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Black Survival and Cyclical Fate in Hang Time
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Sunday 21 December 2014
New York, NY, United States

LaMaMa and CultureHub in New York City presented a performance of Motus Theatre Company's (Italy) Nella Tempesta—an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest— livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 21 December at 1 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 4 p.m. EST (New York) / 21:00 GMT (London) / 22:00 CET (Rome).

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Jeff Stark on The Dreary Coast

18 December 2014

The Dreary Coast is a site-specific immersive work that took place in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, and used elements of Greek and Roman mythology, Dante’s Inferno, black metal music, and the canal’s actual history to journey its audience through one of the most polluted waterways in the United States.

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A playwriting masterclass.

Wednesday 17 December 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 17 December 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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Peculiar Works Project Illuminates the Insides of the City

16 December 2014

3Christs is an adaptation of a study about therapeutic experiments with three men who believed they were Jesus Christ at Ypsilanti State Hospital in the 1960s. Performed in Judson Memorial Church, 3Christs exemplifies the essence of Peculiar Works Project.

Essay
11 December 2014

Are we free to gawk again? That’s what Broadway audiences are doing during the revival of The Elephant Man, one of several stage shows and television series that are bringing attention back to the freak show.

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A playwriting masterclass.

Wednesday 10 December 2014
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 Wednesday 10 December 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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Video
Tuesday 9 December / Wednesday, 10 December
New York, NY, United States

CultureHub SeoulArts/La MaMa presented a special work in progress showing of The Return by puppeteer Tom Lee in collaboration with the Seoul Institute of the Arts and Sarah Lawrence College livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 9 December at 5:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 7:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 8:30 p.m. EST (New York) / Wednesday, December 10 at 1:30am GMT (London) / Wednesday, December at 10:30 a.m KST (Seoul). In Twitter, use #howlround to share this event.

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Tuesday 2 December 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America presented the conversation Finding Your Voice Later In Life (Is It Too Late To "Emerge?") livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 2 December at 2:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 22:30 GMT (London). In Twitter, use #howlround to participate in conversation and follow @DramatistsGuild for updates.

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Part 1

2 December 2014

Carol Kearns writes about Zoetrope: Part 1, a drama set in 1951 Puerto Rico, looking at its multimedia aesthetic, bilingual presentation, and political themes.

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A. Zell Williams

2 December 2014

A. Zell Williams talks about how a resident playwright and a theater can affect dialogue together, and how the trouble when residencies happen without enough commitment.

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Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

1 December 2014

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig answers questions in about her residency at Manhattan Theatre Club through the Tow Foundation. She talks of her artistic home as collaborators, as well as her hopes for the future.

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An Exploration of Sex and the New American Theater

30 November 2014

In his essay, Director Evan Caccioppoli explores the future of sex in American theatre.

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The Tow Foundation’s 2014 Residency Program

30 November 2014

What are two essential elements to creating a transformational experience for an up-and-coming playwright? 1) A full time salary and health insurance. 2) The guarantee of having a work produced by a major off-Broadway non-profit theater.

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Tuesday 25 November 25 2014
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild of America presented the conversation Beyond Angry Lesbians and Gay Best Friends: Writing Gender and Sexuality in the 21st Century livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 25 November 25at 2:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)/ 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago)/ 5:30 p.m. EST (New York)/ 22:30 GMT (London). 

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Saturday 22 November 2014
New York City, NY, United States

CultureHub SeoulArts/La MaMa in New York City presented Surveillance Salon curated by Anna Barsan at the art and technology festival Refest 2014 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 22 November at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin) / 5 p.m. EST (New York) / 22:00 GMT (London).

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Essay
20 November 2014

Our process is open-source, inquiry-based and ever-evolving. We love hyphens. We flirt at the intersection of playmaking and script writing. We believe that theater requires the whole performer—mind, body, and voice. Often we draw strong, immediate connections that open up a dialogue between past and present, and play on themes of history, science, mathematics, and social justice.

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Video
Saturday 15 November 2014
New York, NY, United States

Playwrights Horizons presented the Grand Concourse Symposium on Saturday 15 November where playwright Heidi Schreck moderates a panel featuring  Annie Baker, Sister Nancy Chiarello, and Angela Alaimo O’Donnell livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 15 November at 21:00 GMT (London) / 4 p.m. EST (New York) / 3 p.m. CST (Austin) / 1 p.m. PST (Vancouver). In Twitter, use #howlround to chat. Follow @PHNYC and @HowlRoundTV for updates. 

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Friday 14 November 2014

La MaMa in New York City presented the Urban Indigenous Arts & Culture Symposium performance of Don't Feed the Indians—A Divine Comedy Pageant from CultureHub  livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 14 November at 18:00 GMT (London) / 1 p.m. EST (Toronto) / 12 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 10 a.m. PST (Vancouver) / 9 a.m. AKST (Anchorage). In Twitter, use #howlround.

Photo from You Can't Take It With You.
Essay
11 November 2014

Jonathan Mandell takes a look at Broadway revivals about the theatre, contrasting them with a production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Essay
5 November 2014

Emily Morse and Srila Nayak share insight on Full Stage USA's dedication to exploring new models of play creation and production. 

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Video
Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Network of Ensemble Theaters presents Intersection: Ensembles + Universities livestreaming from LaMama and New School University in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2, 2014. In Twitter, use #howlround to share conversation.

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John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Nuyorican Poets Café

30 October 2014

Emma Wiseman writes about the YOLO! Productions revival of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.

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Tuesday 28 October 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America presented the conversation Behind the Music-al livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 28 October 2014.

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Anne Hamburger on Basetrack Live

28 October 2014

Bertie Ferdman interviews Anne Hamburger about Basetrack Live, a multimedia theatre production inspired by Basetrack: One-Eight, a web project created in 2010 by photojournalists embedded with US Marines fighting in southern Afghanistan.

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Sunday 26 October2014
New York, NY, United States

CultureHub in New York City presented the discussion The Mirror up to Nature: Reflecting the Environment in Designs, Maps, and Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 26 October at 22:00 GMT (London) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 3 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 9 a.m. AEDT on Monday, October 27 (Sydney). In Twitter, use #howlround.

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