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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
Wednesday 5 October through Friday 7 October 2016
New York City, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented the Prelude 2016 festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based and peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 5 October through Friday 7 October 2016. See the livestream schedule below. Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround@PRELUDENYC, and #PRELUDE16

Essay
7 October 2016

Michael Rohd and Maureen Towey share an excerpt from their new book The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care, writing about creating and rehearsing a show in a retirement community.

Video

Detroit Convening—ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America

Thursday, October 6, 2016
Detroit, MI, United States

ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America presents REMAP: Detroit livestreaming on the global, commons-based and peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday, October 6, 2016. See the livestream schedule below

Essay

Does Each Serve the Other? Presidential Candidates on Stage

6 October 2016

Jonathan Mandell looks at some recent plays that explore this wackiest of election seasons in novel ways, and asks: Is mockery proper...or even possible?

Essay
6 October 2016

Andrew Jacobs discusses his senior theatre project in college, sharing his observations about what it means to create and maintain a socially responsible theatre on a local level. 

Essay
5 October 2016

David Dower talks with Tony Taccone about his adaptation of It Can’t Happen Here at Berkeley Rep, and what it means for an institution to program a new work that speaks directly to our present moment.

Essay

Shakespeare’s Monopoly on the Magic of Free Outdoor Theatre

4 October 2016

Shari Caplan on Love’s Labour's Lost as performed by The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Essay

Hallie Flanagan in the Twenty-first Century

4 October 2016

Amy Brady interviews Michael Arve about Dangerous Theatre, a piece he’s directing based on Hallie Flanagan’s 1938 testimony to the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities.

Essay

a proposal

3 October 2016

Edward Einhorn reflects on the failures of the current awards system for independent theatre in New York, and proposes a solution. 

Podcast

Getting (Politically) Radical with Amy Brady

3 October 2016

Michael Lueger kicks off a month of interviews about political theatre by talking with Amy Brady about the Federal Theatre Project.

Essay

Miniature Interviews with Three Audio Storytellers

2 October 2016

Emma Wiseman presents musings on audio storytelling and the world of radio from Cecil Baldwin, Jon Earle, and Audrey Quinn, three New York-based audiophiles.

Video
Saturday 1 October to Wednesday 5 October 2016
Ashland, OR, United States

The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists National Conference & Festival, hosted by The Oregon Shakespeare Festivallivestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Saturday 1 October to Wednesday 5 October 2016

Essay
1 October 2016

Director Lavina Jadhwani shares her experience as an Asian American director, advocating the need for more spaces and opportunities for Asian American theatre artists to collaborate together. 

Essay
1 October 2016

Josh Platt on The Merchant of Venice directed by Tina Packer in Lenox, Massachusetts. 

Essay

Artist, Public Intellectual, Activist, Writer

30 September 2016

In this final #IdentityWeek blog, Julie McGarvie writes about pioneering playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

Essay

The Nuts and Bolts of Offering Sensory-Friendly Experiences to Your Audience

29 September 2016

In this #IdentityWeek blog, Erica Nagel of the McCarter Theatre discusses how, and why, they’ve made Relaxed Performances part of their equity, diversity, and inclusion work. 

Essay
29 September 2016

Ricky Young-Howze writes about Neil Simon’s influence on pop culture comedic tropes.

Video
Tuesday 27 September to Friday 30 September 2016
New York, NY, United States

Samuel FrenchPlaybill, and HowlRound presented #IdentityWeek, a free four-day panel event exploring racial, cultural, sexual and gender identity in the theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Tuesday 27 September to Friday 30 September.

Video
Tuesday 27 September 2016
New York City, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented a conversation with Romeo Castellucci, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 27 September 2016 at 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EDT (New York).  Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.

Essay
27 September 2016

Playwright and attorney Cheryl Davis delves into the legal specifics of Creative Commons and fair use, explaining how artists can use them to fit their needs.

Essay

One Playwright’s Complicated Casting Choices

27 September 2016

Kicking off #IdentityWeek, Playwright Larissa FastHorse discusses workshopping her play What Would Crazy Horse Do? at Santa Clara University, and advocates the playwright’s voice in casting choices. 

Video
Monday 26 September 2016
Washington, D.C., United States

Double Nickels Theatre Company presented a performance of The Mobile Porch Tour: "The Wildflower Project," livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 26 September 2016 at 9:15 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11:15 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:15 p.m. EDT (DC).  Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround

Essay

Intimacy and the Aesthetics of Resistance

26 September 2016

Priscilla Page on Ricardo Gamboa and Sean James William Parris’ Space Age at Free Street Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

Podcast

Diversifying the Classics with Barbara Fuchs

26 September 2016

Michael Lueger and Barbara Fuchs discuss the plays written during Spain’s theatrical Golden Age, and Barbara’s Diversifying the Classic project, which aims to bring them back into prominence for English-speaking audiences.

Essay
25 September 2016

Kyna Hamill and Brianna Randolph discuss crafting Letters to Medford, a theatre performance by Two Roads Performance Projects in Massachusetts. 

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