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On Teaching Work Ethic
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On Teaching Work Ethic
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, Jennifer Blackmer, Marcus Lane
26 March 2024
Can’t Do Theatre by Yourself
Essay
Can’t Do Theatre by Yourself
by Christin Eve Cato, Jorge Piña
23 January 2024
On Theatre, Home, and Housing 
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On Theatre, Home, and Housing 
by Jan Cohen-Cruz
16 January 2024
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Panel on Sport and Art in Censored Society at Propaganda: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices at Cooper Union
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Panel on Sport and Art in Censored Society at Propaganda: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices at Cooper Union

Sunday 19 January 2014
New York, NY, United States

Sport and Art in Censored Society was the closing panel of PROPAGANDA: A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 19 January at 3:15 p.m. PST/ 5:15 p.m. CST/ 6:15 p.m. EST/ 23:15 GMT. Use #propfest2014 and #howlround to tweet in your questions!

Two actors embracing onstage.
A Conversation with Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury at Company One
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A Conversation with Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury at Company One

Sunday 19 January 2014
Boston, MA, United States

Company One Theatre, in collaboration with ArtsEmerson, hosted playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury for a conversation about her play, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 19 January at 12:45 p.m. PST / 2:45 p.m. CST / 3:45 p.m. EST / 20:45 GMT. In Twitter, use hashtag #howlround and follow @Company_One and @HowlRoundTV.

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Culturebot Conversations at Under the Radar in New York
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Culturebot Conversations at Under the Radar in New York

Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 January 2014
New York, NY, United States

Under the Radar at the The Public Theater, NYC and Culturebot present round table conversations "Playwrights In Collaborative Processes" and "American Theatre & The Aesthetics of Democracy" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 18 January and Sunday 19 January 2014—both starting at 9 a.m. PST/ 12 p.m. EST/ 17:00 GMT. In Twitter, use hashtags #howlround and #utr14 to participate in conversation.

Actors performing onstage in a classroom set.
Two Original Plays in Kolkata, India by Arena Stage and Voices of Now in Kolkata
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Two Original Plays in Kolkata, India by Arena Stage and Voices of Now in Kolkata

Saturday 18 January 2014
Kolkata, India

Arena Stage in Washington, DC and Voices of Now: India presented two original plays livestreaming from Kolkata, India "Breaking Through" and "Train of Thought" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 18 January at 6:30 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 7:30 a.m. EST (Washington, DC) / 12:30 GMT (London) / 6 p.m. IST (Kolkata). To participate in online discussion, direct your comments on Twitter @arenastage and @USAndKolkata and use #VoicesofNow and #howlround.

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Live Cinema Performance Event of The Disinherited, Adapted from Chekhov's Platonov
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Live Cinema Performance Event of The Disinherited, Adapted from Chekhov's Platonov

Friday 17 January 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Kitchen presented The Disinherited: Live Cinema Performance Event livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 17 January 2013 at 5 p.m. PST/ 7 p.m. CST/ 8 p.m. EST/ (1am GMT on Saturday 18 January) and again on Friday 24 January. In Twitter, use #howlround to comment and share and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

Two actors stand onstage facing each other, reading from sheets of paper.
Vaclav Havel’s Protest Tackles the Dangers of Conformity
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Vaclav Havel’s Protest Tackles the Dangers of Conformity

16 January 2014

Patricia Davis reviews Ambassador Theater's production of Protest, written by the Czech Republic's first president Vaclav Havel, directed by Gail Humphries Mardirosian.

The cover of Fun Home.
Anyone Can Whistle
Essay

Anyone Can Whistle

Fun Home and New Musical Theatre

14 January 2014

Rob Onorato discusses Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, its musical adaptation, how both inspire him and advance the form of musical theatre.

Several actors onstage.
Live Cinema Performance Event of The Disinherited, Adapted from Chekhov's Platonov, Simulcast from The Kitchen in New York
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Live Cinema Performance Event of The Disinherited, Adapted from Chekhov's Platonov, Simulcast from The Kitchen in New York

Friday 10 January 2014
New York, NY, United States

The Kitchen presented The Disinherited: Live Cinema Performance Event livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 10 January 2013 at 5 p.m. PST/ 7 p.m. CST/ 8 p.m. EST/ (1am GMT on Saturday 11 January) and again on Friday 17 January and Friday 24 January. In Twitter, use #howlround to comment and share and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

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Under the Radar Symposium & Culturebot Discussions at The Public Theater
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Under the Radar Symposium & Culturebot Discussions at The Public Theater

Thursday 9 January through Sunday 12 January 2014 9 a.m. CST / 10 a.m. EST / 15:00 GMT
New York, NY, United States

The 2014 Under the Radar Festival Symposium and Culturebot's Scanning the Landscape discussions livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Thursday 9 January through Sunday 12 January from The Public Theater in New York City. Use Twitter hashtags #utr14 and #howlround and follow @HowlRoundTV for updates.

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Drowning Ophelia
Essay

Drowning Ophelia

A Metaphor for Female Pain

9 January 2014

Lily Janiak reviews the Repurposed Theatre production of Rachel Luann Strayer’s Drowning Ophelia.

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The 3rd Annual Boston One-Minute Play Festival at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre
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The 3rd Annual Boston One-Minute Play Festival at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre

Monday 6 January 2014
Boston, MA, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) presented The 3rd Annual Boston One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 6 January 2014 at 5 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CST (Austin) / 8 p.m. EST (Boston).

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Dispatches from LALA Land
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Dispatches from LALA Land

Diversity and Its Discontents in Southern Californian Theater

7 January 2014

Holly L. Derr reports from The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers's panel on diversity, and examines why diversity is such a huge talking point but still so lacking in action

Still from The Sound of Music Live.
9 Questions that August
Essay

9 Questions that August

Osage County and The Sound Of Music Provoke About Theater

6 January 2014

Regular contributor Jonathan Mandell delves into the worlds of August Osage County and The Sound of Music Live to discuss theater's relevancy – and whether we can count televised adaptions as theater.

Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!) at The VORTEX
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Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!) at The VORTEX

Friday 3 January 2014
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX presented Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 3 January 2014 at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco)/ 6 p.m. CST (Austin)/ 7 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround & direct comments @VORTEXonManor.

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Towards a New Collective in American Theater, Part One
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Towards a New Collective in American Theater, Part One

3 January 2014

Tired of waiting for a production and the loneliness writing entails, The Welders formed to take action. The warm reception made them realize how much can be done when having a community.

Parhelion Stages Small Town Life, and Racial Tensions
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Parhelion Stages Small Town Life, and Racial Tensions

31 December 2013

Parhelion, a play about false starts and disappointment, marks a very promising beginning for Little Lifeboats in Minneapolis as their inaugural production.

Dispatches from LALA Land
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Dispatches from LALA Land

Double Casting and The Antaeus Company

24 December 2013

Holly L. Derr writes about The Antaeus Company and the evolution of their "partner casting" practice, where each role is cast with two actors.

Holiday Hip-Hop Theatre Explosion at The VORTEX
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Holiday Hip-Hop Theatre Explosion at The VORTEX

Saturday 21 December 2013
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented The Holiday Hip-Hop Theatre Explosion livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 21 December 2013 at 6 p.m. CDT (San Francisco)/ 8 p.m. CST (Austin)/ 9 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround & direct comments @VORTEXonManor.

Progress in Practice
Essay

Progress in Practice

At-Risk Industries in Dialogue

22 December 2013

Alex Ates shares a brief description of A Truckload of Ink, a new play by Jim Fitzmorris, commisioned by The NOLA Project theater company.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater, New York
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater, New York

Thursday 19 December 2013
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 TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 December 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).

 

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The Mighty Vandals
Essay

The Mighty Vandals

Historical Region-Specific Theater

19 December 2013

New Carpa Theater Company’s The Mighty Vandals puts a spotlight on Latino and Arizona lore, two cultures underrepresented in theater, by delving deep into the grain of Arizona culture and history.

Soul Serenade #3
Essay

Soul Serenade #3

A Few Words on Scrooge and Santa

17 December 2013

Pearl Cleage writes about color-conscious casting in productions of A Christmas Carol, and the importance of representation during the holidays and beyond.

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Shen Wei's Lifts
Essay

Shen Wei's Lifts

A Unique Approach to Dance

17 December 2013

Allison Vanouse writes about the work of Shen Wei, and the modern semiotics of the lift in dance.

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Live on HowlRound TV
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Live on HowlRound TV

4th Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival at Playwrights Foundation

December 15 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

The Playwrights Foundation presents The 4th Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the global, commons based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday, December 15 at 8pm PST (Los Angeles) / 10pm CST (Chicago) / 11pm EST (New York). Featuring 90 new plays by 52 San Francisco Bay Area playwrights. To participate in discussion online, use Twitter hashtags #1MPF and #newplay. Follow @oneminuteplays and @HowlRoundTV for updates.

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Dispatches from the Latinx Theatre Commons at the Goodman Theatre
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Dispatches from the Latinx Theatre Commons at the Goodman Theatre

Saturday 14 December 2013
Chicago, IL, United States

The Goodman Theatre in Chicago and members of the Latinx Theatre Commons presented dispatches from the Latina/o Theatre Convening livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 14 December at 11:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 1:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 19:30 GMT (London).