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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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Expanding the African American Narrative panel at A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE
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Expanding the African American Narrative panel at A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Baltimore, MD, United States

CENTERSTAGE in Baltimore presented a discussion with playwrights on “Expanding the African American Narrative,”livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at 3:45 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:45 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:45 p.m. EDT (Baltimore) / 22:45 GMT / 11:45 p.m. BST (London). View a conversion into your local time.

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 15 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 15 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

Photo from the play Edge.
Exist Stronger
Essay

Exist Stronger

14 May 2013

Allison Vanouse profiles Near Death, a performance art presentation at Boston's Cyclorama.

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Tennessee Rep's Ingram New Works Festival
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Tennessee Rep's Ingram New Works Festival

Saturday 11 May through Tuesday 14 May 2013
Nashville, TN, United States

Tennessee Rep in Nashville presented the Ingram New Works Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Saturday 11 May through Tuesday 14 May 2013.

The Annual Young Playwrights Festival at Florida Studio Theatre
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The Annual Young Playwrights Festival at Florida Studio Theatre

Saturday 11 May 2013
Sarasota, FL, United States

Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota presented the annual Young Playwrights Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 11 May beginning at 7 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 9 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10 a.m. EDT (New York) / 14:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST (London). ​

Dictionary entry for Diversity.
Diversity in American Theater
Essay

Diversity in American Theater

From Catch Phrase to Meaningful Change

9 May 2013

Stillwell linguistically breaks down the work “diversity” in order to break apart the buzz from the possible changes that can be made.

Still from A Lady and A Woman.
Gender Disparity, Self-Reporting, and Theatre Rhino's A Lady and A Woman
Essay

Gender Disparity, Self-Reporting, and Theatre Rhino's A Lady and A Woman

7 May 2013

Lily Janiak talks about Theatre Rhino’s A Lady and A Woman and examines her role as a theatre critic.

The N-Word on Stage
Essay

The N-Word on Stage

30 April 2013

Chris Garza discusses Intermedia Arts and Freestyle Theatre’s recent production about the politics of skin in the United States, which makes the audience question the validity in saying the US is a “post-racial” society.

Pacific Playwrights Festival logo.
Pacific Playwrights Festival Panel Why This Play, Now? at South Coast Repertory
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Pacific Playwrights Festival Panel Why This Play, Now? at South Coast Repertory

Sunday 28 April 2013
Cosa Mesa, CA, United States

South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California presented a new addition to the 16th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival: a playwrights' panel delving into the question “Why this play, now?” livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 April 2013 at 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:30-17:15 GMT / 5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. BST (London).

Aerial view of an airport covered in snow.
Parenting & Playwriting
Essay

Parenting & Playwriting

Snow in April

27 April 2013

On this edition of Parenting & Playwriting with Catherine Trieschmann: looking for optimism in the wake of the Boston Bombings, and finding empathy in the darkest of times.

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 25 April 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 25 April 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)

Photo from the play Geek!
Soaring Geeks, Gangster Clowns, and Sludge Villains
Essay

Soaring Geeks, Gangster Clowns, and Sludge Villains

25 April 2013

Crystal Skillman’s play Geek is everything that is wonderful about geek theatre, an Off-Broadway subgenre that has become increasingly mainstream over the last ten years.

Two performers in A Trip to Bountiful stand side by side while looking upward and smiling.
The Not-So-Bountiful Trip to Broadway
Essay

The Not-So-Bountiful Trip to Broadway

24 April 2013

Alisa Solomon shares the complex history of A Trip to Bountiful's journey to Broadway.

Two performers sitting on-stage in Cry Old Kingdom.
Cry Old Kingdom
Essay

Cry Old Kingdom

23 April 2013

Jeff Augustin’s Cry Old Kingdom takes place in Haiti, 1964 during François "Papa Doc" Duvalier's reigme. Dani Snyder-Young reviews the 2013 Humana Festival production with an eye towards its theme of sacrifice, and the actor-audience power dynamic.

The facade of the American Conservatory Theater.
Interview with Carey Perloff
Essay

Interview with Carey Perloff

21 April 2013

Brad Erickson interviews Carey Perloff about gender parity, women in leadership, and working as the artistic director of the ACT.

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Christmas Gift
Essay

Christmas Gift

21 April 2013

With the community advocating for better gender parity, Theatre Bay Area has made a commitment to furthering the discussion about gender bias and how to take action.

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Musical Bookwriting Seminar by Librettist John Weidman at Dramatists Guild
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Musical Bookwriting Seminar by Librettist John Weidman at Dramatists Guild

Thursday 18 April 2013
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America is thrilled to present a bookwriting seminar with celebrated librettist, and former Dramatists Guild president, John Weidman livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 18 April 2013 from 3 p.m. PDT - 4:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5 p.m. CDT - 6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT - 7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:00-23:30 GMT / 11 p.m. BST - 12:30 a.m. BST (London).

The company of Rude Mechs.
Making Friends to Make Shows With to Show Friends
Essay

Making Friends to Make Shows With to Show Friends

16 April 2013

The Rude Mechs explain how their method of including their audiences – inviting them to join in on the creative process – helps to better engage their patrons... and their artists.

A statue and the Capitol building in Austin, Texas.
Hacking Theater In A Networked World
Essay

Hacking Theater In A Networked World

15 April 2013

Robert Matney writes about the various ways in which theater companies are adapting and thriving by incorporating technology into their practice.

A man with a baby chick.
Charles Mee's soot and spit World Premiere livestreamed from Arizona State University
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Charles Mee's soot and spit World Premiere livestreamed from Arizona State University

Sunday 14 April 2013
Tempe, AZ, United States

Arizona State University in Tempe's School of Theatre and Film presented the world premiere of soot and spit by Charles Mee livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 14 April at 2 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:00 GMT / 10 p.m. BST (London).

Symposium on Entrepreneurship, the Arts, and Creative Placemaking at the Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship
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Symposium on Entrepreneurship, the Arts, and Creative Placemaking at the Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship

Friday 12 - 13 April 2013
Tempe, AZ, United States

The Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, Tempe presented its third biennial symposium: Entrepreneurship, the Arts, and Creative Placemaking livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 12 April and Saturday 13 April 2013.

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Reading of Steven Young’s The King’s Face at Panglossian Productions
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Reading of Steven Young’s The King’s Face at Panglossian Productions

Saturday 6 April 2013 at 3 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York)
Williamsburg, VA, United States

Panglossian Productions presented the second installment in its new Plays in Progress series: a live and on-line developmental reading of Steven Young’s new play, The King’s Face, hosted by the New Town Art Gallery in Williamsburg, Virginia, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 April 2013 at 3 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York). Click here for a conversion into your local time zone.

Banner poster for Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Charting the Course: New Play Directors in Conversation Panel at Humana Festival of New American Plays
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Charting the Course: New Play Directors in Conversation Panel at Humana Festival of New American Plays

Friday, April 5 2013
Louisville, KY, UNited States

Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays presented a livestreaming panel discussion Charting the Course: New Play Directors in Conversation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday, April 5 at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m. EDT (New York) / 17:00 GMT / 6 p.m. BST (London). Click here for a conversion into your local time.

 

 

A woman looking up on stage, with several other actors doing the same elsewhere on-stage in The Great Big Also.
Preaching to the Unconverted
Essay

Preaching to the Unconverted

5 April 2013

Lily Janiak takes a look at San Franisco-based Mugwumpin’s The Great Big Also as it explores the new frontier: what that meant to the first American settlers, and what the frontier means now.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work and Lecture at Emerson College
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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work and Lecture at Emerson College

Wednesday 3 April 2013
Boston, MA, United States

Emerson College in Boston presented two events involving Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 3 April 2013.