Elizabeth Hess and Ludovica Villar-Hauser have both dedicated their theatrical careers to advocating for women and gender expansive theatre artists in different ways. The two got together to talk about why and how they have done so, and why that work has remained so necessary.
Jordan and Leticia interview Canadian playwright, director, and educator Djanet Sears, hearing about her unique approach to dramaturgy and an in-depth look at Black theatre in Canada.
As part of the LINKAGES: Ukraine program, Ukrainian and US American playwrights come together to discuss their work, methods, worries, and strategies for living and writing in difficult times.
Showcasing the Work of Renowned International Theatre Artists
Thursday 1 May to Monday 5 May 2025
New York City
Featuring selected works by Kaite O'Reilly (Ireland/United Kingdom), Kathrine Nedrejord (Norway), Christos Panagiotakis (Greece), and Haeyoul Bae (South Korea).
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.
The Center for International Theatre Development’s LINKAGES programs foster long-term personal connections among artists. LINKAGES: Ukraine program director, John Freedman, details the program’s work connecting artists form different traditions, countries, and methodologies through conversations and theatrical exchange.
Jordan and Leticia interview arts journalist and playwright Kelundra Smith about the cultural landscape of theatre criticism and what it means to tell authentic Black stories.
Evan Silver aka Tiresias details their inspirations and intentions for cryptochrome, a sonic odyssey and ritual meditation that invites audiences to imagine themselves in the sensory worlds of other living things.
In the solo show KOAL, Jacinta Yelland explored both human and non-human experiences in response to catastrophic bushfires in Australia. She shares the insights and creative decisions that kept her piece deeply entwined with nature and culture.
Plant Man is a performative forest: a full-body suit filled with living plants, created and inhabited by Marco Guagnelli. He writes about the ways this performance-based artistic research project explores embodied relationships with nature through plant-filled garments and performative actions.
The solo dance theatre piece LOAM adopts the balance, duration, and repetition of soil. Cara Hagan details the research questions and generative processes that she used to shape LOAM—and her own life.
In this episode, Leticia and Jordan interview Whitney White about her journey in theatre, her artistic craft, and the potentials and possibilities of Black theatre.
The 2025 Theatre in the Age of Climate Change series explores solo performances that take on ecological issues. Curator Chantal Bilodeau introduces the series by using her own play, No More Harveys, to ask: how can we use theatre to hold the entire world in one body?
Host Tjaša Ferme chats with playwright Chisa Hutchinson about her play, Bleeding Class. Chisa was aiming to write a wacky satire about a global pandemic, but then everything came true. She says she’s not clairvoyant, but has always been just a bit before her time!
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.
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.
Playwright Jennifer Barclay co-founded the Not Beckett International Rolling World Premiere Festival, inspired by National New Play Network (NNPN)’s Rolling World Premiere program. She sat down with NNPN executive director Nan Barnett to discuss the inception of the program and how it inspired the new festival.
Designed to Activate the Next Wave of Critical, Creative, and Collaborative Explorations of the Fornésian Tradition
Saturday 22 March 2025
Princeton, New Jersey
The 2025 Symposium offered a series of plenary readings from Fornés in Context in tandem with a constellation of hosted breakout conversations engaging questions of context, legacy, and engagement around Fornés’s work.
A Celebration of the Work and Practice of Theatremaker, Playwright, and Teacher Steve Wangh
Saturday 15 March 2025
Brooklyn, New York
The day-long conference includes readings of three of his works from the last three decades, a panel discussion with Wangh's colleagues, theatre practitioners and scholars, and a conversation with Wangh personally, followed by a reception.
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.
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.
