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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
A landscape of Knoxville.
Stats about Knoxville, Tennessee's Arts & Culture Scene
Essay

Stats about Knoxville, Tennessee's Arts & Culture Scene

29 October 2012

Liza Zenni surveys the impact arts have in Knoxville, Tennessee.

NET's MicroFest USA: Kentucky/Tennesse
Video

NET's MicroFest USA: Kentucky/Tennesse

Friday 26 October and Friday 27 October 2012
KY, TN; United States

The Network of Ensemble Theater presented MicroFest Kentucky/Tennessee livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 October and Friday 27 October 2012.

The interior of the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston.
Interview with Lydia R. Diamond, Melinda Lopez, and Kate Snodgrass
Essay

Interview with Lydia R. Diamond, Melinda Lopez, and Kate Snodgrass

25 October 2012

Dramaturg Jessie M. Baxter sat down with playwrights Lydia R. Diamond, Melinda Lopez, and Kate Snodgrass; all three writers bridge the space between practice and academia.

In Search of the Artistic Home
Essay

In Search of the Artistic Home

A Manifesto

24 October 2012

(Artistic) home is where mission, care, honesty, and the willingness to change with time (while keeping integrity) lives.

Logo for Dramatists Guild.
A Craft Workshop: Improvising Your Play with Jeffrey Sweet at The Dramatists Guild
Video

A Craft Workshop: Improvising Your Play with Jeffrey Sweet at The Dramatists Guild

Tuesday 23 October 2012
New York, NY, United States

Dramatist Guild of America presented a workshop on improv techniques with Jeffrey Sweet livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 23 October at 2:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco)/ 4:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:30 GMT / 10:30 p.m. BST (London).

The Twitter logo.
Twitter Conversation using #newplay on Thursday, Oct. 25
Essay

Twitter Conversation using #newplay on Thursday, Oct. 25

Theatre in Boston

22 October 2012

Join us for this Thursday's Howl on the Boston theatre scene.

A portrait of Ilana Brownstein.
A Decade in the Trenches, and a 30,000 Foot View
Essay

A Decade in the Trenches, and a 30,000 Foot View

22 October 2012

Ilana M. Brownstein on the evolution of the Boston Theater ecology over the past ten years, and what it needs to do to coninue to evolve.

Playlabs logo.
Panel Discussion: A Culture for New Work at The Playwrights' Center
Video

Panel Discussion: A Culture for New Work at The Playwrights' Center

Sunday, 21 October 2012
Minneapolis, MN, United States

The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis presented the panel A Culture For New Work as a part of PlayLabs, their national festival of new plays,livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 21 October 2012.

Conceptual Artist Duo Sean Fletcher & Isabel Reichert Present The Artist Is Elsewhere at the Performance Art Institute
Video

Conceptual Artist Duo Sean Fletcher & Isabel Reichert Present The Artist Is Elsewhere at the Performance Art Institute

Friday 19 October 2012 / Saturday 20 October 2012
San Francisco, CA, United States

The Performance Art Institute in San Francisco presented The Artist is Elsewhere, an evening of remote-access performances livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 19 October at 8 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 11 p.m. EDT (New York) / Saturday 20 October at 03:00 GMT / 12 p.m. JST (Tokyo) / 2 p.m. EDT (Sydney).

Portrait of Jocelyn Prince.
Friday Phone Call # 47
Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 47

Jocelyn Prince, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth

12 October 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Jocelyn Prince, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in DC.

13P Logo.
13P
Essay

13P

Why Implode?

9 October 2012

Rob Handel, co-founder of 13P, explains why the playwrights' collective needed to implode after its final performance. The answer? It simply couldn't happen any other way.

Logo for the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts.
The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and the Rural Arts Management (RAM) Institute
Essay

The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and the Rural Arts Management (RAM) Institute

6 October 2012

LaMoine MacLaughlin, Executive Director of the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts in rural Wisconsin writes about the 23 years of the organizaiton, and how it fits into his community.

Several people walking towards a colorful tent.
Towards a Commons
Essay

Towards a Commons

The Rural Arts and Culture Working Group

6 October 2012

In the belief that rural artists need to be represented, Double Edged Theatre Company headed a conversation with fellow rural artists about action steps for the communities to take.

Green grapes.
Performance in the Fields
Essay

Performance in the Fields

Farming as Artistic Practice

3 October 2012

Nikiko Masumoto blurs the line between farming and performance, and what that can mean for communication between farmers and consumers.

Two giant shoes with people gathered around.
Abundance and Transformation
Essay

Abundance and Transformation

2 October 2012

Donna Neuwirth describes the integration of culture and agriculture at the Wormfarm Institute in Wisconsin.

The Inaugural PlayGround Film Festival at PlayGround
Video

The Inaugural PlayGround Film Festival at PlayGround

Monday 24 September 2012
Berkeley, CA, united States

Join us for the livestreaming of PlayGround and Dances with Light's inagural Film Festival

I Blues by Italy's MatèTeatro at The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Video

I Blues by Italy's MatèTeatro at The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival

Saturday 22 September 2012 
Provincetown, MA, United States

Italy's MatèTeatro was presented a performance of I Blues as part of The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 22 September 2012.

A disgruntled mother holds her child.
Parenting & Playwriting
Essay

Parenting & Playwriting

School Jitters

22 September 2012

On this edition of Parenting & Playwriting: learning how to let go on the first day of school.

Mugwumpin & Theatre of Yugen talk about Creation Myths and Millennial Prophecies at Z Space in San Francisco—Tuesday 18 September 2012
Video

Mugwumpin & Theatre of Yugen talk about Creation Myths and Millennial Prophecies at Z Space in San Francisco—Tuesday 18 September 2012

Tuesday 18 September 2012, Wednesday 19 September.
San Francisco, CA, United States

Mugwumpin, Theatre of Yugen, hosted by Z Space, present a conversation on the parallels of creation myths and millennial propecies livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 18 September 2012, at 7 p.m. PDT / 8 p.m. MDT / 9 p.m. CDT / 10 p.m. EDT / 02:00 GMT on Wednesday 19 September.

Portrait of Michael E.
The Value of Collaboration
Essay

The Value of Collaboration

19 September 2012

Michael Elyanow sheds light on the financial constraints of being a playwright and why it may still be worth it.

Logo for Dramatists Guild.
Conversation with Moisés Kaufman & Rajiv Joseph at Dramatists Guild of America
Video

Conversation with Moisés Kaufman & Rajiv Joseph at Dramatists Guild of America

Monday 17 September 2012
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild presented a conversation between Moisés Kaufman and Rajiv Joseph livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 September 2012 at 21:30–23:00 GMT / 10:30 p.m.–12:00 a.m. BST / 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m. EDT / 4:30 p.m.–6 p.m. CDT / 2:30 p.m.–4 p.m. PDT.

Friday Phone Call # 45
Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 45

Jeni Mahoney of Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in McCall, Idaho

14 September 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Jeni Mahoney of Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.

Several people stand outside a shop with a sign that says "Write Out Front."
Write Out Front
Essay

Write Out Front

A Playwright Happening

6 September 2012

Micheline Auger reports about her project, Write Out Front, which places playwrights in the Drama Book Store's window for a mini "residency."

The logo for the Network of Ensemble Theaters.
The NET Detroit Microfest
Essay

The NET Detroit Microfest

Asking Questions of Artists, Place, and Community

2 September 2012

The Network of Ensemble Theater discusses their upcoming move to Detroit alongside ideas of gentrification and community

Several people wearing animal masks looking at another man in a mask and a top hat.
Primed for Fringe
Essay

Primed for Fringe

27 August 2012

Against all odds, adversity created an ideal setting for Fringe. Em Piro chronicles the inception of the St. Lou Fringe Festival.