Goodman Theatre in Chicago presented an Artist Encounter for its latest production, Brigadoon, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 6 July at 3 p.m. PDT/ 5 p.m. CDT/ 6 p.m. EDT/ 22:00 GMT.
Is Orange The New Black? The Truth Behind Prison Shows
3 July 2014
Jonathan Mandell writes about Joseph Assadourian, his solo performance The Bullpen —based on his 12 years in jail — and how his narrative counters sensationalized prison dramas.
Kyle Hatley's Master of the Universe at The Living Room Theatre
Sunday 29 June 2014
Kansas City, MO, United States
The Living Room Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri presented a performance of Master of the Universe written and directed by Kyle Hatley livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 29 June at 6 p.m. PDT/ 8 p.m. CDT/ 9 p.m. EDT. Use Twitter hashtag #howlround to share.
Director Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez discusses his thoughts about the identity affinity groups at the 2014 TCG Conference, questioning how safe is a segregated space?
My feelings are more complicated than merely wishing my children would share my love of theater, however, because what I really want is for my children to love the theater, to appreciate all their access, but have absolutely no desire to pursue it as a career.
2014 CityWrights Conference: A Professional Weekend for Playwrights
Friday 27 June to Saturday 28 June 2014
Miami, FL, United States
City Theatre in Miami, Florida hosted CityWrights 2014—CityWrights: A Professional Weekend for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on City Theatre's blog Friday 27 June to Saturday 28 June 2014.
Martha Steketee interviews dramaturg Jill Rafson about the process of developing The Mysteries, described as “48 playwrights and 54 actors retelling the entirety of the Bible in a single night.”
Alice Stanley Jr. writes about Red Planet Respite by Katherine Harroff a play about "the first luxury space vacation to Mars in 2044" and the balance of its value as entertainment and as encouragement for audiences to engage with science and education
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC), in association with the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC), is proud to announce the 2014 LATC Encuentro: A National Latina/o Theatre Festival. This groundbreaking festival will be the largest national Latina/o theater festival in over twenty-five years, bringing together 100 artists from across the country to explore the aesthetic, thematic, and cultural diversity in the field.
Lorella Loftus in association with The VORTEX presented Cuchulain (pronounced Kuh-HOO-lin), a re-telling of the myths of the Hound of Ulster, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 13 June at 6 p.m. PDT/ 8 p.m. CDT/ 9 p.m. EDT.
So my friend Clyde Valentín is my guest today on the Friday Phone Call. I seem to be in a mood around friends in transition. As with Deb Cullinan and Todd London, Clyde recently began a new adventure after a long stretch as the Executive Director of The Hip Hop Theater Festival. He has taken on the job of leading a new initiative at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: The Arts and Urbanism Initiative. Clyde is very much in the conceptual days of this project—he has been in place for just a few months thus far. I love hearing him think out loud about the path at SMU, the path for HHTF and him, and the role of a university in community. Clyde is also a key organizer of the Latino Theater Commons but we will have to get back on the phone another time to get that whole story.
Theatre of Yugen presented a full stage presentation of This Lingering Life, written by the New York based Chiori Miyagawa and directed by Yugen's Artistic Director Jubilith Moore at San Francisco's Z Space livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 11 June at 7 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 9 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 10 p.m. EDT (New York).
What it Means to Sound Designers to Take Away the Tony
12 June 2014
Last night there was an outpouring of disgust, sadness, confusion, anger, and frustration over a decision to again treat our field as though we are not as important as the rest of the team. This rush of emotion comes because this is not new to us at all. The amount of work in order to be validated by the Tony Awards as a category, which was instated in 2008, seems to have meant nothing at all if it suddenly goes away. It’s not about an award. It’s not about the spotlight—most of us work very hard to go unnoticed during a performance (unless we need to be noticed). It’s about validation for the work that we do and how hard it is to do this work.
ArtsBoston livestreamed The Arts Factor 2014 Report on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 10 June at 8:30 a.m. EDT (Boston) / 12:30 GMT / 1:30 p.m. BST (London) / 2:30 p.m. CEST (Berlin).
3rd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival at Actor's Express
Monday 9 June 2014
Atlanta, GA, United States
Actor’s Express and One-Minute Play Festival present The 3rd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 9 June at 5 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EDT (Atlanta).
Breaking The Berkeley Bubble, One Performance At A Time
9 June 2014
Theater for students of color is needed in the University: to speak about these issues and at the same time to break the “Berkeley Bubble” by showing that issues students study about in their classes—including, race, class and gender—have a real impact on campus life.