Emily Cordes interviews playwright Alex Vasquez Escaño and director Martin Balmaceda about a recent production of Alex’s play Yoleros in New York City.
Playwright Deborah Lake Fortson Addresses the Teenage Sex Trafficking Crisis
5 February 2016
Charlotte Meehan and Adara Meyers sit down with playwrights Deborah Lake Fortson and Amy Merrill, director Robbie McCauley, and law enforcement and community stakeholders to talk about youth sex trafficking and The BODY & SOLD Project.
Alexis Greene shares her experience entering the theatre for Young Vic’s production of Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. She reflects on Miller’s life and work in relation to today’s social climate.
Company One Theatre presented the panel conversation: Theatre & Education on the Front Lines of Boston Communities—Race & Representation: From Performance, to Classroom to Activism livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 2 February at 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles). In Twitter use #howlround and follow @Company_One and @HowlRoundTV.
Frosh Bites—Eleventy-One Nuggets for Being a Successful and Ethical Artistic Director
2 February 2016
February 2 marks forty years since then twenty-two-year-old Mixed Blood Artistic Director Jack Reuler sat down to write the original mission and primary objectives for Mixed Blood. Jack commemorates that founding by presenting a list of qualities and practices for successful and ethical artistic leaders.
Playwright Jordan Ramirez Puckett shares her experience submitting plays as a light-skinned Latina and questions the intention behind the phrase “playwright of color” in the industry.
The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Terminus by Gabriel Jason Dean—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on at Friday 29 January at 6 p.m. PST (Vancouver) / 8 p.m. CST (Austin) / 9 p.m. EST (New York). Use Twitter hashtag #howlround and direct comments @VORTEXonManor.
Lauren Alexander interviews twins Shirley and Aaron Sertosky about their experience working together in Theater J’s production of Stars of David: Story to Song.
Holly Derr speaks with Lynn Nottage about her new play Sweat, a co-commission of Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arena Stage, currently playing in Washington, DC.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre presented Creative Careers Panel: How to Apply: Regional Theatre Fellowships and Internships livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 25 January at 2 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 4 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 5 p.m. EST (New York). Ask questions to panelists live by tweeting @BerkRepSchool using #CreativeCareers.
In this installment, Damon Krometis discusses Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and the relationship between watching and being watched for theatregoers.
Journalist Carey Purcell discusses her takeaways from December’s Percolating Gender Parity symposium, and how gender-based pay discrepancies affect women in theatre.
