Abraham Benson-Goldberg writes about how theatres can be better at attracting young audiences, based on his experiences in Seattle, WA and Tel Aviv, Israel.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented Two Playwrights Talk Vietgone, a Festival Noon Conversation with Peter Sagal (Host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!) and Qui Nguyen (Playwright, Vietgone) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 25 June at 3:00 p.m. EDT – 4:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 2:00 p.m. CDT – 3:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12:00 p.m. PDT – 1:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Twitter @beyondabsurdity, @petersagal, @osfashland, @waitwait, and use hashtags #VietgoneOSF #Vietgone #FestivalNoons #howlround
City Theatre in Miami presented CityWrights: The 6th Annual Professional Weekend for Playwrights livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on howlround.tv Friday 24 June. Share your thoughts on Twitter with #howlround.
Theatre Communications Group presented the 2016 TCG National Conference: Theatre Nation (ASL-interpreted) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 23 June to Saturday 25 June. Share your thoughts and media with hashtags #TCG16 and #howlround in all social media platforms. Follow @TCG and @HowlRoundTV in Twitter for updates.
How being a Playwright In Residence affected the World Premiere of My Latest Play (I think.)
22 June 2016
Playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb reflects on the production process of his play A House Tour of the Infamous Porter Family Mansion with Tour Guide Weston Ludlow Londonderry.
Ramesh Meyyappan and Gavin Glover discuss their wordless adaptation of Madame Butterfly, replete with kites and puppets, and their hopes for hyphenate theatremakers.
Playwright Donna Hoke writes about Elizabeth Coplan’s The Grief Dialogues project, which uses theatre to start conversations around death and grieving.
La MaMa in New York City presented Cherchez La Femme: the musical—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 12 June at 9 p.m. BST (London) / 20:00 GMT / 4 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter @LaMaMaETC, @HowlRoundTV and use hashtag #howlround.
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented a performance of Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale conceived and directed by Heather Barfield livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 10 June at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.
Dance/USA—the national association for professional dance—presented the Opening Plenary of the Dance/USA 2016 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas livestreamed on the commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 9 June at 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 16:00-17:30 GMT / 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. BST (London). Follow the conversation on social media via the hashtag #DUSAconf and follow @DanceUSAorg on Twitter.
Sara Zweig on The Robber Bridegroom with book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry, and music by Robert Waldman at The Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.
