Playwriting

Todd London's series of playwright tributes continues with Harvey Fierstein.

Caridad Svitch writes about travel, simplicity, plugged in and plugged out life and the way that the environment, both physical and environmental, informs her writing.

A call to playwrights from across the United States to bring to light stories representing the whole conversation happening in this country.

Mat Smart muses on what it means to be a playwright living in Antartica.

Hayley Flynn coments the way Mac Wellman has inspired a new generation of playwrights to think outside of convention and into community based approaches to making art.

Karen Malpede discusses the necessity for true political theater in the United States.

Woolly Mammoth's Miriam Weisfield introduces us to The Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, an exciting new iniative where technology and playwriting team up to engage audiences in ways never before seen.

P. Carl breaks down how the aesthetics, complexities, and high stakes in a play like Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, create disruptive theatre.

Matthew Ocks examines the question of a playwright's duty to write a "topical" play.

Literary Manager Amrita Ramanan interviews Playwright Lydia Diamond about her play Stick Fly.

Emily Cicchini draws parallels between the process of making a new play to designing a new website, and offers inspiration on how that comparison can serve future new play development.

Playwright Catherine Trieschmann examines the clash between her theatrical taste for sinner and her real life taste for saints.

P.Carl, a founder of HowlRound highlights some quotes from articles published in the first year of HowlRound.

Todd London's series of tributes to American playwrights continues.

I am a director. I am a playwright. It has taken me many years of hard work to come to appreciate what each of those professions require and to experience them both independently and combined.

Richard Nelson, author of the Apple Family cycle, is interviwed by Aaron Malkin about the imputus and process behind the latest play in the cycle, Sweet and Sad.