 6 August 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)

 

Portrait of Daniel Talbott.
Committing to Theater
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Committing to Theater

Making Art and Making Family

5 August 2014

Martha Steketee writes about Daniel Talbott and Samantha Soule looking at the work and companies they've created in New York's off-Broadway scene since meeting at Juilliard in 1998.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
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.

Wednesday 30 July 2014
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 Wednesday 30 July 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).

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
Video

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

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 23 July 2014
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 Wednesday 23 July 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).

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
Video

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

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 16 July 2014
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 Wednesday 16 July 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).

 

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Panel Discussions on Intellectual Property in Theatre
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Panel Discussions on Intellectual Property in Theatre

Monday 14 July through Thursday 17 July 2014
New York, NY, United States

Samuel French, Inc in New York City presents four livestreaming panel discussions for #RightsWeek: Protecting & Sharing Your Intellectual Property on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at HowlRound.TV this Monday, July 14 through Thursday, July 17. What is the state of intellectual property? What are the rights of theatre artists and new work? The complete #RightsWeek series will include these four livestreamed panel discussions, five essays and blog posts on HowlRound, and live tweeting throughout the week including a real-time Twitter chat on Thursday, July 17. To participate in these four livestreamed panel Q&A's, watch HowlRound.TV, follow @MrSamuelFrench, @HowlRound, and use hashtags #RightsWeek and #howlround. Alternatively, you can watch the livestreams and comment using Samuel French's Facebook page.

Photo from The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise.
Talking About The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise by Toshiki Okada at JACK
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Talking About The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise by Toshiki Okada at JACK

10 July 2014

Morgan Gould reviews The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise, and also interacts with the idea of revealing her tastes as a critic before reviewing.

Cino Nights
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Cino Nights

Raw, Scrappy, and Full of Possibility

9 July 2014

Daniel Talbott offers a reflective overview of Caffe Cino—one of the original birthplaces of Off-Off-Broadway.

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New Dramatists’ Admissions Town Hall in New York—Monday 7 July 2014
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New Dramatists’ Admissions Town Hall in New York—Monday 7 July 2014

Monday 7 July 2014
New York, NY, United States

New Dramatists Admissons Town Hall livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 7 July at 1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco)/ 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago)/ 4 p.m. EDT (New York).

A scene from Orange is the New Black.
Is Orange The New Black? The Truth Behind Prison Shows
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Is Orange The New Black? The Truth Behind Prison Shows

3 July 2014

Jonathan Mandell writes about Joseph Assadourian, his solo performance The Bullpen  based on his 12 years in jail — and how his narrative counters sensationalized prison dramas.

Women, Leadership, and Parity
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Women, Leadership, and Parity

Interview with Julie Crosby

1 July 2014

P. Carl interviews Julie Crosby on leadership, gender parity, and Women’s Project Theater. 

A scene from Speakeasy Dollhouse.
A Murder Mystery and a Party in Cynthia von Buhler’s Speakeasy Dollhouse
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A Murder Mystery and a Party in Cynthia von Buhler’s Speakeasy Dollhouse

26 June 2014

Bertie Ferdman writes about her experience at Speakeasy Dollhouse, and the context of the production's creation.

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Just to the Side of History
Essay

Just to the Side of History

Creating The Mysteries

19 June 2014

Martha Steketee interviews dramaturg Jill Rafson about the process of developing The Mysteries, described as “48 playwrights and 54 actors retelling the entirety of the Bible in a single night.”

Learning from the Gamification of Theater
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Learning from the Gamification of Theater

18 June 2014

Megan Reilly sheds insight on the gamification of theatre.

Portrait of Robert Kaplowitz accepting an award
Nine Thoughts On Theater Awards
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Nine Thoughts On Theater Awards

15 June 2014

Robert Kaplowitz offers insight on theatre awards. 

Portrait of Clyde Valentin.
Friday Phone Call # 64
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Friday Phone Call # 64

Clyde Valentín

13 June 2014

So my friend Clyde Valentín is my guest today on the Friday Phone Call. I seem to be in a mood around friends in transition. As with Deb Cullinan and Todd London, Clyde recently began a new adventure after a long stretch as the Executive Director of The Hip Hop Theater Festival. He has taken on the job of leading a new initiative at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: The Arts and Urbanism Initiative. Clyde is very much in the conceptual days of this project—he has been in place for just a few months thus far. I love hearing him think out loud about the path at SMU, the path for HHTF and him, and the role of a university in community. Clyde is also a key organizer of the Latino Theater Commons but we will have to get back on the phone another time to get that whole story.

What it Means to Sound Designers to Take Away the Tony
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What it Means to Sound Designers to Take Away the Tony

12 June 2014

Last night there was an outpouring of disgust, sadness, confusion, anger, and frustration over a decision to again treat our field as though we are not as important as the rest of the team. This rush of emotion comes because this is not new to us at all. The amount of work in order to be validated by the Tony Awards as a category, which was instated in 2008, seems to have meant nothing at all if it suddenly goes away. It’s not about an award. It’s not about the spotlight—most of us work very hard to go unnoticed during a performance (unless we need to be noticed). It’s about validation for the work that we do and how hard it is to do this work.

The Broadway Season Seen Through Its Cross-Dressing
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The Broadway Season Seen Through Its Cross-Dressing

5 June 2014

Jonathan Mandell looks at the 2013-2014 Broadway season and the six productions which featured men cross-dressing

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
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

Wednesday 28 May 2014
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 Wednesday 28 May 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).

 

Maria Striar Talks with Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks Playwrights
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Maria Striar Talks with Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks Playwrights

28 May 2014

A conversation with Maria Striar, producing artistic director of Clubbed Thumb and Summerworks 2014 playwrights, Jenny Schwartz, Peggy Stafford, and Ariel Stess.

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Transforming Justice Dialogue
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Transforming Justice Dialogue

Wednesday 21 May 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Foundry Theatre presented Transforming Justice as part of the Foundry’s May 2014 Dialogues series Devising Freedom livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 21 May at 4 p.m. PDT/ 6 p.m. CDT/ 7 p.m. EDT/ 23:00 GMT. What other forms of justice do people imagine or, better yet, already practice? Join us for a conversation with three visionaries who are leading the way toward greater safety, accountability, and freedom as they discuss their experiences with community-based approaches to violence, their challenges and lessons learned along the way. Featuring Mariame Kaba, Danielle Sered, and Ejeris Dixon. Tweet @FoundryTheatre if you have a question for the speakers.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
Video

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

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 21 May 2014
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 Wednesday 21 May 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)