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On Teaching Work Ethic
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, Jennifer Blackmer, Marcus Lane
26 March 2024
Essay
Can’t Do Theatre by Yourself
by Christin Eve Cato, Jorge Piña
23 January 2024
Essay
On Theatre, Home, and Housing 
by Jan Cohen-Cruz
16 January 2024
Video
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Philadelphia, PA, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival & InterAct Theatre Company presented The First Philadelphia One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 30 July 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8 p.m. EDT (Philadelphia).

 

To participate in the online conversation use Twitter hashtags #1MPF, #howlround when you search and tweet, and follow @InterActThtrCo, @DominicDAndrea and @HowlRoundTV. If you're attending or hosting a watch party for this livestreaming event, share the news.

A photo from Giver of Light.
Essay
30 July 2013

Allison Vanousewrites about the premiere production of Adam Roberts' Giver of Light, an opera based on the life of the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi.

Video
Sunday 28 July 2013
Amherst, MA, United States

The KoFest in Amherst, Massachusetts presented Story Slam livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 28 July 2013 at 5 p.m. PDT (Vancouver) / 7 p.m. CDT (New Orleans) / 8 p.m. (Toronto).

A black and white photo of a mother embracing two children.
Essay
28 July 2013

Norman Allen shares insight into writing a play about Isadora Duncan's life in Bolshevik Russia through the eyes of her adopted daughter Irma.

Video
Saturday 27 July 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

This symposium at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, produced by the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 27 July at 2:00 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4:00 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 5:00 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 21:00 GMT.

Two actors embrace onstage.
Essay

Creating A Rock + Theater Collaboration

27 July 2013

Inspired by the Adele’s song for Skyfall, the artists of the new play By and By collaborated with the band The Kilbanes to reframe the experience for the audience members.

Video
Friday 26 July 2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

This symposium, produced by the Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 July 2013 at 2 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 5 p.m. EDT (Toronto) / 21:00 GMT.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Video

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 26 June 2013
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 Wednesday 26 June 2013 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).

 

Skyline of New York City.
Essay
26 July 2013

Jonathan Mandell writes about the inclusion of off-Broadway theaters in the Regional Theater Tony Award, and why we should end the rhetoric of us vs. New York.

Logo for the Torch Theatre Book Club.
Essay
25 July 2013

Alice Stanley Jr. describes her experince at The Toch Theatre's "Improvised Book Club" and writes about how an audiences' preparation affects their involvement.

Photo from The Hampton Years.
Essay

Vision and Courage in the World War II South

23 July 2013

Patricia Davis reviews The Hampton Years at Theater J, and how the production's content is just as subversive as the context in which the play is being produced.

Video
Sunday 21 July a2013
San Francisco, CA, United States

The Playwrights Foundation's Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco presented Playwrights’ Roundtable: Mapping Your Career, Taking Action livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 21 July at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 12 p.m. CDT (New Orleans) / 1 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 17:00 GMT.

A man in a sculpture garden.
Essay
19 July 2013

The budding identity of American regional theater is fresh ensembles creating devised work that answers why with these people, in this place.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Video

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 17 July 2013
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 Wednesday 17 July 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)

 

Banner ad for The Living Room Theatre.
Video
Monday 15 July 2013
Kansas City, MO, United States

The Living Room Theatre of Kansas City, MO presented the livestreaming of The Death of Cupid: A Whiskey Musical livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 15 July at 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 8 p.m. CDT (Kansas City) / 9 p.m. EDT (Toronto).

Photo from American Night.
Essay
16 July 2013

California Shakespeare Theater, under the direction of Jonathan Moscone, has changed route from classic work to new work that explores the diverse culture and artistry of the Golden State.

Event banner ad for Mad Dash.
Video
Saturday 13 July 2013
Boston, MA, United States

Fresh Ink Theatre and Interim Writers presented The Mad Dash: A Theatrical Endeavor in 24 Hours, bringing together the Boston theater community to write, rehearse, and mount an evening of new plays in just 24 hours, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 13 July at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7 p.m. CDT (Austin) / 8 p.m. EDT (Boston).

Still from Cooking Oil.
Essay

Cooking Oil in Kampala, Kigali, and Los Angeles

14 July 2013

Emily Mendelsohn shares insight into her experience directing Cooking Oil written by Deborah Asiimwe in Uganda.

Logo for the Latino Theatre Alliance Los Angeles.
Video
Saturday 13 July 2013
Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Latino Theater Alliance/Los Angeles presented a conversation from the 2013 Encuentro livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 13 July at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12 p.m.-3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT (New York).

Essay

The Mythology of Color Blind/Conscience Casting

12 July 2013

We need to stop asking to find space for artists of color and instead give them the space. This starts by looking at what plays we are and are not presenting.

Teaser poster for Watch Me Work, which features Suzan-Lori Parks leaning an arm against a bench.
Video

A playwriting masterclass

Wednesday 10 July 2013
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 Wednesday 10 July 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).

Essay

Jayne Benjulian goes to the Theater as a Civilian

10 July 2013
Banner event ad for Crying for Lions.
Video
Sunday 7 July 2013
Williamsburg, VA, United States

 

Panglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presented their next Plays in Progress program with an in-person and online developmental reading of Andrew Kramer‘s new play Crying for Lions, hosted by The New Town Art Gallery livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 7 July 2013 at 10 a.m. CDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 15:00 GMT.

Event banner ad for Strange Attractor.
Video
Saturday 6 July 2013
Juneau, AK, United States

Strange Attractor Theatre presented their latest original performance play, Enlightenment on E Floor North, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 6 July 2013 at 7:30 p.m. AKDT (Juneau) / 10:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11:30 p.m. EDT (Providence, RI).

Simultaneous to Strange Attractor’s performance in Juneau, AK, they will host a live viewing party at the Empire Black Box at 95 Empire St in Providence, Rhode Island.

A cartoon baby.
Essay

Unplugged

6 July 2013

On this edition of Parenting & Playwriting with Catherine Trieschmann: unplugging from the internet... and pacifiers.

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