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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
Beyond Cliché
Essay

Beyond Cliché

Dramatizing Our American Identity

22 March 2015

Pregones Theater and Roadside Theater review their twenty-one-year artistic collaboration and their upcoming Off-Broadway production of BETSY!.

The Visual and Performative Ethnography Symposium at University of Pennsylvania
Video

The Visual and Performative Ethnography Symposium at University of Pennsylvania

Friday 20 March 2015
Philadelphia, PA, United States

University of Pennsylvania presented The Visual and Performative Ethnography Symposium livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 20 March from 9 a.m. EDT to 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6 a.m. PDT to 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 13:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT (London). In Twitter, use hashtag #pivpe.

New Plays by the Numbers
Essay

New Plays by the Numbers

Is Boston a Hidden Hub of New Work?

20 March 2015

Patrick Gabridge gives a run down of the results of the New England New Play Alliance's study on new play development and attendance in the Greater Boston region. 

Panel Gentrification & Business at The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
Video

Panel Gentrification & Business at The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art

Thursday 19 March 2015
Detroit, MI, United States

The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art in Detroit presented the panel discussion Gentrification & Business livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 March at 3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York). In Twitter, follow @NNamdiCenter, and use #howlround.

Discussion with American Book Award winner Jeff Chang about Who We Be: The Colorization of America
Video

Discussion with American Book Award winner Jeff Chang about Who We Be: The Colorization of America

Wednesday 18 March 2015
Dallas, TX, United States

Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas presented a conversation with author Jeff Chang about his recent book Who We Be: The Colorization of America livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network on Wednesday 18 March at 8:30 p.m. EDT (New York)/ 7:30 p.m. CDT (Dallas) / 5:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). In Twitter, use #howlround.

Reflecting on Twenty-Seven Years of Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center
Essay

Reflecting on Twenty-Seven Years of Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center

19 March 2015

Ronee Penoi on Shear Madness, the longest running play in the American Theatre. 

Parenting and Playwriting
Essay

Parenting and Playwriting

The Boyfriend Plot

19 March 2015

Catherine Trieschmann tackles what happens when she leads storytelling exercises with her daughter’s Girl Scout troop, and almost all of them write about boyfriends.

The Making of an Immigration Musical
Essay

The Making of an Immigration Musical

18 March 2015

Noemi de la Puente outlines her process of writing a musical comedy and the decision to self produce.

Welcome to Mississippi
Essay

Welcome to Mississippi

17 March 2015

Carlton Turner's address on the state of the arts in Mississipi from the Mississipi Performing Arts Summit, held February 15-16, 2015 in Jackson, MS.

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We're hiring a new Fellow! Could it be you?
Essay

We're hiring a new Fellow! Could it be you?

12 March 2015

Are you looking for some hands-on experience to continue your education? Are you interested in a bird's eye view of not-for-profit theatre? Consider becoming the next HowlRound Fellow!

Livestreaming Book Launch Celebration
Video

Livestreaming Book Launch Celebration

All the Lights On: Reimagining Theater with Ten Thousand Things—Mon, March 9

Monday, March 9 2015
Minneapolis, MN, United States

Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis and the Minnesota Historical Society Press in association with HowlRound present a book launch celebration of All the Lights On livestreaming  on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday, March 9 at 5pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7pm CDT (Minneapolis) / 8pm EDT (New York).

Introducing Ramona!
Essay

Introducing Ramona!

10 March 2015

HowlRound is thrilled to announce the addition of our new team member, Ramona Ostrowski!

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

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

A playwriting masterclass.

Monday 9 March 2015
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 Monday 9 March 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).

 

TEDxBroadway 2015
Essay

TEDxBroadway 2015

Ten Lessons Theatre Can Learn from Golf, Knishes, Teens, Tevye, and Twitter, But Not Termites

8 March 2015

The question from TEDxBroadway 2015: What ideas about theatre can we learn from people who may never have been inside one?

CREATE a movement
Essay

CREATE a movement

the ART of a revolution

8 March 2015

The Artistic and Education Director of Steppenwolf for Young Adults  explores the  choice to program This  Is Modern Art  and the ensuing public and critical debate in  Chicago. 

Immersive and Interactive Performance
Essay

Immersive and Interactive Performance

A Rasic Experience

6 March 2015

Scholar and theater practitioner Erin Mee, considers how by giving time-space to the sensoria, immersive, and interactive productions are inherently rasic.

Hamilton
Essay

Hamilton

Five Ways Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hip-Hopped History Musical Breaks New Ground

5 March 2015

There is a sense that this piece somehow transcends theatre even as it embodies it—or, as Hamilton puts it: “This is not a moment, it’s a movement.”

Political Cabaret
Essay

Political Cabaret

Herbert Hoover’s Comeback in Leather

3 March 2015

Martha Steketee speaks with playwright Sean Cunningham about Here’s Hoover! The Historic Herbert Hoover 2014 Comeback Special, which recently concluded a brief run in New York City. Herbert Hoover’s return, replete with leather, works like gangbusters.

Your Guide to Theatre Education
Essay

Your Guide to Theatre Education

Christopher Shinn at The New School’s MFA Playwriting Program

3 March 2015

In this installation, David Dudley interviews Christopher Shinn of The New School’s MFA playwriting program about how this educational option works.

An Excerpt from All the Lights On
Essay

An Excerpt from All the Lights On

Reimagining Theater with Ten Thousand Things

2 March 2015

All the Lights On is a history of the Twin Cities’ theatre company Ten Thousand Things. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in association with HowlRound.

Live-Time Storytelling for a Theatre
Essay

Live-Time Storytelling for a Theatre

1 March 2015

Aditi Kapil's playwriting residency is helping to formulate Mixed Blood's organizational narrative through social media, press materials, and show imagery.

Art
Essay

Art

A Prescription for My Stomachache

28 February 2015

Christopher K. Morgan explores what it is to feel at home in a place he’s never lived, and how to use art to cure his need for home.

Natasha Lee Martin Discusses Synesthesia
Essay

Natasha Lee Martin Discusses Synesthesia

26 February 2015

Dreams on the open sea are part of a larger narrative as Natasha Lee Martin, an actress, director, and teacher, performs in Confessions of a Synesthetic Sailor at TheaterLab in New York City.

Seminar Perfect Rhyme, Perfect Harmony: The Challenges and Rewards of Collaboration at Dramatists Guild
Video

Seminar Perfect Rhyme, Perfect Harmony: The Challenges and Rewards of Collaboration at Dramatists Guild

Wednesday 25 February 2015
New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild of America and the Society of Composers and Lyricists presented an evening with two of the musical theatre's most exciting collaborative teams: Tony winners and multiple Grammy, Tony, Golden Globe, and Oscar nominees Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and Rodgers, Roth, Larson, Kleban, and Ebb award-winners Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 25 February at 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 23:30 GMT (London).

 

The Seth Show with the Episode The Art of Manipulation in New England
Video

The Seth Show with the Episode The Art of Manipulation in New England

Tuesday 24 February 2015
MA, United States

 

Seth Lepore presented The Seth Show with the episode The Art of Manipulation livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 24 February at 7 p.m. EST (Toronto) / 6 p.m. CST(Chicago) / 4 p.m. PST (Vancouver).