What if the only thing “childish” about a children’s theatre was the age of the performers? Fun House in Dallas-Ft. Worth is a youth acting program that avoids the “juniorization” of work.
Jamie Gahlon interviews Mando Alvarado about the inspiration for his play Parachute Men, his writing process, and the challenges facing the American theatre.
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Hands Up Hoodies Down—the return of this critically-acclaimed hip hop theatre and dance piece for our times—livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 19 September at 8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 9 p.m. EDT (New York).
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Hungerby local playwright and poet Ebony Stewart livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 4 September at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 01:00 GMT Saturday 5 September / 11 a.m. AEST Saturday 5 September (Sydney). In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @HowlRoundTV.
Generic Ensemble Company and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Robin Hood: An Elegyby local playwright Krysta Gonzales livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV channel at howlround.tv on Friday 21 August at 9 p.m. EDT (Washington, DC) / 8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).
The Work of Carlos Jesús García in Houston's Teatro Latino
31 July 2015
Eric Mayer-García describes the work author, director, and arts educator Carlos Jesús García is doing in Houston, and its impact on the community, in the fifth installment of our series about the state of Latina/o theatre in Texas.
In the fourth installment of our series on Latina/o theatre in Texas, Teresa Marrero highlights the increasing amount of work happening in Dallas, and the artists making it.
Poet and playwright Tammy Gomez offers a look at the personal, political, and artistic landscape that poets have navigated to arrive at writing for the stage.
In the second installment of our series on Latina/o theatre in Texas, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and Emily Aguilar Thomas highlight the breadth of work happening in Austin.
In the first of a seven-part series of posts about Latina/o theatre in Texas, Trevor Boffone summarizes the current conversation, and outlines the questions the series will address.
Madilynn Garcia and Mahalia Dinglasan close out their series about The Cohen New Works Festival, sharing what they found and what questions still remain.
Madilynn Garcia and Mahalia Dinglasan continue in their sharing of The Cohen New Works Festival, explaining the use of specificity, context, and exploration.
University of Texas Students Producing the Next Generation of New Work
9 April 2015
In the first post of this mini-blog series, two students at the University of Texas at Austin share the excitement surrounding The Cohen New Works Festival.
Commons producer Jonathan Norton chats with Anne Bothwell about Stagger Lee: Making a Musical, a digital storytelling project tracking the development of Will Power’s new musical.
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas presented a conversation with author Jeff Chang about his recent book Who We Be: The Colorization of America livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network on Wednesday 18 March at 8:30 p.m. EDT (New York)/ 7:30 p.m. CDT (Dallas) / 5:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). In Twitter, use #howlround.
Whirligig Productions, Shrewd Productions, and Fusebox presented Deus Ex Machina from Austin, Texas livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 18 January at 23:00 GMT (London)/ 6 p.m. EST (New York)/ 5 p.m. CST (Austin)/ 3 p.m. PST (Vancouver). Click here to view the livestream. Send text messages to +(1) 512-872-4637 during the performance.
Will Power, Dallas Theater Center and the Playwright On Staff Model
10 December 2014
Commons Producer Jonathon Norton talks to playwright Will Power, the playwright in residence at Dallas Theater Center, about being on staff at a regional theatre and being a member of a community.
