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Scattered, but Not Apart: A Two-Sided Story
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Scattered, but Not Apart: A Two-Sided Story
by Carl(os) Roa, Rula(s) A. Muñoz
26 October 2023
Holding a Human: Caretaking, Play, and Design as a Social Act
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Holding a Human: Caretaking, Play, and Design as a Social Act
by Dolissa Medina
12 October 2023
How Do We Tend to Collaboration?
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How Do We Tend to Collaboration?
by Mateo Hernandez
28 September 2023
Off the Rails
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Off the Rails

Look at Shakespeare, See a Native Play

22 January 2018

Off the Rails, which was produced at OSF in October, shows how Native plays can include depictions or descriptions of Native history as an element of lived experience, not as the entirety of the play’s purpose.

The 30th annual Ashland Martin Luther King, Jr. Day City Celebration
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The 30th annual Ashland Martin Luther King, Jr. Day City Celebration

Monday 15 January 2018
Ashland, OR, United States

Join community members for Ashland, Oregon's 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day City Celebration featuring music, spoken word, and dance livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 15 January at 12 p.m. PST-1:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m. CST-3:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST-4:30 p.m. EST (New York). 

Addressing Environmental Topics in Theatre by Using Greenturgy
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Addressing Environmental Topics in Theatre by Using Greenturgy

2 January 2018

Holly Derr interrogates green(drama)turgy at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and how stories can be used to reconnect people to their physical world.

An Immersive Experience with Community
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An Immersive Experience with Community

Take Them Into the Dirt

6 December 2017

Precious Yamaguchi takes part in Take Them Into the Dirt, a participatory production at OSF about legacy, storytelling, memory, and identity.

The 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle
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The 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle

Thursday 8 June to Saturday 10 June 2017
Portland, OR, United States

Theatre Communications Group presented the 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle (ASL-interpreted) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 8 June to Saturday 10 June. Share your thoughts and media with hashtags #tcg17 and #howlround in all social media platforms. Follow @TCG and @HowlRound in Twitter for updates.

The 2017 Theatre Communications Group Global Pre-Conference Beyond the Four Walls
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The 2017 Theatre Communications Group Global Pre-Conference Beyond the Four Walls

Wednesday 7 June 2017
Portland, OR, United States

Theatre Communications Group and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (the Lab) present a Global Pre-Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV at howlround.tv on Wednesday 7 June 2017 from Portland, Oregon. Share your thoughts and media with #tcg17 and #howlround, and follow @TCG and @HowlRound in Twitter for updates.

Soy Yo: When Geography, Identity, and Artistry Collide
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Soy Yo: When Geography, Identity, and Artistry Collide

Saturday 29 April 2017
Ashland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon presented the panel Soy Yo: When Geography, Identity, and Artistry Collide livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 29 April at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).

 

Festival Noon Conversation with Tiffany Ana López: “The Past is Always Present: Luis Alfaro as a Citizen Artist”
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Festival Noon Conversation with Tiffany Ana López: “The Past is Always Present: Luis Alfaro as a Citizen Artist”

Saturday 4 March 2017
Portland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented “The Past is Always Present: Luis Alfaro as a Citizen Artist”, a Festival Noon Conversation with Tiffany Ana López livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 4 March at 12 p.m. PST (Portland) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST (New York).

Letters from Canadians to Americans
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Letters from Canadians to Americans

Yvette Nolan

14 February 2017

In the first installment of this new series, a collaboration with Canada’s SpiderWebShow, Yvette Nolan ponders the porous boundary between the United States and Canada, and the importance of theatrical communication in difficult political times.

Notes on A Year of Diversity Programming
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Notes on A Year of Diversity Programming

7 February 2017

Artistic Director Josh Hecht reports on the first year of Profile Theatre’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiative, and shares insight from the process. 

Ignited
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Ignited

El Payaso in Flint

2 February 2017

Olga Sanchez on the writing and production process of El Payaso by Emilio Rodriguez at Milagro Theatre in Portland, OR.

The 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration
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The 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration

Monday 16 January 2017
Ashland, OR, United States

Celebrate with our community! Ashland, Oregon’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration features music, spoken word, and dance livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 16 January at 12 p.m. PST–1:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m. CST–3:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST–4:30 p.m. EST (New York).

Edward Albee’s Kindest Character
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Edward Albee’s Kindest Character

11 November 2016

Playwright Jacob Juntunen remembers Edward Albee’s generosity toward other playwrights.

A Think and Drink Conversation with Héctor Tobar and Luis Alfaro
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A Think and Drink Conversation with Héctor Tobar and Luis Alfaro

Sunday 9 October 2016
Ashland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented an Oregon Humanities Think and Drink conversation between Pulitzer Prize–winning author and journalist Héctor Tobar and OSF playwright-in-residence Luis Alfaro livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 9 October at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Portland) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (New York). In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and use #howlround.

The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists National Conference & Festival
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The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists National Conference & Festival

Saturday 1 October to Wednesday 5 October 2016
Ashland, OR, United States

The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists National Conference & Festival, hosted by The Oregon Shakespeare Festivallivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Saturday 1 October to Wednesday 5 October 2016

Roe and the American Revolutions Cycle at OSF
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Roe and the American Revolutions Cycle at OSF

Dramatic, Present, and Human

10 September 2016

In this cultural moment of divisiveness, how is one of the true stories of abortion theatricalized? Holly Derr considers Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s co-production of Roe by Lisa Loomer. 

The 31st Annual Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference
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The 31st Annual Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference

Thursday 7 July to Saturday 9 July 2016
Portland, OR, United States

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented the 31st Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 7 July to Saturday 9 July. Share your thoughts and media with hashtags #LMDA16 and #howlround in all social media platforms. Follow @LMDAmericas and @HowlRoundTV in Twitter for updates.

“Two Playwrights Talk Vietgone”, a Festival Noon Conversation with Peter Sagal and Qui Nguyen
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“Two Playwrights Talk Vietgone”, a Festival Noon Conversation with Peter Sagal and Qui Nguyen

Saturday 25 June 2016 
Ashland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented Two Playwrights Talk Vietgone, a Festival Noon Conversation with Peter Sagal (Host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!) and Qui Nguyen (Playwright, Vietgone) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 25 June at 3:00 p.m. EDT – 4:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 2:00 p.m. CDT – 3:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:00 p.m. PDT – 1:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Twitter @beyondabsurdity, @petersagal, @osfashland, @waitwait, and use hashtags #VietgoneOSF #Vietgone #FestivalNoons #howlround

Radical Empathy, Embodied Pedagogy, and Climate Change Theatre
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Radical Empathy, Embodied Pedagogy, and Climate Change Theatre

20 April 2016

Director and educator Theresa May writes about the potential of theatre about climate change to affect hearts and minds.

Que Onda? Interview with Nelda Reyes, Rose Cano, and Carmen Aguirre
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Que Onda? Interview with Nelda Reyes, Rose Cano, and Carmen Aguirre

13 April 2016

Christopher Goodson interviews Latina theatre artists Nelda Reyes, Rose Cano, and Carmen Aguirre about their thoughts on the current climate for Latina/o work in the Pacific Northwest.

Why Luis Alfaro, Why Oregon Shakespeare Festival?
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Why Luis Alfaro, Why Oregon Shakespeare Festival?

15 March 2016

Bill Rauch and Luis Alfaro talk about their connection to each other's work and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Where Thou Art
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Where Thou Art

PortLAND

19 February 2016

In the first installment of her new series, Joan Marie Hurwit writes about spending time in Portland, Oregon, and how art is playing a role in a city in transition.

A Year of Directing Dangerously
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A Year of Directing Dangerously

7 February 2016

Patrick Walsh discusses his work within the prison Two Rivers Correctional Facility and how it revived him and his commitment to theatre.

27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
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27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

Monday 18 January 2016
Ashland, OR, United States

Join community members for Ashland, Oregon's 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday Celebration featuring music, spoken word, and dance. Keynote speakers: Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp of UNIVERSES—livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 18 January at 12 p.m. PST-1:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m. CST-3:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST-4:30 p.m. EST (New York). Follow the live-tweeting @AshlandMLKDay, and use #SOMLK.

The National Performance Network Annual Meeting
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The National Performance Network Annual Meeting

Saturday 12 December to Monday 14 December 2015
Portland, OR, United States

The National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 12 December to Monday 14 December. To participate in conversation, direct your comments on Twitter to @NPN_VAN and use hashtag #AMPortland. Find the Facebook page here.