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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 8 June 2016
Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Brick in Brooklyn, New York presented a panel discussion Trans in the Indie Theatre Scene livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Wednesday 8 June at 2 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 4 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:00 GMT / 10 p.m. BST (London). Share your thoughts on Twitter with hashtags #transfest and #howlround.

Essay

How to Respond to Sexual Harassment in the Theatre Community

8 June 2016

How Chicago’s theatre community is seeking to address sexual harrassment in theatre.

Essay
7 June 2016

Amy Schwabauer on Death of a Man by Jairo Cuesta in Akron, Ohio.

Video

A bebop turn on Jack Kerouac's true life hometown teenage romance, Maggie Cassidy by Jon Lipsky

Sunday 5 June 2016
San Francisco, CA, United States

FaultLine Theater in San Francisco presented the west coast premiere of Jon Lipsky's play Maggie’s Riff: A bebop turn on Jack Kerouac's true life hometown teenage romance, Maggie Cassidy livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 5 June at 6 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 01:00 GMT (Monday, June 6). 

Essay

Part One

6 June 2016

In the kick-off to this new series, Christopher Diercksen, Artistic Director of Team Awesome Robot, share’s the company’s process for producing their second show. 

Essay
5 June 2016

After Ernie Nolan was terminated from a theatre company where he was artistic director, he considers the rights of artists and administrators who work in states where employers can fire at will.

Essay

Making a Life in the Theatre

4 June 2016

Playwright Pearl Cleage discusses growing up in a politically active family, the challenges faced by actors and directors of color, and the need for truth in theatre.

Essay
3 June 2016

In this second installment, Milta Ortiz discusses her role as the project’s coordinator, and overviews the production process of Barrio Stories.

Essay

Real American Musicals or Concerts with Benefits?

2 June 2016

Jonathan Mandell on the recent spate of sung through musicals, including HadestownThe Total BentEvening 1910, and Hamilton.

Essay

Shakespeare, Space Suits, and the Power of the Human

31 May 2016

Shari Caplan on Sans Everything by Strange Attractor Theatre at the Charlestown Working Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Essay
31 May 2016

Director Cristy Andrea Altamirano seeks thoughts on an upcoming production of The Tempest.

Essay

The Project

30 May 2016

In the first installment of his series, playwright Briandaniel Oglesby discusses adapting Romeo & Juliet with youth.

Video
Sunday 29 May to Thursday 2 June 2016
Omaha, NB, United States

The Great Plains Theatre Conference livestreamed from Omaha, Nebraska on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 29 May to Thursday 2 June at 11 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 1 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 2 p.m. EDT (New York) / 18:00 GMT / 7 p.m. BST (London). Share your thoughts on Twitter with #howlround.

Essay
28 May 2016

In this installment of his Strange Eventful History series, Michael Lueger discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre, and traces the lives of the actors and producers involved with the show. 

Essay

Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

27 May 2016

In this installment, Scenic Designer Tara Houston shares her journey to discovering her career and offers advice on lessons that she’s learned along the way.

Essay

Rising Circle’s This Time

26 May 2016

Sarah Matusek on the New York City production of This Time by Sevan K. Greene, adapted from the memoir Not So Long Ago by Amal Meguid, directed by Kareem Fahmy.

Essay

Reflecting on Hyena

26 May 2016

Actress/Playwright Romana Soutus shares her process and experience performing her solo show Hyena.

Video
Wednesday 25 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Kris Verdonck Artist Talk: Listen to the Bloody Machine—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 25 May at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). On Twitter use #HowlRound.

Essay

Diana Oh

25 May 2016

Corey Ruzicano interviews performance artist Diana Oh, the first in a series of interviews with artists and the battles they chose to fight.

Essay

Celebrating the Beginnings of a Historic Women’s Theatre

24 May 2016

Playwright Kathleen Warnock reports on WOW Café Theatre’s reunion and book launch for Memories of the Revolution, which chronicles the first ten years of WOW Café.

Essay
24 May 2016

Chicagoan Aaron Hunt visits Philadelphia and reflects on some of its theatrical offerings, including He Who Gets Slapped, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Nether, An Octoroon, and Sex With Strangers.

Video
Monday 23 May 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented DANCE New York Performed Manifestos—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 23 May at 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York). On Twitter use #HowlRound.

Essay

Connecting past and present to build towards the future

23 May 2016

Arlene Martínez-Vázquez reflects on the Latina/o Theatre Commons’ Pacific Northwest convening, and the action steps that came out of it.

Essay
23 May 2016

The 2016 Middle East America Convening May 18–19, 2016 at The Lark.

Essay
21 May 2016

Writer Josh Lefkowitz discusses his journey from theatre artist to poet and (maybe?) back again.

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