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On Teaching Work Ethic
Podcast
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 
Essay
On Theatre, Home, and Housing 
by Jan Cohen-Cruz
16 January 2024
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit visits rural Minnesota
Essay

Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Visit visits rural Minnesota

24 September 2013

Chris Garza visits The Visit staged in rural Minnesota, and reflects on how immersive theater invites audiences complicity in a play about mob psychology, vengance, and greed.

Adventuring Together: Ensembles, Collectives, Laboratories & Networks by Around the Teapot
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Adventuring Together: Ensembles, Collectives, Laboratories & Networks by Around the Teapot

Saturday 21 September and Sunday 22 September 2013
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Around the Teapot in Los Angeles presents a performance gathering Adventuring Together: Ensembles, Collectives, Laboratories & Networks livestreaming on the global, peer produced, open source HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 21 September and Sunday 22 September from approximately 12 p.m.-6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m.-8 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 3 p.m.-9 p.m. EDT (Philadelphia) / 19:00 GMT - 01:00 GMT. Use this tool to convert to your local time.

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The Violence Divide: Race and Class Disparities in the Media’s Response to Gun Violence conversation at ArtsEmerson
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The Violence Divide: Race and Class Disparities in the Media’s Response to Gun Violence conversation at ArtsEmerson

Thursday 19 September 2013
Boston, MA, United States

The Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and Research and ArtsEmerson:The World On Stage present a panel discussion on the presence of race and class disparities in media responses to urban and suburban acts of violence, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 September 2013 at 4 p.m. (PDT) / 6 p.m. (CDT) / 7 p.m. (EDT).

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
Video

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Thursday 19 September 2013
New York City, 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 September 2013 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 Business of Magic
Essay

The Business of Magic

Lucy Watson's Re-Present Me at Anthony Greaney

19 September 2013

Allison Vanouse reviews Lucy Watson's Re-Present Me, a performance art piece meditating on the artist's relationship with the supernatural.

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Columbine High School Shooting: The Impact of the Media on Survivors of Trauma conversation at ArtsEmerson
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Columbine High School Shooting: The Impact of the Media on Survivors of Trauma conversation at ArtsEmerson

Wednesday 18 September 2013
Boston, MA, United States

ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage, Boston presents The Impact of the Media on Survivors of Trauma conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 18 September 2013 at 1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. (PDT) / 3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. (CDT) / 4:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m. (EDT) / 20:30 GMT - 21:45 GMT. 

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Adolescence, Privilege, and Racial Identity in Annie Bosh is Missing
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Adolescence, Privilege, and Racial Identity in Annie Bosh is Missing

17 September 2013

Dani Snyder-Young reviews Janine Nabers' Annie Bosh is Missing at Steppenwolf Theatre 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
Video

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Thursday 12 September 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 12 September 2013 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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Minnesota Fringe and Minnesota Nice
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Minnesota Fringe and Minnesota Nice

12 September 2013

Chris Garza covers the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival and reports back on its selection lottery, aesthetics, and discusses some of the 42 performances he saw.

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A Drama of Two Cities
Essay

A Drama of Two Cities

Dublin and San Francisco

10 September 2013

Lily Janiak writes about Terminus at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, and how the tale of a night in Dublin centered around a construction crane, reverberates with the construction boom in the Bay Area.

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Mayoral Candidate Forum on Arts, Culture, and Creativity 
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Mayoral Candidate Forum on Arts, Culture, and Creativity 

Monday 9 September 2013
Boston, MA, United States

Create the Vote coalition presented the Boston Mayoral Candidate Forum on Arts, Culture, and Creativity livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 9 September at 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco).

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Bathaus, DEAD ART STAR and Abuse of the Document
Essay

Bathaus, DEAD ART STAR and Abuse of the Document

5 September 2013

Allison Vanouse writes about DEAD ART STAR at Bathaus, and how social media documentation interacts and intersects with performance art and its goals.

Political Immersion in Roadkill and La Ruta
Essay

Political Immersion in Roadkill and La Ruta

3 September 2013

Bertie Ferdman writes about the use of immersion in Roadskill and La Ruta, and how this trend in storytelling can help us create political theater that creates empathy and action.

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Parenting & Playwriting
Essay

Parenting & Playwriting

School to Back

2 September 2013

On this edition of Parenting & Playwriting with Catherine Trieschmann: the first days of school.

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Alienated, alone and in the majority
Essay

Alienated, alone and in the majority

Urban Garden pursues other white men in Vogue Men's Fashions

29 August 2013

Byron Woods writes about Vogue Men's Fashions, and the controversial idea that white men are being isolated and alienated from greater society.

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Contradiction & Compromise
Essay

Contradiction & Compromise

My Uncle & The Next Time

26 August 2013

Cecilia Copeland’s uncle was her rock within any family flict. Her uncle also loved guns which has inspired her to write with his life in mind as she navigates the topic of gun control.

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Dramatists Guild of America's National Conference
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Dramatists Guild of America's National Conference

Thursday 22 August and Friday 23 August 2013. 
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild of America presents the 2nd Annual National Conference in Chicago "Having Our Say: Our History, Our Future" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 22 August and Friday 23 August 2013. 

Rocco Sisto as Richard II.
Succession Complex
Essay

Succession Complex

Richard II with Rocco Sisto

22 August 2013

Allison Vanouse examines Shakespeare & Company's start to their history cycle: Richard II. She argues that Shakespeare's history plays work best when they speak to our contemporary concerns.

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
Video

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 21 August 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 Wednesday 21 August 2013 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).

Film As Live Art
Essay

Film As Live Art

Gabriel Abrantes and Theatrical Gesture

21 August 2013
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Six Ways of Thinking about Liquid Culture
Essay

Six Ways of Thinking about Liquid Culture

20 August 2013

Andrew Alexander offers tools for appreciating the art and value of live performance while reflecting on gloATL's 2013 public art project, Liquid Culture.

A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper, or Perspectives of A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper
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A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper, or Perspectives of A TYA Artist Turned Gatekeeper

19 August 2013

Riley Braem writes about his experience programming TYA, and why it's important to expose audiences to challenging work – the younger, the better.

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Meet the Festival Artists Panel at TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival
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Meet the Festival Artists Panel at TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival

Sunday 18 August 2013
Silicon Valley, CA, United States

TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival in Silicon Valley, CA presented a panel discussion moderated by TheatreWorks’ Acting Director of New Works Tom Bruett, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 18 August 2013 at 4 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EDT (New York). 

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Dark Play, or Stories for Boys
Essay

Dark Play, or Stories for Boys

15 August 2013

A look at the idea of killer nerds: cautionary tales twice over.  First, these stories show the consequences of marginalization and then secondly probe the power of advancing technology.

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Race Representation in The Jungle Book
Essay

Race Representation in The Jungle Book

13 August 2013

A look into how director Mary Zimmerman brought The Jungle Book, steeped in racial contexts of British Colonization and 1960s America, to today’s conversation of what has and hasn’t changed.