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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
Still from Cooking Oil.
Citizenship as Listening
Essay

Citizenship as Listening

Cooking Oil in Kampala, Kigali, and Los Angeles

14 July 2013

Emily Mendelsohn shares insight into her experience directing Cooking Oil written by Deborah Asiimwe in Uganda.

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The Latino Theater Alliance/Encuentro 2013 in Los Angeles
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The Latino Theater Alliance/Encuentro 2013 in Los Angeles

Saturday 13 July 2013
Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles presented a conversation from the 2013 Encuentro livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 13 July at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12 p.m.-3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT (New York).

Diversity in American Theater
Essay

Diversity in American Theater

The Mythology of Color Blind/Conscience Casting

12 July 2013

We need to stop asking to find space for artists of color and instead give them the space. This starts by looking at what plays we are and are not presenting.

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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 10 July 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 10 July 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).

The Dramaturgy of Audience
Essay

The Dramaturgy of Audience

Jayne Benjulian goes to the Theater as a Civilian

10 July 2013
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Developmental Reading of Andrew Kramer's new play Crying for Lions at Panglossian Productions
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Developmental Reading of Andrew Kramer's new play Crying for Lions at Panglossian Productions

Sunday 7 July 2013
Williamsburg, VA, United States

 

Panglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presented their next Plays in Progress program with an in-person and online developmental reading of Andrew Kramer‘s new play Crying for Lions, hosted by The New Town Art Gallery livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 7 July 2013 at 10 a.m. CDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 15:00 GMT.

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A performance of Enlightenment on E Floor North at Strange Attractor Theatre
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A performance of Enlightenment on E Floor North at Strange Attractor Theatre

Saturday 6 July 2013
Juneau, AK, United States

Strange Attractor Theatre presented their latest original performance play, Enlightenment on E Floor North, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 July 2013 at 7:30 p.m. AKDT (Juneau) / 10:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11:30 p.m. EDT (Providence, RI).

Simultaneous to Strange Attractor’s performance in Juneau, AK, they will host a live viewing party at the Empire Black Box at 95 Empire St in Providence, Rhode Island.

A cartoon baby.
Parenting & Playwriting
Essay

Parenting & Playwriting

Unplugged

6 July 2013

On this edition of Parenting & Playwriting with Catherine Trieschmann: unplugging from the internet... and pacifiers.

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Elegant Variation
Essay

Elegant Variation

4 July 2013

Brown Box Theatre Project’s production of The Nina Variations cast three actresses as Nina. Allison Vanouse constrasts Steven Dietz's play with other works that explore repetition and deconstruct classic plays.

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Time Sensitive
Essay

Time Sensitive

3 July 2013

Ragged Wing Ensemble explores the concept of time with the centerpiece of an ice sculpture in Time Sensitive.

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Creating Culture Warriors
Essay

Creating Culture Warriors

My Internship with Penumbra’s Summer Institute

3 July 2013

Jeff Freeman details his experience of interning with Penumbra Theatre.

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War Horse in the UK and US
Essay

War Horse in the UK and US

The Challenges of the Replica

3 July 2013

The tour of UK’s War Horse in the United States shows us that, even a ingenious play, assumed historical knowledge can make or break an audience’s experience.

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Resident Playwrights Admissions Town Hall Meeting at New Dramatists
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Resident Playwrights Admissions Town Hall Meeting at New Dramatists

Tuesday 2 July 2013
New York, NY, United States

New Dramatists in New York City presented Resident Playwrights Admissions Town Hall Meeting livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 2 July 2013 at 1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 4 p.m. EDT (New York).

Photo from a production of Gross Indecency.
Oscar Wilde on Marriage Equality
Essay

Oscar Wilde on Marriage Equality

2 July 2013

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde is an old story of Wilde’s relations with the Queen’s son yet, with the current politics, still holds discussion today of the morality of law.

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Dispatches from LALA Land
Essay

Dispatches from LALA Land

Adventures in the OC

2 July 2013

In the land of film and technology, LA pushes theatre to innovate the theatrical definition of reality.

Photo from The Miss Neo Pageant.
The Neo-Futurists' The Miss Neo Pageant
Essay

The Neo-Futurists' The Miss Neo Pageant

27 June 2013

Dani Snyder-Young writes about The Miss Neo Pageant, and how - even though the ideas presented permeate much of the media about women - we still struggle with the ideas of female competition, jealousy, and distrust.

A hallway in the MFA.
Notes on Odd Spaces
Essay

Notes on Odd Spaces

25 June 2013

Allison Vanouse reviews "Odd Spaces" at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. What is to be gained, she asks, in finding new ways to perform in odd spaces?

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Second Generation (2g) Showcases New Season & Commissioned Writers at Joe's Pub
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Second Generation (2g) Showcases New Season & Commissioned Writers at Joe's Pub

Monday 24 June 2013
New York, NY, United States

2g presents Sixteen Going on Seventeen at Joe’s Pub celebrating the 2012-13 season and introducing its commissioned writers, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 24 June 2013 at 4 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EDT (New York).

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CityWrights: A Professional Weekend for Playwrights at the City Theatre
Video

CityWrights: A Professional Weekend for Playwrights at the City Theatre

Thursday 20 June to Saturday 22 June 2013.
Miami, FL, United States

City Theatre in Miami, Florida hosted CityWrights 2013—CityWrights: A Professional Weekend for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 20 June to Saturday 22 June 2013.

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Ballet and Time
Essay

Ballet and Time

20 June 2013

Allison Vanouse writes about Boston Ballet's 2013 triple-bill of George Balanchine’s Serenade and Symphony in C, and Wayne McGregor’s Chroma

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 19 June 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 19 June 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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Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival at Victory Gardens
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Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival at Victory Gardens

Tuesday 18 June 2013
Chicago, IL, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival & Victory Gardens Theater presented The Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 18 June 2013 at 5:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

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The Encyclopedia Show Arizona
Essay

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona

A Successful Community Theater Model

18 June 2013

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona, an offshoot of a national project started in Chicago, brings professionals and amateurs together with an audience under one topic to educate, laugh, and share.

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force/collision's Trust me at Arena Stage in Washington DC
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force/collision's Trust me at Arena Stage in Washington DC

Sunday 16 June 2013
Washington, D.C., United States

 

 

Arena Stage in Washington, DC presented a work-in-progess performance of force/collision's Trust Me livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 June 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York).

From the Dirty War and Beyond: A Conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona & Jorge Onofri at Double Edge Theatre
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From the Dirty War and Beyond: A Conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona & Jorge Onofri at Double Edge Theatre

Sunday 16 June 2013
Ashfield, MA, United States

Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts presented "From the Dirty War and Beyond"—a conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona and Jorge Onofri livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 June 2013 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 11 a.m. CDT (Austin) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York) / 1 p.m. ART (Buenos Aires) / 16:00 GMT / 5 p.m. BST (London) / 6 p.m. CEST (Berlin).