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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 portrait of director diane paulus.
Interview with Diane Paulus
Essay

Interview with Diane Paulus

5 March 2012

In this excerpt from Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, Rebecca Novick talks with Diane Paulus about programming, audience engagement, and the role of dialogue in a theatre's relationship with its patrons.

A portrait of Dudley Cocke
Interview with Dudley Cocke
Essay

Interview with Dudley Cocke

4 March 2012

In this excerpt from Counting New Beans: Instrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, Dudley Cocke talks to Clayton Lord about Roadside Theater and its mission of encouraging conversation through theater in Appalacian communities.

The 21st Century Literary Office Convening
Video

The 21st Century Literary Office Convening

Exploring the Literary Practice of Tomorrow

Friday 24 February and Saturday 25 February 2012
Washington, DC

The convening 21st Century Literary Office: Exploring the Literary Practice of Tomorrow brought approximately forty theatremakers to Washington, DC to discuss their professions as literary managers, dramaturgs, artistic producers and other professionals involved in supporting, developing and/or producing new work.

In Search of the Artistic Home
Essay

In Search of the Artistic Home

22 February 2012

Playwright Anna Ziegler continues our series on the search for an artistic home, and talks about how sometimes home is not a place, but a group of people.

A large office building with a sign that says Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center.
Cyber-Narratives
Essay

Cyber-Narratives

An Invitation that will Blow Your Mind

21 February 2012

Woolly Mammoth's Miriam Weisfield introduces us to The Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, an exciting new iniative where technology and playwriting team up to engage audiences in ways never before seen.

Friday Phone Call # 8
Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 8

Philip Bither of The Walker

17 February 2012

David Dower talks with Philip Bither of The Walker in this week's Friday Phone Call.

Towards a Small Theatre
Essay

Towards a Small Theatre

17 February 2012

Victoria Stewart writes about the new play development problem in New York... and what the Big Apple can learn from the Twin Cities.

Kira Obolensky and Michelle Hensley in Conversation
Essay

Kira Obolensky and Michelle Hensley in Conversation

16 February 2012

Kira Oblenskey talks to Michelle Hensley, the founding artistic director of Ten Thousand Things in Minnesota, about the necessity of big stories, and the joys of bringing theater to audiences who have very little experience with it.

 

In Search of the Artistic Home
Essay

In Search of the Artistic Home

15 February 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Jack Reuler continues this series.

The Twin Cities
Essay

The Twin Cities

We make stuff here

15 February 2012

Jessica Huang writes about the Twin Cities, and how their unique DIY scene allows for the underground and the established to co-exist.

The Twin Cities
Essay

The Twin Cities

15 February 2012

Sha Cage talks about the Twin Cities, and what does (and doesn't) make it an ideal climate for artists.

Destination
Essay

Destination

MSP

14 February 2012

Joe Waechter writes about Minnesota, and the unique space that it provides for developing, performing, and thinking about new work.

The Twin Cities
Essay

The Twin Cities

How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities?

13 February 2012

The HowlRound City Series continues with this look at the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul

The Twitter logo.
Crowdsourced Opps & Fests from the #NEWPLAY Community
Essay

Crowdsourced Opps & Fests from the #NEWPLAY Community

11 February 2012

Visit Newplay.us to check out and post opportunities in news in the #NEWPLAY sector

Friday Phone Call # 7
Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 7

Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater Project

10 February 2012

On this week's edition of Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater Project about challenging assumptions about theater, how it works, and the artists who make it.

Banner logo for Lark Play Development Center.
Marcus Gardley's The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry at the Lark Play Development Center and USF
Video

Marcus Gardley's The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry at the Lark Play Development Center and USF

Thursday 26 January 2012
Tampa, FL, United States

The Lark Play Development Center and the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance presented a Community Round Table and Discussion with readings from Marcus Gardley's The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry as part of a national initiative called Launching New Plays into the Repertoire livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 26 January 2012.

Logo for One Minute Play Festival.
New Jersey One Minute Play Festival (#OMPF) at the New Brunswick Theatre Festival
Video

New Jersey One Minute Play Festival (#OMPF) at the New Brunswick Theatre Festival

Sunday, January 22 2012
NJ, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) partnered with the New Brunswick Theatre Festival (now part of CoLab Arts) to present the Second Annual New Jersey One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday, January 22 at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EST (New York)

San Francisco
Essay

San Francisco

21 January 2012

Rebecca Novick examines San Francisco's complicated relationship with ambition—and why we should all embrace the idea of "investing" instead of "making it."

The Electric Current of Bay Area Theater
Essay

The Electric Current of Bay Area Theater

21 January 2012

Carey Perloff talks about making theatre in the Bay Area, and what makes San Francisco such a great incubator for collaborations.

Friday Phone Call # 2
Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 2

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb of Z Space

20 January 2012
San Francisco
Essay

San Francisco

20 January 2012

Dan Wolf talks about San Francisco, and what makes him keep coming back, no matter where or how far away he goes.

San Francisco
Essay

San Francisco

19 January 2012

Brad Erickson continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.

Aditi Kapil
Essay

Aditi Kapil

In Search of the Artistic Home

19 January 2012

In the latest installment of our Artistic Home series, playwright Aditi Kapil speaks with Jamie Gahlon about finding her home in new play development.

Portrait of Sean San Jose.
San Francisco
Essay

San Francisco

18 January 2012

Sean San José continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.

San Francisco
Essay

San Francisco

17 January 2012

Octavio Solis continues the discussion on theatre in San Francisco with HowlRound's City Series.