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Essay
Black Survival and Cyclical Fate in Hang Time
by Ciaran Short
4 June 2026
Essay
Arts Curators Reaching Back, Carrying Forward
by Martine Dennewald
7 May 2026
Essay
A Sojourner Speaks
by Daniel Alexander Jones
6 May 2026
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Video
Tuesday 22 May 2012
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild presented a conversation with Bobby Lopez, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkey livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:30-23:00 UTC / 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m. BST (London) / 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. CEST (Berlin) / 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. (Sydney on Wednesday 23 May).

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Video
Tuesday 8 May 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America hosted a panel discussion entitled: "Contracts 101: E-Publishing" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 8 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m. PDT / 3:30 p.m. MDT / 4:30 p.m. CDT / 5:30 p.m. EDT / 21:30 GMT / 10:30 p.m. BST.

Video
Saturday 20 April and Sunday 22 April 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Foundry Theatre presents talks at the This Is How We Do It Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 20 April and Sunday 22 April 2012.

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Video
Monday 9 April 2012
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild presents stories and advice from Guild members across the US, livestreamed on HowlRound.TV on Monday, April 9 2012.

Essay

TEDxHarlem 2012

30 March 2012

Erin Washington describes the innovation of thought shown by artists in TEDxHarlem and how the vitalizes her hope for the future of the community.

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Video
Tuesday 27 March 2012
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild's DuoLogue with Michael Weller and Richard Nelson was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Los Angeles) / 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (New York) / 22:30 (London).

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Video
Tuesday 13 March 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild is proud to present two of the most respected and honored lyricists in musical theatre, Sheldon Harnick and Lynn Ahrens, sitting down to discuss the ups and downs of being a theatrical lyricist livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 13 March 2012 at 2:30 p.m. (San Francisco) / 4:30 p.m. (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m. (New York) / 9:30 p.m. (London) / 10:30 p.m. (Berlin).

Essay
22 February 2012

Playwright Anna Ziegler continues our series on the search for an artistic home, and talks about how sometimes home is not a place, but a group of people.

Essay
17 February 2012

Victoria Stewart writes about the new play development problem in New York... and what the Big Apple can learn from the Twin Cities.

Podcast

Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater Project

10 February 2012

On this week's edition of Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater Project about challenging assumptions about theater, how it works, and the artists who make it.

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Video
Thursday 26 January 2012
Tampa, FL, United States

The Lark Play Development Center and the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance presented a Community Round Table and Discussion with readings from Marcus Gardley's The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry as part of a national initiative called Launching New Plays into the Repertoire livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 26 January 2012.

Video
Sunday 8 January 2012
Brooklyn, NY, United States

651 ARTS presented a pre-show chat for Marc Bamuthi Joseph's Word Becomes Flesh livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 8 January 2012 at 12 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 3 p.m. EST (New York) / 8 p.m. GMT (London).

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Video
Sunday 8 January 2012
New York, NY, United States

Under the Radar presented Culturebot Conversations on Contemporary Performance: "Performance and Context: The Black Box and The White Cube" livestreamed on HowlRound.TV Sunday 8 January 2012 at 1pm EST (New York) / 10am PST (San Francisco) / 6pm GMT (London) / 7pm CET (Paris)

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Video
Saturday 7 January 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater presented the MOTUS discussion of Alexis. A Greek Tragedy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday, 7 January 2012 at 8:30 p.m. EST / 5:30 p.m. PST / (02:30 CET / 01:30 GMT).

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Video
Thursday 5 January 5 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Public Theater presented the Under the Radar Festival symposium including keynote speeches and panel discussions livestreamed on HowlRound TV on Thursday 5 January 5 2012 at 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST (New York) / 6:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. PST (San Francisco) / 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. GMT (London) / 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. CST (Chicago).

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Video
Monday 2 January 2012
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild presented "A Solo Actor/Writer Round Table," with Lisa Kron, Sarah Jones, Mike Daisey, and Anna Deavere Smith, moderated by Gary Garrison, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday, 2 January 2012 at 10:30 p.m. GMT (London) / 5:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 4:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. PST (San Francisco)

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Essay
10 November 2011

Lead Producer Stephanie Ybarra writes about her role in creating We Play for the Gods, with Women's Project Theater and the group's process.

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Video

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 29 June 2026
New York City

Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.

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Video

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 15 June 2026
New York City

Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.

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Essay
4 June 2026

Zora Howard’s Hang Time demands a deep contemplation of empathy. Ciaran Short discusses the way the play’s warping and flattening of time creates space to explore Black men’s capacity for gentleness, intimacy, and the mundane—even when forced into a suspended state. 

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Video

World Voices

Monday 18 May 2026
New York City

Join us for an evening with one of Germany's most celebrated playwrights, dramaturgs, and translators.

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Video

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 18 May 2026
New York City

Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.

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Video

World Voices

Monday 18 May 2026
New York City

Join us for the reading of a work in progress by one France's most significant young playwrights. 

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Video

World Voices

Saturday 16 May 2026
New York City

An evening celebrating the work of the late Jean-Luc Lagarce, one of France's most significant playwrights of the second half of the twentieth century.

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Video

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 11 May 2026
New York City

Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.

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