The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) presented The 3rd Annual Boston One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 6 January 2014 at 5 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CST (Austin) / 8 p.m. EST (Boston).
Diversity and Its Discontents in Southern Californian Theater
7 January 2014
Holly L. Derr reports from The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers's panel on diversity, and examines why diversity is such a huge talking point but still so lacking in action
Osage County and The Sound Of Music Provoke About Theater
6 January 2014
Regular contributor Jonathan Mandell delves into the worlds of August Osage County and The Sound of Music Live to discuss theater's relevancy – and whether we can count televised adaptions as theater.
The VORTEX presented Circus Chickendog's The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 3 January 2014 at 4 p.m. PST (San Francisco)/ 6 p.m. CST (Austin)/ 7 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround & direct comments @VORTEXonManor.
Tired of waiting for a production and the loneliness writing entails, The Welders formed to take action. The warm reception made them realize how much can be done when having a community.
Parhelion, a play about false starts and disappointment, marks a very promising beginning for Little Lifeboats in Minneapolis as their inaugural production.
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented The Holiday Hip-Hop Theatre Explosionlivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 21 December 2013 at 6 p.m. CDT (San Francisco)/ 8 p.m. CST (Austin)/ 9 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround & direct comments @VORTEXonManor.
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 December 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).
New Carpa Theater Company’sThe Mighty Vandals puts a spotlight on Latino and Arizona lore, two cultures underrepresented in theater, by delving deep into the grain of Arizona culture and history.
Pearl Cleage writes about color-conscious casting in productions of A Christmas Carol, and the importance of representation during the holidays and beyond.
4th Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival at Playwrights Foundation
December 15 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States
The Playwrights Foundation presents The 4th Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the global, commons based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday, December 15 at 8pm PST (Los Angeles) / 10pm CST (Chicago) / 11pm EST (New York). Featuring 90 new plays by 52 San Francisco Bay Area playwrights. To participate in discussion online, use Twitter hashtags #1MPF and #newplay. Follow @oneminuteplays and @HowlRoundTV for updates.
The Goodman Theatre in Chicago and members of the Latinx Theatre Commons presented dispatches from the Latina/o Theatre Convening livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 14 December at 11:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 1:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 19:30 GMT (London).
Let’s Geaux, Y’all! The National Performance Network presented their Annual Meeting in New Orleans livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 13 December - Sunday 15 December 2013. To participate in these sessions, direct your comments on Twitter to @NPN_VAN and use hashtags #AMNOLA and #LiveAndOnStage. Find the Facebook event here.
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Thursday 12 December 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)
The Playwrights' Center Many Voices Program Coordinator Christina Ham and Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn presented an information session about the 2014-15 Many Voices Program livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 11 December at 4 p.m. PST (Los Angeles)/ 5 p.m. MST / 6 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 7 p.m. EST (New York).
Dani Snyder-Young reviews Silk Road Rising's world premiere of Motti Lerner's Paulus, and explores the modern ramifications for a play about religious inclusivity in Israel.
Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles presents "Aristotle was a Man!", a panel discussion unpacking the assumptions made by the original dramaturg regarding dramatic structure and discuss the long term impact on today's playwriting, production, and gender parity livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 10 December at 11 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. CST / 2 p.m. EST / 19:00 GMT. To participate in this discussion, direct your comments on Twitter @RogueMachineLA and use #howlround.
Seth Lepore presented "Kickin’ Ass and Takin’ Names"—a 12 hour theatrical web-a-thon spectacle that will look at the meta-examination of both failing and succeeding in real time—livestreamed on the global, commons based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 7 December at 7 a.m.-7 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 9 a.m.-9 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 10 a.m.-10 p.m. EST (Boston) / 15:00 GMT (Sat, Dec 7) - 03:00 GMT (Sun, Dec 8) (London). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround & direct comments @sethlepore.
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Thursday 5 December 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).
Jay Scheib's adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Platnov titled Platonov, or The Disinherited merges with grunge culture-drugs, sex, and alcohol to take a look at values and viewpoints.
