Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville presented the livestreaming conversation Looking Back, Moving Forward New Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 22 March at 7:30 a.m. PDT/ 9:30 a.m. CDT/ 10:30 a.m. EDT/ 14:30 GMT.
The Dramatists Guild of America presents the next event in their new DG Conservatory series moderated by Tony-winning composer and Guild Council member, Stephen Flaherty, Technology for the Composer 2, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 21 March 2013 at 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:00-23:30 GMT (London).
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: ArtsEmerson's Creative Producers.
When Joseph Campbell spoke of the power of myth he didn’t have LA stage actors in mind. Yet a powerful and prevailing myth has spread for years in theater centers throughout the country about why actors do theater in Los Angeles. The legend claims that LA actors are somehow less serious and do theater only to be seen by casting directors in “the Industry” and not for the art of the work. This is simply not true.
looks at how Magic Theatre's initative for young theatre-goes went beyond a discount, and how the premiere of Taylor Mac's Hir at the Magic complemented their earlier production of Buried Child.
Playwrights Horizons presented the panel discussion On Kisses and Chemistry: A Discourse on Stage Kissfeaturing Stage Kiss playwright Sarah Ruhl, actor Hamish Linklater, psychologist/expert on couples & sexuality Esther Perel, and actress Kathleen Chalfant, moderated by psychiatrist Tony Charuvastra, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 March at 3:30 p.m. PST/ 5:30 p.m. CST/ 6:30 p.m. EST/ 22:30 GMT. To submit questions for ending Q&A and participate in online conversation, follow @PHnyc and use hashtag #stagekisspanel.
Los Angeles Theatre Center Encuentro: A Festival of National Latina/o Theatre will be held October 12-November 10 2014 and will feature ten companies from around the country, presenting their work in repertory over the course of the Festival. During the day, the companies will work together to share artistic practice and methodology which will culminate the final weekend of the Festival with public performance(s) of the co-created new work.
Goodman Theatre in Chicago presents an Artist Encounter for David Ives’ play, Venus in Fur, featuring director Joanie Schultz, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 March at 3 p.m. PDT/ 5 p.m. CDT/ 6 p.m. EDT/ 22:00 GMT.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York presented a performance of Bum Phillips All-American Opera by Monk Parrots livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 March at 11:30 a.m. PDT/ 1:30 p.m. CDT/ 2:30 p.m. EDT/ 18:30 GMT. In Twitter, use #howlround.
Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts presents The Power of Hip Hop Culture: A Conversation with Clyde Valentin and Will Power livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 16 March at 8 a.m. PDT/ 10 a.m. CDT/ 11 a.m. EDT/ 15:00 GMT. In Twitter, use #howlround.
Emerson College in Boston presented a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and acclaimed author Ayad Akthar olivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 14 March at 4 p.m. PDT / 6 p.m. CDT / 7 p.m. EDT / 23:00 GMT. The conversation was moderated by P. Carl, Director of HowlRound: A knowledge commons by and for the theatre community. Use #howlround in Twitter to engage in online conversation.
Matthew Glassman & Amrita Ramanan of Double Edge Theatre
14 March 2014
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Matthew Glassman and Amrita Ramanan of Double Edge Theatre, located in Ashfield, Massachusetts.
The Foundry Theatre in New York presents Radical Imagination: A Conversation with Robin Kelley & Taylor Maclivestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 13 March at 4 p.m. PDT/ 6 p.m. CDT/ 7 p.m. EDT/ 11 p.m. GMT. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @FoundryTheatre for online conversation.
Allison Vanouse continues her look at productions from university students in Boston. In this post she reviews Steven Berkoff's adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis, directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
We chose to do "Yellow Face" because of the meaningful questions it raises about the parameters of identity. We chose to do "Yellow Face" because of the revealing and resonant glimpse it gives at immigrant families in the United States; because of its multi-layered examination of the “American Dream”; because of the uproarious and irreverent way it uses humor to expose darker themes. We chose to do "Yellow Face" because clearly, it’s a Jewish play!
Theatre Development Fund and Theatre Bay Area hosted a series of six roundtable discussions intended to uncover the best new thinking and practices around what most effectively links audiences, generative artists and the theaters who produce them livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. The sixth of six discussions was in Los Angeles on Monday 10 March at 11 a.m. PST (San Francisco) / 1 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2 p.m. EST (New York City).
The Public Theater & British Council presented The Artists Exchange featuring Tarell Alvin McCraney and Kwame Kwei-Armah livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 8 March at 9 a.m. PST/ 11 a.m. CST/ 12 p.m. EST/ 5 p.m. GMT. Follow the conversation on Twitter, and send in your questions using #artistexchange.
Theatre Development Fund and Theatre Bay Area hosted a series of six roundtable discussions intended to uncover the best new thinking and practices around what most effectively links audiences, generative artists and the theaters who produce them livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. The fifth of six discussions was in Minneapolis on Friday 7 March at 11 a.m. PST (San Francisco) / 1 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2 p.m. EST (New York City).
People kept telling me, "There are no small parts, only small actors" and "small roles can steal the show." And the more I heard it the more I convinced myself I was doing something wrong.
Theatre Development Fund and Theatre Bay Area hosted a series of six roundtable discussions intended to uncover the best new thinking and practices around what most effectively links audiences, generative artists and the theaters who produce them livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. The fourth of six discussions was in New York on Thursday 6 March at 11 a.m. PST (San Francisco) / 1 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2 p.m. EST (New York City).
