Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Stephanie Mayer-Staley continues this series.
Playwright Tammy Ryan describes the theatrical and artistic landscape of Pittsburg, and argues for the city to more fully embrace Pittsburgh's local playwrights.
Tennessee Rep's New Works Lab presents readings from four regional playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 31 May 2012.
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Tony Taccone, Artistic Director of Berkleley Repertory Theatre.
reflections on a Chicago playwright’s learning curve in Hollywood
31 May 2012
Moving from Chicago to LA included more than a huge wardrobe change. The reality of life in LA changed Brett Neveu’s relationship to writing and made him find balance in new rules.
The creation of Our City, a performance night based in civic duties, reminds us to keep the connection of art and civic life as they both feed each other.
Catherine Treischmann's Parenting & Playwriting series continues with a question about new play development: when you're offered out-of-town production and development oppurtunities, what do you do when you're the primary caregiver to small children?
Playwrights Foundation presents Des Voix...Found in Translation: A Festival of Contemporary French Playwrights in Translation featuring plays by Marion Aubert, Nathalie Fillion, and Samuel Gallet,livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 25 May to Sunday 27 May 2012.
Dramatists Guild presented a conversation with Bobby Lopez, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkeylivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:30-23:00 UTC / 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m. BST (London) / 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. CEST (Berlin) / 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. (Sydney on Wednesday 23 May).
Ilana Brownstein of the Playwrights' Commons Boston
17 May 2012
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Ilana Brownstein, founder of the Playwrights' Commons.
Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder continues her series on being a playwright and mother at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project. This installment: developing a new play while parenting your child should surely come with a stage manager.
A rehearsal of Hidden Room Theatre's Rose Rage followed by a chat with the artistic team livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 15 May 2012.
Playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder returns to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s Southern Writers’ Project with a new play and a new kid. Follow Elyzabeth in this three part series as she tries to balance rewrites and rehearsals with the challenges of being a working mom on the road.
Thoughts from a Loud Mouthed Feminist Theater Girl
11 May 2012
Meghan Arnette maps out why she's concerned about the lack of productions by female playwrights... and why anyone who cares about the future of the American theater should be too.
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Braden Abraham of Seattle Repertory.
Kathy Hsieh calls for artists to take action, flex their playwriting muscle and create the stories you want to see on stage. It is a way of being pro-active of how your community grows.
Atlanta-based Alternate ROOTS hosted a community conversation with Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, during his first visit to the state,livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 9 May 2012 at 7 a.m. PDT / 8 a.m. MDT / 9 a.m. CDT / 10 a.m. EDT / 14:00 GMT / 3 p.m. BST / 4 p.m. CEST.
The Dramatists Guild of America hosted a panel discussion entitled: "Contracts 101: E-Publishing" livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 8 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m. PDT / 3:30 p.m. MDT / 4:30 p.m. CDT / 5:30 p.m. EDT / 21:30 GMT / 10:30 p.m. BST.
