Revisiting the rise-and-fall of theatre during its off-season in New York City, Brian Hashimoto reflects on the historical relevance, uniqueness, and creativity fostered at the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre Center.
Goodman Theatre in Chicago presented an Artist Encounter for Seth Bockley’s world premiere play, Ask Aunt Susan livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 1 June at 3 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 22:00 GMT. Participate in the Q&A by tweeting your questions @GoodmanTheatre and using #AskAuntSusan.
Before college, I found myself in the stories of Shanley and Shepard—but now I was only getting cast in parts such as Mexican pregnant girl, homeless person, or getting included in all non-white casts. I am half Mexican and a quarter Lebanese, but that never mattered before. Growing up, white stories were reflected all around me so much that I thought I was white.
janera solomon of Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh
30 May 2014
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: janera solomon, the Executive Director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
A playwriting masterclass
Wednesday 28 May 2014
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 TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Wednesday 28 May 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).
Great Plains Theatre Conference presented A Conversation with Playwright Kia Corthron livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 28 May at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 17:30 GMT. Moderated by Andrea Lang. In Twitter use #GPTC and #howlround to participate in conversation.
Maria Striar Talks with Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks Playwrights
28 May 2014
A conversation with Maria Striar, producing artistic director of Clubbed Thumb and Summerworks 2014 playwrights, Jenny Schwartz, Peggy Stafford, and Ariel Stess.
The Great Plains Theatre Conference presented a panel on using source material: Unoriginal Ideas livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 17:30 GMT. In Twitter use #GPTC and #howlround.
Panel on Immersion Theater Found Spaces and Then Some
Saturday 24 May 2014
Omaha, NB, United States
You’re invited to join the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska for the panel discussion Found Spaces and Then Some livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 24 May at 11 a.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 1 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 2 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 18:00 GMT. Use #GPTC and #howlround in Twitter to participate in conversation.
Srila Nayak reviews the American Repertory Theater’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and highlights how the production uses music, color-consious-casting, spectacle, and stage-magic.
The Foundry Theatre presented Transforming Justice as part of the Foundry’s May 2014 Dialogues series Devising Freedom livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 21 May at 4 p.m. PDT/ 6 p.m. CDT/ 7 p.m. EDT/ 23:00 GMT. What other forms of justice do people imagine or, better yet, already practice? Join us for a conversation with three visionaries who are leading the way toward greater safety, accountability, and freedom as they discuss their experiences with community-based approaches to violence, their challenges and lessons learned along the way. Featuring Mariame Kaba, Danielle Sered, and Ejeris Dixon. Tweet @FoundryTheatre if you have a question for the speakers.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
A playwriting masterclass
Wednesday 21 May 2014
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 TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Wednesday 21 May 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)
I was young, knew nothing and was impressionable. I remember being fond of Yuriko’s direction. She would say things like, “go forward from here” while pointing to her heart. No one had ever given me direction like that before. That first play was the beginning of my romance with Noh (performed in Japan since the thirteenth-century, it’s the world’s oldest, continually performed, masked lyric drama) and I fell hard.
The Foundry Theatre presented their May 2014 Dialogues series Devising Freedom livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 19 May at 4 p.m. PDT/ 6 p.m. CDT/ 7 p.m. EDT/ 23:00 GMT.
The Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, prides itself on producing “bold new plays,” under artistic director Cynthia Levin. The 2013-2014 season has been somewhat of a “dream” season for the Unicorn staff—“full of the best contemporary theater in America,” said Levin. As the literary assistant and dramaturg, I have the joy and privilege of digging into the scripts selected for the season. Not only are the plays new plays, many that are fresh out of New York, and world premieres, but also several of them have something else in common: war. While war is not new, the new season of plays in Kansas eloquently captures our era of endless war both open and covert.
Female Playwrights ONSTAGE Project at Little Black Dress INK
Sunday 18 May 2014
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Little Black Dress INK, Los Angeles presented its 2014 Female Playwrights ONSTAGE Project livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 18 May at 12 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) /2 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EDT (Toronto).
Golden Thread in San Francisco presented a livestreaming performance of The Fifth String: Ziryab's Passage to Cordoba livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 17 May at 8 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 10 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11 p.m. EDT (Toronto).
Original Plays Created by 100+ Young Artists at the Voices of Now Festival
Friday 16 May and on Saturday 17 May 2014
Washington, D.C., United States
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presented the Voices of Now Festivallivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 16 May and on Saturday 17 May at 4:30 p.m. PDT / 6:30 p.m. CDT / 7:30 p.m. EDT on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. Use Twitter hashtag #howlround to comment and share.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater
A playwriting masterclass
Wednesday 14 May 2014
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 TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Wednesday 14 May 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).
For an American playwright today, where is Mecca? Where does it all come together: actors of high quality who give maximum effort to a new script; directors with a sense of humor to match their ability to move bodies in space and make moments that signify on stage; audiences who not only love going to theater but do so a lot and make it part of their daily lives; and great bars before and after the show? Mecca (for me anyway) is Chicago. And my most recent hajj was to Teatro Vista.
