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Artistic Leadership: Toward Equitable Search and Support

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Artistic Leadership: Toward Equitable Search and Support

A Conversation About What Equitable Search and Support Really Looks Like for Artistic Directors

Monday 13 November 2023

United States

Shakespeare Against the Canon in Our Verse in Time to Come

Essay

Shakespeare Against the Canon in Our Verse in Time to Come

by Melissa Lin Sturges, Karen Ann Daniels, Malik Work, John Ray Proctor III

22 August 2023

The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices

Essay

The Artistic Caucus: How Four Theatres Joined Forces to Disrupt Curatorial Practices

by Lauren Halvorsen

13 July 2023

A New Iraqi Arabic adaptation of 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo at Georgetown University

The Lab at Georgetown

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A New Iraqi Arabic adaptation of 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo at Georgetown University

Thursday 14 June 2012

Washington, D.C., United States

A new Iraqi Arabic adaptation of 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo, and a post show discussion.

Same-Sex Marriage Town-Hall at Woolly Mammoth

Woolly Mammoth

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Same-Sex Marriage Town-Hall at Woolly Mammoth

Monday 4 June 2012

Washington, D.C., United States

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company presented a reading of 8 and a town-hall style discussion of same-sex marriage livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 4 June 2012 at 5:45 p.m. PDT / 7:45 p.m. CDT / 8:45 p.m. EDT.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Short Play Awards at the Kennedy Center

the Kennedy Center

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Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Short Play Awards at the Kennedy Center

Wednesday 18 April and Thursday 19 April 2012.

New York, NY, United States

Concert readings of the national finalists of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Ten Minute Play Award and the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play were livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 18 April and Thursday 19 April 2012.

Choice or Coincidence

Natsu

Onoda Power

Essay

Choice or Coincidence

Portrait of a DC Theatermaker

14 April 2012

Natsu Onoda Power writes about the role of coincidence and fate in her career, and how the "choices" we make in our artistic journeys are hardly a matter of choice at all.

Friday Phone Call # 21

Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 21

Heather McDonald of Theater of the First Amendment

13 April 2012

Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Heather McDonald of Theater of the First Amendment.

Tulips by Sylvia Plath

HowlRound

Theatre Commons

Essay

Tulips by Sylvia Plath

A Video by Taffety Punk

12 April 2012

Interview with Gregg Henry by Jason King Jones

Gregg

Henry

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Interview with Gregg Henry by Jason King Jones

12 April 2012

Director and educator Jason King Jones talks with the Artistic Director of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Gregg Henry.

In Search of the Artistic Home

Molly

Smith

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In Search of the Artistic Home

11 April 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theatre artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Molly Smith continues this series.

Fringe's Frontier

Julianne

Brienza

Essay

Fringe's Frontier

11 April 2012

The Capital Fringe Festival has outgrown Fort Fringe which brings to light the question: besides the church basement, who will give us space at a fair price point?

Interview with Karen Evans

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Interview with Karen Evans

9 April 2012

Jason King Jones interviews Karen Evans, President and Founder of The Black Women Playwrights’ Group, about the why she found it necessary to start producing.

Reagan's Legacy/Zelda's Children

Ari

Roth

Essay

Reagan's Legacy/Zelda's Children

The Explosion of DC Theater

9 April 2012

Ari Roth explains how the policies of Ronald Reagan helped light the fire to turn DC into the thriving theater capital it is today.

The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, April 10

HowlRound

Theatre Commons

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The Weekly Howl on Tuesday, April 10

Theatermaking in DC

9 April 2012

Ari Roth will co-host this weeks Howl on the past, present, and future of the DC theater scene.

A man looks outward with his arms raise as a choir sings behind him.

Activating Audiences in DC

Rachel

Grossman

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Activating Audiences in DC

8 April 2012

Dog & pony emerged out of impluse resulting in shaking up DC's traditional theatre scene.

Performances of Ten-Minute Plays from @ArenaStage Student Playwrights at Arena Stage

Arena Stage

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Performances of Ten-Minute Plays from @ArenaStage Student Playwrights at Arena Stage

Monday 12 March 2012

Washington, D.C., United States

Arena Stage's Student Playwrights Project presented performances of the eight winning plays livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 12 March 2012 at 12 p.m. EST/ 11 a.m. CST/ 9 a.m. PST.

The 21st Century Literary Office Convening

HowlRound Theatre Commons

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The 21st Century Literary Office Convening

Exploring the Literary Practice of Tomorrow

Friday 24 February and Saturday 25 February 2012

Washington, DC

The convening 21st Century Literary Office: Exploring the Literary Practice of Tomorrow brought approximately forty theatremakers to Washington, DC to discuss their professions as literary managers, dramaturgs, artistic producers and other professionals involved in supporting, developing and/or producing new work.

Performance of Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino at Capital Fringe

Capital Fringe

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Performance of Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino at Capital Fringe

11 November 2011

Washington, D.C., United States

On November 11, Capital Fringe's Squirrel, or the Origin of a Species, by Michael Merino was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv. Directed by Kerri Rambow. With Carlos Bustamante and Ian LeValley.

Jennifer Nelson reading New Black Math, an essay by Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Black Playwright's Convening

Arena Stage

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Jennifer Nelson reading New Black Math, an essay by Suzan-Lori Parks, at the Black Playwright's Convening

01 January 2010

Washington, D.C., United States

The Black Playwright's Convening presented a reading of "New Black Math" by Suzan-Lori Parks, performed by Jennifer L. Nelson, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv in January 2010.