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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

A playwriting masterclass

Monday 2 November 2015
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 2 November 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

the Playwrights’ Center

2 November 2015

Ruth Weiner and Meg Swanson, theatre practioners and scholars, talk to playwrights who have come through the Playwrights’ Center about their experiences.

Essay

Finding Characters in Their Element

1 November 2015

Playwright Damon Falke discusses his process of listening when creating characters for his work.

Essay
31 October 2015

Actor Jerine Watson writes about instances in her career where something went wrong, and how the performers managed the moment.

Essay
31 October 2015

In the second installment of his The Audience Position series, Damon Krometis describes the unwritten contract and relationship between actors and audience members.

Essay

Chekhov’s Gunmen

30 October 2015

In this final installment, Jake Rosenberg traces the theatrical origins of the Spaghetti Western genre.

Essay

A Response to the Jubilee Responses

30 October 2015

Playwright Catherine Castellani responds to some of the outcry about the Jubilee proposal.

Podcast

Gretchen Egolf

29 October 2015

Gretchen Egolf and I talk about the cultural differences between the business in the USA and the UK, the difference between acting for cameras and acting onstage and nursing an ongoing displeasure of auditioning…

Essay
29 October 2015

Donald Sanborn on the evolution of Gigi from novella to film, film to stage, and stage and to stage once more.

Essay
28 October 2015

Stephanie Barton-Fracas, artistic director of Nicu’s Spoon, New York’s first and oldest inclusive theatre, talks about inclusivity as a necessary reflection of our current society.

Essay

Identifying Workable Spaces and Taking Stock of your Theatre Ecology

28 October 2015

In this first installment, Producer Annalisa Dias offers tips and advice about artistic vision, networking, and production venues.

Essay

HerSelf Rises (And We Are Lifted)

27 October 2015

Steele Campbell on HerSelf Rising by Girls on Trapeze at Sideshow Fringe Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.

Essay

Marisela Treviño Orta

27 October 2015

Abel Muñoz interviews Marisela Treviño Orta

Essay
27 October 2015

In his third installment, Michael Lueger discusses the trajectory of theatre audiences from the ancient Greeks to the contemporary moment.

Video
Monday 26 October 2015
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 26 October 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).

 

Video
Monday 26 October 2015
New York, NY, United States

ArtChangeUS: Arts in a Changing America presented its launch event livestreamed on the global, commons based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 26 October. It is a new, five-year initiative that seeks to explore and understand the dramatic demographic transformation of the United States and its profound impact on arts and culture.

Essay
26 October 2015

Daniel Gallant discusses expensive ticket costs and advocates more financial accessibility for arts events.

Video
Sunday 25 October 2015
New York, NY, United States

The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition and all its member organizations celebrated the winner, honored finalists, and finalists of the 2015 Collaboration Award, designed to encourage professional women in the arts and media from different specializations to work collaboratively on an arts or media project, livestreamed at howlround.tv on Sunday 25 October at 3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York). In Twitter, follow @WomenArtsMedia and @HowlRoundTV and use hashtags #CollabAwards and #howlround.

Video

New One-Minute Plays Inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement

Saturday 24 October 2015
Ashland, OR, United States

The One-Minute Play Festival and Oregon Shakespeare Festival presented The Every 28 Hours Plays—new one-minute plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement—livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 24 October at 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 8 p.m. CDT (St. Louis) / 9 p.m. EDT (New York) from the Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri. In Twitter, use #Every28Hours and #1MPF.

Essay
25 October 2015

Actor and writer Eli Keel reflects on his introduction to Shakespeare and advocates translation for new audiences.

Essay

The Tempest

25 October 2015

Actor Iris Gonzalez describes her experience with Cornerstone Theatre Company, in the latest installment of the series about their California Bridge Tour.

Essay

Creating a Performance for Ferguson

24 October 2015

Actor/playwright Joe Wilson, Jr. discusses his experience and the cultural climate in St. Louis during the Every 28 Hours Project workshops.

Essay
23 October 2015

Producer Sean Williams talks with the four lead actors in The Honeycomb Trilogy.

Essay
23 October 2015

What if the only thing “childish” about a children’s theatre was the age of the performers? Fun House in Dallas-Ft. Worth is a youth acting program that avoids the “juniorization” of work.

Essay

Fun Home’s Growing Pains

22 October 2015

Manuel Betancourt on the development journey of Tony-winning Broadway musical Fun Home by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori.

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