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Taking Care, Taking Risks
by Kiyo Gutiérrez, Teddy Mangawa, Dijana Milosevic, Ada Mukhína, Tra Nguyen
17 September 2025
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Liberal Democracy as a Cultural Practice
by Tyler Thomas, Michael Rohd, Clyde Valentin, Scout Tufankjian
26 June 2025
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Racial Healing at the Center
by Quodesia D. "Quo" Johnson
10 March 2025
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Bringing Games to Life

27 January 2017

In this last installment, Rick Stemm shares the production process—from idea to execution—for Heroes Must Die.

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Thursday 8 December 2016
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Hunger by local playwright and poet Ebony Stewart livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 8 December at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 02:00 Friday, December 9 GMT (London).

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 Friday 2 December and Saturday 3 December 2016
Austin, TX, United States

The National Performance Network Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 2 December and Saturday 3 December. To participate in conversation, direct your comments on Twitter to @NPN_VAN and use hashtag #AMAustin and #LiveAndOnStage (for performances).

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Sunday 13 November 2016 
Dallas, TX, United States

You’re invited to join the New Cities, Future Ruins convening from Southern Methodist University’s campus in Dallas, Texas for the Sunday morning mainstage presentations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 13 November at 7:30 a.m. PST (Vancouver) / 9:30 a.m. CST (Austin) / 10:30 a.m. EST (New York) / 15:30 GMT-UTC (London). 

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11 November 2016

Playwright Jacob Juntunen remembers Edward Albee’s generosity toward other playwrights.

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Friday 4 November 2016
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Ballot Eats the Bullet—6 black women set out to honor the beauty and complexities, heal the trauma, and highlight the joy of what it means to be a black woman in America today, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 4 November at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround

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"Aquatic Thought" and Reflections on a Fornesian Playwriting Workshop

29 October 2016

Kevin Howard wraps up the Better Up series, sharing his thoughts on a Fornesian writing workshop, and the piece he created in it.

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Fur Cornell Box—The Process

29 October 2016

Enrique Granado continues the Better Up Cafe Onda series, describing his process for creating a Cornell box about Migdalia Cruz's Fur.

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Gray, a Sexual POV

28 October 2016

Jose Rodriguez continues the Better Up Cafe Onda series, expressing his feelings about a Latino Theatre Topics course at the University of North Texas.

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Discovering Latina/o Theatre

28 October 2016

Courtnie Alvarado writes about her experience in a Latino Theatre Topics course at the University of North Texas.

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Friday 16 September 2016
Austin, TX, United States

Ethos and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Atlantis: A Puppet Opera—a mythic tale of powerful warring religious zealots who are obsessed with world domination and non-renewable energy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 16 September at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

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9 September 2016

In this installment, Briandaniel Oglesby shares updates leading up to the performance of his students’ queer adaptation of Romeo & Juliet.

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6 September 2016

Theatre artist and teacher Oscar Franco shares his experience normalizing theatregoing as a viable recreational activity for families of color in Texas. 

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Jelisa Jay Robinson’s Stories of Us

18 August 2016

Ursula Walker on Jelisa Jay Robinson’s Stories of Us at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas.

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Actor and Activist Gustavo Melo Cerqueira

15 August 2016

In this installment, Jelisa Jay Robinson profiles Gustavo Melo Cerqueira, a Brazilian arts activist based in Austin, Texas.

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Friday 12 August 2016
Austin, TX, United States

Gale Theatre Company and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Salomé, a new physical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s one act tragedy livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 12 August at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

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Dallas, Texas

13 August 2016

Shelby-Allison Hibbs collects thoughts from Dallas theatremakers about the sustainability of the city’s theatre scene.

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11 August 2016

Shelby-Allison Hibbs on Kitchen Dog Theater’s productions of Steve Yockey’s Blackberry Winter and The Thrush and the Woodpecker.

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Better Up: A Learning Process in Teaching Latina/o Theatre Creatively

6 August 2016

Teresa Marrero writes about the successes and learning moments encountered while teaching a Latina/o Theatre Special Topics course.

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Purple Eyes by Josh Inocéncio

14 July 2016

Trevor Boffone on Josh Inocéncio’s solo show, Purple Eyes, presented in special collaboration with ProyectoTeatro in Austin, Texas. 

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Game Design for Theatre Professionals

1 July 2016

In this second installment, Rick Stemm delves deeper into his creative process for Heroes Must Die.

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Deferred Action by David Lozano and Lee Trull

30 June 2016

Trevor Boffone and Roxanne Schroeder-Arce on the Cara Mía Theatre Company and Dallas Theater Center coproduction of the new play Deferred Action in Dallas, Texas.

Essay
19 June 2016

Trevor Boffone considers the Latina/o theatre scene in Houston.

Video
Friday 10 June 2016
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented a performance of Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale conceived and directed by Heather Barfield livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 June at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

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Thursday 9 June 2016
Austin, TX, United States

Dance/USA—the national association for professional dance—presented the Opening Plenary of the Dance/USA 2016 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas livestreamed on the commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 9 June at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:00-17:30 GMT / 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. BST (London). Follow the conversation on social media via the hashtag #DUSAconf and follow @DanceUSAorg on Twitter.

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