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Gender Casting: Theatre Educators in the United States Need to Pay Attention to Title IX Developments
Essay
Gender Casting: Theatre Educators in the United States Need to Pay Attention to Title IX Developments
by Kimberly Messer
14 October 2021
Curating Freedom and Power for Women of Color in Leadership
Essay
Curating Freedom and Power for Women of Color in Leadership
by Linda Parris-Bailey, Diane Rodriguez
26 September 2019
Coloring Music City's Theatrical Landscape
Essay
Coloring Music City's Theatrical Landscape
by Shawn Whitsell
26 April 2018
Three actors sitting on white cubes onstage.
Gender Casting: Theatre Educators in the United States Need to Pay Attention to Title IX Developments
Essay

Gender Casting: Theatre Educators in the United States Need to Pay Attention to Title IX Developments

14 October 2021

Kim Messer writes about the potential impact that anti-trans laws aimed at school athletics could have a broader impact on theatre students. To prepare themselves to advocate for students, theatre educators must deepen their own understanding of these policies.

two panelists seated in front an audience
Curating Freedom and Power for Women of Color in Leadership
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Curating Freedom and Power for Women of Color in Leadership

26 September 2019

Linda Parris-Bailey and Diane Rodriguez talk about their own leadership transitions and what’s next, gender, race, and economic barriers; documenting work; and more.

Coloring Music City's Theatrical Landscape
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Coloring Music City's Theatrical Landscape

26 April 2018

Artistic Director Shawn Whitsell talks about the importance of Nashville, Tennessee's black theatre community.

Southern-Style Sisterhood
Essay

Southern-Style Sisterhood

How the Women of Nashville Claim Their Space

25 April 2018

Producer and director Jessika Malone explores the theatre scene in her hometown of Nashville, Tennesee focusing on the powerhouse women who are at the helm of many of the city’s most significant arts organizations.

Cartography of Flood Plains
Essay

Cartography of Flood Plains

24 April 2018

Audra Almond-Harvey, executive director of abrasiveMedia, explores Nashville, Tennessee’s evolution as a city since the flood of 2010.

The Care and Feeding of Playwrights in Nashville
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The Care and Feeding of Playwrights in Nashville

23 April 2018

Nate Eppler shares how Ingram New Works Lab in Tennessee is helping playwrights build a creative home that both feeds the soul and the stomach.

Washing Ashore in Nashville’s Open-Arms Artistic Community
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Washing Ashore in Nashville’s Open-Arms Artistic Community

22 April 2018

Theatremaker Daniel Jones introduces this week’s series on Nashville, Tennessee, the city that welcomed him—and has recently welcomed droves of other young artists—with open arms.

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Livestreaming Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival
Nashville Rep
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Livestreaming Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival

11 - 14 May 2016
Nashville, TN, United States

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival in Nashville, Tennessee presents the latest new plays born from our Ingram New Works Project’s playwrights’ lab livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on May 11, 12, 13, and 14. Tweet your questions/comments to @nashrep using #howlround to participate in the talkback immediately following each reading.

The Good, the Bad, and the Kickstarter
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The Good, the Bad, and the Kickstarter

An Interview with Jason Tucker

13 March 2016

Amanda Elend interviews Artistic Director Jason Tucker about his recent transition from directing to becoming an artistic leader.

Circus Arts with Heart
Essay

Circus Arts with Heart

HerSelf Rises (And We Are Lifted)

27 October 2015

Steele Campbell on HerSelf Rising by Girls on Trapeze at Sideshow Fringe Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Actor’s Body
Essay

The Actor’s Body

26 July 2015

Actor Natalie Osborne discusses the misconception that an actor’s body needs to be “perfect” through the teachings of Jerzy Grotowski.

Ingram New Works Festival
Nashville Rep
Video

Ingram New Works Festival

11, 12, 15, and 16 May 2015
Nashville, TN, United States

Nashville Repertory Theatre’s Ingram New Works Festival presented the latest new plays born from our Ingram New Works Project’s playwrights lab livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on 11, 12, 15, and 16 May. Tweet your questions/comments to @nashrep using #howlround to participate in the talkback with the playwright immediately following each reading.

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Ingram New Works Festival
Nashville Rep
Video

Ingram New Works Festival

Sunday 11 May through Wednesday 14 May 2014. 
Nashville, TN, United States

Live from Nashville, the Tennessee Repertory Theatre presented the Ingram New Works Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 11 May through Wednesday 14 May 2014. 

A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper, or Perspectives of A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper
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A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper, or Perspectives of A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper

19 August 2013

Riley Braem writes about his experience programming TYA, and why it's important to expose audiences to challenging work – the younger, the better.

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Tennessee Rep's Ingram New Works Festival
Nashville Rep
Video

Tennessee Rep's Ingram New Works Festival

Saturday 11 May through Tuesday 14 May 2013
Nashville, TN, United States

Tennessee Rep in Nashville presented the Ingram New Works Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Saturday 11 May through Tuesday 14 May 2013.

A landscape of Knoxville.
Stats about Knoxville, Tennessee's Arts & Culture Scene
Essay

Stats about Knoxville, Tennessee's Arts & Culture Scene

29 October 2012

Liza Zenni surveys the impact arts have in Knoxville, Tennessee.

NET's MicroFest USA: Kentucky/Tennesse
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Network of Ensemble Theaters
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NET's MicroFest USA: Kentucky/Tennesse

Friday 26 October and Friday 27 October 2012
KY, TN; United States

The Network of Ensemble Theater presented MicroFest Kentucky/Tennessee livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 October and Friday 27 October 2012.

Livestreaming Four Regional Playwrights at Tennessee Rep—Thursday 31 May 2012
Nashville Rep
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Livestreaming Four Regional Playwrights at Tennessee Rep—Thursday 31 May 2012

Thursday 31 May 2012
Nashville, TN, United States

Tennessee Rep's New Works Lab presents readings from four regional playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 31 May 2012.

Nashville
Series

Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee is well known as the Music City, but the rest of the performing arts scene doesn't get much attention. This series, highlighting Nashville’s lively artistic community, built on a foundation of interdisciplinary collaboration.