Weekly Howl on Thursday, February 21
US versus UK New Play Development
The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursday, February 21 for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 11am PST – 12pm PST (San Francisco) / 1pm CST – 2pm CST (Chicago) / 2pm EST – 3pm EST (New York) / 19:00 GMT – 20:00 GMT (London).
This week—following Tuesday, Feb 19th's livestreaming of a forum on UK New Play Development hosted by New Dramatists—we will continue the conversation about the differences between new play development in the UK and the US. @NewDramatists will moderate. The recording of Tuesday's livestream will be available on #NEWPLAY TV soon after the event. If you already have specific prompts or questions you want addressed for this chat, please write them in the comments section below. On Thursday, get heard in the conversation by searching for #newplay in Twitter (sort by “all”) and by putting “#newplay” somewhere in your messages. Spread the word!
*The hashtag #newplay in Twitter is a commons tag (i.e. non-proprietary, community-invested tag) for aggregating global knowledge, information, and conversation related to new works, new performance, and new strategies in the theater.
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