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Process

Content in this section dives into the work of making art. Whether you’re interested in creating digital work, writing a new play, blending performance and activism, or anything else specific to process, this is the place for that.

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Essay
Meeting at the Corner of Chaos and Divine
by JD Stokely
9 June 2026
Podcast
Vampires, Cowboys, and Sapphic Camp with 11th Hour Productions
by Nicolas Shannon Savard, Ciara Hannon, Saylor Lake
2 June 2026
Essay
Facilitative Directing Centers the Art
by Kimberly Senior
1 June 2026
Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Video

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 22 May 2013
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1)

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Video

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 15 May 2013
New York, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1

A statue and the Capitol building in Austin, Texas.
Essay
15 April 2013

Robert Matney writes about the various ways in which theater companies are adapting and thriving by incorporating technology into their practice.

Photo of Karen Malpede posing with two dogs.
Essay
25 February 2013

In this meditation, Karen Malpede offers an investigation of torture and how it can be imitated onstage.

Logo for The Next Thing.
Essay

UNIVERSES & Double Edge Theatre

23 February 2013

answer some questions about their process as part of The Next Thing Festival.

February 20, 2013

Logo for The Next Thing.
Essay

New York City Players & Los Angeles Poverty Department

22 February 2013

New York City Players and Los Angeles Poverty Department answer some questions about their process as part of The Next Thing Festival.

Logo for ArtsEmerson.
Video
Wednesday 20 February to Friday 22 February 2013
Boston, MA, United States

The Next Thing (TNT) Festival in Boston presented three process sharing workshops livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Wednesday 20 February to Friday 22 February 2013.

Logo for Art Spot Productions.
Essay

The Debate Society & Mondo Bizarro

20 February 2013

Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions answer some questions about their process as part of The Next Thing Festival.

Two performers embrace each other with their foreheads touching.
Essay
18 February 2013

Brandon Woolf reflects on the cultural clashes and queer-antagonistic responses to the public performance of UtopiaTM by the ensemble of Shakespeare im Park Berlin in Görlitzer Park.

An actor kneels on a tilted chair with their other leg extended, which a second actor holds while two more actors watch.
Essay

Sojourn Theatre, Civic Practice & Catholic Charities USA

12 January 2013
Portrait of Deanna Downes.
Essay

A Revolution Not Yet Dead

27 December 2012

Deanna Downes on her experience assisting in the development of Party People, and the lessons she is carrying into her own work as a director.

Portrait of Morgan Gould.
Essay

“It's Not You, It’s Us”

19 December 2012

In this meditation, Morgan Gould advocates for a paradigm shift in which up-and-coming directors and playwrights work toward a more mutually beneficial relationship.

Three actors onstage.
Essay
17 December 2012

Lana Lesley shares insight on how Rude Mechs has creatively promoted audience engagement in their past productions.

An actor onstage.
Essay

7 Theaters, 17 Military Bases, 8 Hospitals, and 4 Conferences Later, How a Girl Fell in Love with Touring

15 October 2012

KJ Sanchez talks about taking her theatre comany on tour and what she learned along the way.

Logo for 13P.
Essay

13P's End Days

8 October 2012

Maria Goyanes on the conscious imploding of 13P, death, endings, choice and the lessons to be learned from the closing of a curtian.

Two men on a stage look at two people sitting in chairs in front of them.
Essay
1 October 2012

Dudley Cocke, the director of Roadside Theater, on Rural Theater, its specific gifts, and the necessity of its inclusion in American Theater.

 

Photo of Catherine Filloux.
Essay
27 September 2012

Lydia Stryk chats with playwright Catherine Filloux over e-mail.

Portrait of Vanessa Garcia.
Essay
24 September 2012

Vanessa Garcia offers a meditation on how to monetize theatre in efforts toward sustainability.

Two people speak as puppet children watch them.
Essay
22 September 2012

Emilie Beck discusses what makes successful collaboration

Two people operate puppets of children.
Essay
20 September 2012

Jessica Kubzansky talks about what the power of successful collaboration in theatre

Portrait of Michael E.
Essay
19 September 2012

Michael Elyanow sheds light on the financial constraints of being a playwright and why it may still be worth it.

Candid photo of Charlotte Meehan.
Essay

Snapshots from the Field

3 September 2012

Charlotte Meehan gives some examples of how American Theater is shifting and evolving with some examples from around the country.

Several people wearing animal masks looking at another man in a mask and a top hat.
Essay
27 August 2012

Against all odds, adversity created an ideal setting for Fringe. Em Piro chronicles the inception of the St. Lou Fringe Festival.

Interior image of the Mladinkso Theater in Slovenia.
Essay
23 August 2012

Norman Allen describes what he learned from the process of having his playNijinsky’s Last Dance performed in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

An abstract illustration of two silhouettes reaching for each other.
Essay
9 July 2012

The needs of non-arts organizations, and theatre artists' assets can intersect through Civic Practice. This guide from Michael Rohd offers examples of application and what this work can accomplish.

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