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Podcast
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
Friday 10 March 2017
Austin, TX, United States

The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Robot Daddy—Electronic Planet Ensemble’s 20th Anniversary performance and final live concert—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 March at 9:15 p.m. EST (New York) / 8:15 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:15 p.m. PST (Los Angeles).

Video
10 March to Sunday 12 March 2017
Boston, MA, United States

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) partnered with HowlRound to livestream the convening Art in the Service of Understanding: Bridging Artists, Military, Veterans, and Civilian Communities from Boston on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 March to Sunday 12 March. Use Twitter hashtag #artsandmilitary to participate in online conversation.

Essay
10 March 2017

Nolen Bivens challenges communities to set up an Arts and Military Community Health and Wellness Ecosystem.

Essay

Art as Antidote

9 March 2017

Jonathan Wei, Executive Director of The Telling Project, meditates on war and the military, advocating art as an investigative tool for understanding and transformation.

Essay

A Dance Theatre Story of Veteran Resilience

7 March 2017

Director Judith Smith discusses her company’s collaboration with Choreographer Joe Goode for to go again, a dance theatre piece that explores the lives of veterans with disabilities.

Essay
7 March 2017

Cherry Lou Sy shares her experience seeing the Neo-Futurists’ The Great American Drama, which examines perceptions of the American dream and success in theatre.

Video
Monday 6 March 2017
New York, NY, United States

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas presented Reviewing the Situation: Producing Theater and Cultural Awareness panel livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 6 March at 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m EST (New York).

Video

A playwriting masterclass.

Monday 6 March 2017
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 Monday 6 March 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
6 March 2017

Anthony Torres writes about how making art with other veterans has shaped his life.

Video
Saturday 4 March 2017
Portland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented “The Past is Always Present: Luis Alfaro as a Citizen Artist”, a Festival Noon Conversation with Tiffany Ana López livestreamed on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 4 March at 12 p.m. PST (Portland) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST (New York).

Essay
3 March 2017

Kyle Whalen explores the “moments of the unknowable” in the Steppenwolf production of Lucas Hnath’s The Christians in Chicago, Illinois.

Essay

Mamet's The Penitent and McNally's Penitent

2 March 2017

Jonathan Mandell compares The Penitent by David Mamet with Penitent by Terrance McNally, and argues that neither late-career playwright has anything for which to apologize.

Essay

Aislinn Rose

28 February 2017

In the final installment of this series—a collaboration with SpiderWebShow—Aislinn Rose describes her experience and revelations at the Women's March in Washington, DC.

Video

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 27 February 2017
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 Monday 27 February 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

Boundaries, Please

25 February 2017

Catherine Trieschmann sets rules to govern her daily news consumption. 

Essay

Women's Futures Month

24 February 2017

Mya Kagan discusses the successes and challenges of self-producing a nationwide festival.

Video

How to Apply—Regional Theatre Fellowships and Internships

Thursday, February 23 2017
Bay Area, CA, United States

Thinking about applying for a fellowship or internship in theatre? Hear from current fellows at regional theatre companies around the country including Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA), Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT), and A.C.T. (San Francisco, CA) discuss the details of their programs and the nuts and bolts of applying! Livestreaming on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday, February 23 at 12 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3 p.m. EST (New York). Ask questions to panelists live by tweeting @BerkRepSchool using #CreativeCareers.

Essay

Millennial Artists Fighting Back in the Trump Era

23 February 2017

Robin Goldberg interviews early career theatre artists about how their work has been impacted by the new US presidential administration.

Essay

A Play about Power and Politics

23 February 2017

Holly Derr writes about Jacqueline E. Lawton’s new play at Arena Stage, part of their Power Plays commissioning initiative.

Essay

The Seed for Brooklyn Museum: Techniques & Process for Ensemble Interdisciplinary Performance

20 February 2017

Writer and performer Kelly Tsai shares the process of devising Ai Weiwei: The Seed, which is based on the art and writings of activist-artist Ai Weiwei.

Essay

Looking Back on the Revivals of Sinclair Lewis’s Play During the Election of 2016

19 February 2017

Paul Gagliardi, a scholar of the Federal Theatre Project, considers recent productions of It Can’t Happen Here and why the play is resonating with both directors and audiences today.

Video
Tuesday 14 February 2017
New York, NY, United States

LaMaMa in New York City presented a memorial for Keo Woolford livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 14 February at 7:00 p.m. EST (New York) / 6:00 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 4:00 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 2:00 p.m. HST (Hawaii). 

Essay

Yvette Nolan

14 February 2017

In the first installment of this new series, a collaboration with Canada’s SpiderWebShow, Yvette Nolan ponders the porous boundary between the United States and Canada, and the importance of theatrical communication in difficult political times.

Video

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 13 February 2017
New York City, 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 Monday 13 February 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).

Podcast

Dr. Mac Test’s New Translation of La monja alfèrez

13 February 2017

Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Mac Test about his new translation of La monja alfèrez, or The Lieutenant Nun.

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