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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
Memory in Motion
Essay

Memory in Motion

An Interview with Kuma Hula Vicky Holt Takamine

15 June 2013

Vicky Holt Tamamine talks about the challenges of bring back the tradition of hula when it’s history is entangled in westernized perspectives.

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Network of Ensemble Theaters' MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit
Video

Network of Ensemble Theaters' MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit

Friday, June 14 - 17 2013
Honolulu, HI, United States

Network of Ensemble Theaters presents MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit and Learning Exchange livestreaming on HowlRound TV.

A map of Hawaii.
Hijaimigui
Essay

Hijaimigui

14 June 2013

Yukie Shiroma explores the multifaceted layers of her artistic life in the multicultural environment of Hawai'i

Respecting Tradition In Redefining the Present
Essay

Respecting Tradition In Redefining the Present

13 June 2013

Tradition has been the backdrop of contemporary theatre. Hawaii’s cultural diversity highlights tradition as a way of showing the richness of islands.

Skyline of Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Honolulu Theater Scene
Essay

The Honolulu Theater Scene

13 June 2013

John Wat shares a brief overview of the theatre scene in Honolulu.

Photo from a production of Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh and Guantanamo
Essay

Gilgamesh and Guantanamo

D.C. Theater Explores the Spoils of War

13 June 2013

An apt topic of the DC Stage, Jesus at Guantanamo and Gilgamesh explore power and abuse through the failings of heroes

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Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival at Actor's Express
Video

Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival at Actor's Express

Tuesday 11 June 2013
Atlanta, GA, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival & Actor’s Express present The Second Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 11 June 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles), 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago), 8 p.m. EDT (Atlanta).

Photo from the play The Arsonists.
The Slow, Cold Burn of the Aurora Theatre’s The Arsonists
Essay

The Slow, Cold Burn of the Aurora Theatre’s The Arsonists

11 June 2013

The Arsonists acts as a chilling critique of blinding following norms and devotions while simultaneously being a rally cry to trust gut intuition.

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The Working Theater Directors Salon
Essay

The Working Theater Directors Salon

11 June 2013

Working Theater randomly selects seven directors to direct seven commissioned plays in a week, for their Directors Salon as an opportunity to help directors "break into the business"

A Conversation With Luis Valdez at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center
Video

A Conversation With Luis Valdez at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center

Friday 7 June 2013
Dallas, TX, United States

The Dallas Latino Cultural Center presents a Conversation With Luis Valdez, Founding Artistic Director Of El Teatro Campesino, as a part of their Lecture Series symposium on the state of Latino theatre in the United States livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 7 June 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York).

A man participating in Hidden Stories.
Blurring the Lines
Essay

Blurring the Lines

Ant Hampton/Tim Etchells’ The Quiet Volume and Begat Theater’s Hidden Stories

8 June 2013

Bertie Ferdman talks about The Quiet Volume and Hidden Stories, two interdisciplinary works that challenge audiences perceptions of time and space.

Establishing Latino Theater Alliances within Texas and Across the Nation by Dallas Latino Cultural Center
Video

Establishing Latino Theater Alliances within Texas and Across the Nation by Dallas Latino Cultural Center

Friday 7 June 2013
Dallas, TX, United States

Dallas Latino Cultural Center presented the Teatro Alianza of North Texas Organizations meeting livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 7 June at 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5pm-7:30 pm EDT (New York). To participate in online conversation, search and use Twitter hashtag #howlround in your tweets.

A still from A Public Reading Of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney.
A Public Reading Of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney
Essay

A Public Reading Of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney

6 June 2013

W.M. Akers examines immortality in Lucas Hnath's A Public Reading Of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, questioning can our creations keep us here after we have past?

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

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

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 5 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 5 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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Dispatches from LALA Land
Essay

Dispatches from LALA Land

The Road to New Writing

31 May 2013

Holly Derr reports from LA Stage Day, where a lack of female playwrights demonstrates a larger problem: if LA has so many female writers, then how come none of them are getting produced?

A performer in overalls holds a small bird.
The Affects of Disability Portrayal and Inclusion in soot and spit
Essay

The Affects of Disability Portrayal and Inclusion in soot and spit

31 May 2013

Alice Stanley writes about experiencing Chuck Mee's soot and spit, an experimental play about the artist James Castle featuring deaf and cognitively challenged actors.

Atlanta's Saiah seeks to transform the Great American Novel into the Great American Play
Essay

Atlanta's Saiah seeks to transform the Great American Novel into the Great American Play

30 May 2013

Andrew Alexander looks at Atlanta-based theatre company Saiah, which took on the challenge of making a sea and whale come alive for audiences in their adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

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 29 May 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 29 May 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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Tori Keenan-Zelt's The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad at Panglossian Productions
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Tori Keenan-Zelt's The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad at Panglossian Productions

Saturday 25 May 2013
Williamsburg, VA, United States

Panglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presented a livestreaming workshop performance of Tori Keenan-Zelt’s new work The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 25 May 2013 at 4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 23:30 GMT. View a conversion into your local time.

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Great Plains Theatre Conference
Video

Great Plains Theatre Conference

Saturday 25 May 2013
Omaha, NB, United States

Metropolitan Community College presented the Great Plains Theatre Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 25 May 2013 at 10:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12:30 p.m. CDT (Omaha) / 1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:30 GMT. Convert into your local time.

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Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective at Dramatists Guild
Video

Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective at Dramatists Guild

Tuesday 21 May 2013 
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild of America presented Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 21 May 2013 at 2:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 5:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:30 GMT / 10:30 p.m. BST (London). View the conversion into your local time here.

Still from The Happiest Song Plays Last.
The Happiest Song Plays Last at The Goodman Theatre, Chicago
Essay

The Happiest Song Plays Last at The Goodman Theatre, Chicago

21 May 2013

Dani Snyder-Young discusses The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and asks: how do we invite diverse audiences into this exploration?

Actors onstage during the Voices of Now Festival.
Voices of Now Youth Ensemble Performances at Arena Stage
Video

Voices of Now Youth Ensemble Performances at Arena Stage

Friday 17 May 2013
Washington, D.C., United States

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presented the third annual Voices of Now Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 17 May 2013 at 4:30 p.m. PDT / 6:30 p.m. CDT / 7:30 p.m. EDT / 23:30 GMT. View the conversion into your local time.

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A Conversation With Bartlett Sher at Dramatists Guild of America
Video

A Conversation With Bartlett Sher at Dramatists Guild of America

Thursday 16 May 2013
New York, NY, United States

A Conversation With Bartlett Sher co-hosted by Dramatists Guild of America and Harvardwood livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 16 May 2013 at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:30 GMT / 11:30 p.m. BST (London). View a conversion into your local time.

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Here Lies Love
Essay

Here Lies Love

16 May 2013

W.M. Akers looks at how this immersive musical from Alex Timbers, David Byrne, Annie-B Parson and Fatboy Slim tells Imelda Marcos' story through disco, audience involvement, and theatrical hypnotism.