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On Reinventing the Canon
Podcast
On Reinventing the Canon
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, Yizhou Huang, Nathan Davis
30 April 2024
Playwrights Panel at the 2024 Pacific Playwrights Festival 
Video
Playwrights Panel at the 2024 Pacific Playwrights Festival 
Presented by South Coast Repertory
Sunday 5 May 2024
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
Video
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
A Playwriting Masterclass
Monday 20 May 2024
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A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights
Essay

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights

Edward Albee

28 February 2011

In this installation of A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights, Todd London salutes Edward Albee.

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An Endangered Playwright of Los Angeles
Essay

An Endangered Playwright of Los Angeles

18 February 2011

Ronald McCants addresses the issues that disable up-and-coming playwrights in the Los Angeles theatre scene.

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Interview with Karen Evans
Essay

Interview with Karen Evans

6 February 2011

In this installment of the series From Scarcity to Abundance: Capturing the Moment for the New Work Sector, Anthony Werner interviews Karen L.B. Evans of the Black Women Playwrights' Group on the future and the intersection of technology and live theatre.

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It’s Not All About Me
Essay

It’s Not All About Me

27 January 2011

Playwright Chinaka Hodge recounts her experiences producing her first play and how the collaboration process supported and enhanced the growth of her play.

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A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights
Essay

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights

Horton Foote

23 January 2011

Todd London celebrates Horton Foote's body of work and the impact of memories on both his plays and his life.

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Writing About Myself
Essay

Writing About Myself

23 January 2011

Playwright Dan O'Brien discusses the intersection between the personal and the political, and his findings which indicate that the most compelling stories come from the lives of others.

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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour
Series

AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

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The Playwrights Realm presents: Changemakers
Series

The Playwrights Realm presents: Changemakers

Spotlighting a more inclusive industry

In this free online series of panels, The Playwrights Realm spotlights people and projects (such as our Radical Parent-Inclusion Project or the International Theatermakers Award) that envision, fight for, and create a more inclusive industry for those who have been historically marginalized in it.

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Taylor Talks
Series

Taylor Talks

HERE Resident Artists talk art & process with Taylor Mac

Join Taylor Mac for a glimpse into the creative process and gain insight into exciting new multidisciplinary work coming out of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP).

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NO SUMMARY
Series

NO SUMMARY

Golden Thread presents online conversations with artists that don’t fit in a Box

NO SUMMARY is a curated online series that invites artists of Middle Eastern and North African heritage to discuss the many layers of their identity and how it impacts their work and artistic choices.

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Contemporary Playwrighting in Romania
Series

Contemporary Playwrighting in Romania

Produced and presented by Reactor – a place for creative experiments

Eight performances written by eight contemporary Romanian playwrights.

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PWC Summer In Conversation Series
Series

PWC Summer In Conversation Series

With Playwrights' Center Minneapolis

Gain insight and knowledge through these candid discussions where you'll have the opportunity to not only hear from some of our leading artists as they discuss our world today and new ways of thinking about writing and theater, but also ask questions.

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Virtual Lessons in Playwriting
Series

Virtual Lessons in Playwriting

with Lauren Gunderson

Lauren Gunderson presents a series of classes and conversations about playwriting with a variety of guest panelists, livestreamed on HowlRoundTV.

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Conversations Across Generations
Series

Conversations Across Generations

Dialogues with UK based Performance Artists

Each of the dialogues in this series speaks of the connection between political activism, creativity, and spirituality— and highlights the importance of intergenerational knowledge-sharing for the future of the Live Arts and Theatre sectors of the UK.

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Playwrights In Dialogue 
Series

Playwrights In Dialogue 

Conversations from the National Playwright Residency Program

In-depth conversations between playwrights in the National Playwright Residency Program. 

Why Theatre?
Series

Why Theatre?

Playwright Lauren M. Gunderson teaches a series of playwriting classes focused on the question of "Why theatre?"

Desire Multiplied 
Series

Desire Multiplied 

Irene Loy articulates six cogent alternatives to the hero's desire.

Submitting Like a Man
Series

Submitting Like a Man

The project examines what happens when a woman resubmits scripts to previously rejected opportunities, this time using a man’s name.

Boy Writes Girl
Series

Boy Writes Girl

This blog series analyzes the sanctified “Great Female Roles” written by men, and the patterns in which male playwrights craft female characters from myth, history, current events, or whole cloth.

Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town South Africa
Series

Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town South Africa

Aphra Behn from Guerilla Girls On Tour reports on the 2015 Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

Theatre in a Fly-over State
Series

Theatre in a Fly-over State

This series focuses on theatre and film in a fly-over state like Kentucky that is struggling to not only join, but also lead in the twenty-first century.

Carnaval Playwrights
Series

Carnaval Playwrights

Interviews with playwrights participating in the 2015 Carnaval of New Latinx Work.

Tow Foundation Playwright Residencies
Series

Tow Foundation Playwright Residencies

Tow Foundation Playwrights write about their residencies.

NNPN Rolling World Premiere
Series

NNPN Rolling World Premiere

Weekly series of interviews examining the process of developing a new play through the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere as part of their Continued Life of New Plays Fund.

Playwriting Peer Review Series
Series

Playwriting Peer Review Series

This three-part series explores the “Why” behind one playwright project’s choice to utilize peer review for play selection, the “How” to implement it, and “What” the end result has been.