Playwright Melinda Lopez and Charles Haugland discuss the ins and outs of the Huntington Theatre Company’s Playwriting Fellows program, and how it can serve as a model for other companies looking to fill a need in their communities.
Epicenter Community and ArtsEmerson presented the Fashion Accessibility Project livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network Saturday 24 June at 6:00 p.m. EDT (Boston) / 5:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Meet the artists involved in Berkeley Rep’s Summer Residency Lab, the cornerstone program of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound.TV network Friday 23 June at 5:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 7:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 8:00 p.m. EDT (New York).
Lisa Timmel, Local Playwrights, and Radical Hospitality
24 June 2017
Huntington Theatre Playwright in Residence Melinda Lopez talks with Director of New Work Lisa Timmel about the company’s new play development program and practicing generosity.
Editing and Staging The Dutch Lady with Dr. Joseph F. Stephenson
19 June 2017
Dr. Joseph F. Stephenson of Abilene Christian University talks about The Dutch Lady, an anonymous Restoration-era play in the holdings of the Boston Public Library that he's both editing and helping to stage.
A Conversation between Director June Guralnick and Playwright Suzanne Bradbeer
18 June 2017
Conversation between director June Guralnick and playwright Suzanne Bradbeer about The God Game, plays about faith post-election, and the division of church and state.
In the last installment of the series, Briandaniel Oglesby reflects on his queer adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, and advocates for more queer-centered theatre made with and for young people.
In this second installment, Maggie Sulc interviews dramaturg Claudia Nolan about her experience with new play development in the Northeast region of the United States.
Theatre Communications Group presented the 2017 TCG National Conference: Full Circle (ASL-interpreted) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 8 June to Saturday 10 June. Share your thoughts and media with hashtags #tcg17 and #howlround in all social media platforms. Follow @TCG and @HowlRound in Twitter for updates.
Dance/USA, the national association for professional dance, presented the Opening Plenary of the Dance/USA 2017 Annual Conference in Kansas City, Missouri livestreamed on the global commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 8 June at 8:30 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 10:30 a.m. CDT (Kansas City) / 11:30 a.m. EDT (New York).
Generic Ensemble Company and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Scheherazade— devised by the ensemble and directed by kt shorb, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 4 June at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Jonathan Mandell compares the countrywide reaction to the anti-Trump play Building the Wall with its reception in New York, where it's closing a month early.
The SITI Company in Saratoga Springs, New York presented Transformation through Training: a Symposium on the Suzuki Method of Actor Training from Skidmore Collegelivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Thursday 1 June to Saturday 3 June 2017.
Thomas Dolan discusses the need for Middle Eastern and Islamic theatre artists and decision-makers to be involved in the creation and production of work about their communities.