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Podcast
Thirty Years of MENA Theatre
by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson
26 March 2026
Essay
Annalisa Dias and Madeline Sayet on Ecologies of Time and Change
by Annalisa Dias, Madeline Sayet
7 April 2025
Essay
Island Shakespeare Festival’s Sustainability in Action
by Erin Murray
18 February 2025
Essay

Flooring It with Espírito

14 May 2016

Elaine Ávila writes about her experience at the Latinx Theatre Commons convening in Seattle, WA.

Collage of theatre artists gathering and speaking at the From Scarcity to Abundance convening.
Video
Friday 15 April 2016
Seattle, WA, United States

Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) proudly presented the LTC Pacific Northwest Convening Opening Ceremonies livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 15 April at 8 p.m. PDT-10 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 10 p.m. CDT-12 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11 p.m. EDT-1 a.m. EDT (New York).

Essay

Designing Temporary Body Modification

15 April 2016

Costume Designer M.L. Hart parallels the principles and concepts of costume and makeup design to body modification.

Essay
13 April 2016

Christopher Goodson interviews Latina theatre artists Nelda Reyes, Rose Cano, and Carmen Aguirre about their thoughts on the current climate for Latina/o work in the Pacific Northwest.

Essay
11 April 2016

Maria Enriquez interviews Roy Arauz about his work and the Latina/o theatre scene in Seattle, Washington.

Essay
30 March 2016

Maria Enriquez interviews Arlene Martínez about her career and the Latina/o theatre scene in Seattle, WA.

Essay
3 March 2016

Armando Huipe describes the organizing principles behind the upcoming Latina/o Theatre Commons convening in Seattle, WA.

Essay

Outliers and Oddities

17 September 2015

Susan W. Kemp on The Moisture Festival in Seattle, Washington.

Essay

An Avant-Garde for the Undocumented

15 September 2015

Christopher Goodson on Rose Cano’s adaptation, Don Quixote: Homeless in Seattle, produced by eSe Teatro in Seattle, Washington.

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Video
Monday 18 August 2014
Seattle, WA, United States

Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, with support from the Seattle Office for Civil Rights and 4Culture, presented their public forum, Artistic Freedom & Artistic Responsibility livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 18 August at 6:30 p.m. PDT/ 8:30 p.m. CDT/ 9:30 p.m. EDT.

Logo for One Minute Play Festival.
Video
Sunday 11 May 2014
Seattle, WA, United States

ACT—A Contemporary Theatre and The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) present the 1st Seattle One-Minute Play Festival livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 11 May at 8 p.m. PDT (Seattle) / 10 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11 p.m. EDT (Toronto).

A still from Fathers And Sons.
Essay
11 March 2013

Valerie Curtis-Newton writes about her experience at The Hansberry project, and the neccessity of producing black artists.

Essay

Thoughts from a Loud Mouthed Feminist Theater Girl

11 May 2012

Meghan Arnette maps out why she's concerned about the lack of productions by female playwrights... and why anyone who cares about the future of the American theater should be too.

Podcast

Braden Abraham of Seattle Repertory

10 May 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: Braden Abraham of Seattle Repertory.

Essay
10 May 2012

Kathy Hsieh calls for artists to take action, flex their playwriting muscle and create the stories you want to see on stage. It is a way of being pro-active of how your community grows.

Portrait of Youseff El Guindi.
Essay
10 May 2012

Seattle-based playwrights Delaney and Guindi discuss the theatrical climate of Seattle, development oppertunities, and the American theatre scene.

A logo that reads "Icicle Creek Theater Festival Summer Conservatory."
Essay
9 May 2012

The Icicle Theatre Festival is a special kind of new play journey. Allen Fitzpatrick explores the opportunities of this festival.

Essay
8 May 2012

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Liz Engelman continues this series.

The space needle.
Essay
8 May 2012

Stephanie Timm shares her joy for Seattle and its theatre scene. With all the wonderful affordable theatre, she wonders what is the next step to expand the audiences.

The skyline of Seattle, Washington.
Essay
7 May 2012

How does Seattle theater look in Spring of 2012? Specifically for new plays, for playwrights, for directors and actors who live to make something new, for audiences that crave and honor new work?

Essay
14 February 2011

Vincent Delaney interviews Kate Whoriskey about her experience as an artistic director and the playwrights with whom she collaborates.

A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay.
Podcast
26 March 2026

Marina and Nabra take a sweeping look at thirty years of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States—from Golden Thread’s founding in 1996 to a growing ecosystem of bold, community-rooted companies shaping the American stage through urgency, artistry, and refusal.

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Series

2016 Latinx Theatre Commons Pacific Northwest Regional convening

The 2016 Latinx Theatre Commons Pacific Northwest Regional convening brought together over eighty Latinx and allied teatristas or theatremakers to the Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre, University of Washington School of Drama in Seattle, Washington to engage in a national dialogue on the building a Latinax Theatre movement in the Pacific Northwest.

Series

Seattle, Washington

An overview of the theatre scene in Seattle.

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