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An Exercise in Time
Episode Six of Page as Field
Monday 6 July 2026
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Exercising the Imagination
Episode Five of Page as Field
Monday 29 June 2026
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Collaborative Exercises in Readership
Episode Four of Page as Field
Monday 22 June 2026
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Friday 25 May to Sunday 27 May 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

Playwrights Foundation presents Des Voix...Found in Translation: A Festival of Contemporary French Playwrights in Translation featuring plays by Marion Aubert, Nathalie Fillion, and Samuel Gallet, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 25 May to Sunday 27 May 2012.

Essay
24 May 2012

Steven Dietz asks what the perfect audience for a play would look like.

Essay

Thoughts from a Loud Mouthed Feminist Theater Girl

11 May 2012

Meghan Arnette maps out why she's concerned about the lack of productions by female playwrights... and why anyone who cares about the future of the American theater should be too.

Essay
10 May 2012

Kathy Hsieh calls for artists to take action, flex their playwriting muscle and create the stories you want to see on stage. It is a way of being pro-active of how your community grows.

Logo for Dramatists Guild.
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.

The skyline of Seattle, Washington.
Essay
7 May 2012

How does Seattle theater look in Spring of 2012? Specifically for new plays, for playwrights, for directors and actors who live to make something new, for audiences that crave and honor new work?

Charles Mee sitting at a table with three women behind him.
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An Interview with Chuck Mee

4 May 2012

Sarah Johnson interviews playwright Chuck Mee.

The movie poster for "Chinatown".
Essay
30 April 2012

Ayad Akhtar on why theater, and by extention, dialoge, still matter in our age of ever eveloving, constant story making.

Portrait of Christian Parker.
Essay
26 April 2012

Christian Parker on the necessity of a hard "no" in the new play development process.

 

Essay
15 April 2012

Todd Lincon reflects on the aftermath of the Mike Daisey scandal involving his one man show The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, and the resulting scandal.

Logo for Dramatists Guild.
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.

Podcast

Rajiv Joseph

6 April 2012

On this week's Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to playwright Rajiv Joseph about his work, Nurse Jackie, and the different places he calls his artistic home.

Podcast

Charise Smith of New Dramatists

6 April 2012

The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunity, what they are planning for it, and where they are headed. Start following these writers now! This is call one of three.

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Brian Otaño at New Dramatists

6 April 2012

The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunity, what they are planning for it, and where they are headed. Start following these writers now! This is call three of three.

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Jackie Sibblies Drury at New Dramatists

6 April 2012

The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunity, what they are planning for it, and where they are headed. Start following these writers now! This is call two of three.

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Harvey Fierstein

5 April 2012

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

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An Artist’s Path in a Trans-local Universe

2 April 2012

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.

 

Logo for Dramatists Guild.
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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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A Call for Submissions

26 March 2012

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

Essay
26 March 2012

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

Video
Sunday 25 March 2012
Louisville, KY, United States

As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the third of four panel discussions was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 25 March 2012 at 8:30 a.m. (Los Angeles) / 10:30 a.m. (Chicago) / 11:30 a.m. (New York) / 15:30 UTC / 16:30 (London-BST) / 17:30 (Berlin-CEST) / 21:00 (Mumbai).

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Pushing Boundaries

22 March 2012

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.

Podcast

Kwame Kwei-Armah

16 March 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Kwame Kwei-Armah of Center Stage.

Podcast

Katori Hall

2 March 2012

Katori Hall and David Dower talk about what’s next for The Mountain Top, the power of residencies, the dance with Hollywood, and the need for a new alarm clock on this week's edition of Friday Phone Call.

Essay
1 March 2012

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

 

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