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By Matt DiCintio. For nearly two decades, I've evaluated scripts submitted to festivals and contests, grantmakers and literary offices. I've read for major regional theatres with the goal of…
By Alex Ates. Alex Ates looks at how the Free Southern Theater established a model of artmaking and activism in the South in the '60s and considers how the New South is primed for another ge…
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reports on the accessibility panel at BroadwayCon, which explained the forthcoming changes aiming toward a future theatre seamlessly accessible for ever…
By Michael Lueger. Dr. David Nicol talks about his project to turn early modern theatre manager Philip Henslowe's "diary" into a daily blog.
By Catherine Trieschmann. Playwright Catherine Trieschmann lists useful suggestions for giving feedback on new play analysis.
By Bob Martin. Bob Martin talks about Hurricane Gap Community Theater Institute in Kentucky, and how they're supporting an Appalachian grassroots theatre movement.
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell looks at six theatre pieces in January that used words in unorthodox ways"as gibberish, or out-of-sync with the action; some didn't use words at all.
By HowlRound TV. Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams 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…
By Mary Frances Noser. Emerson College student Mary Frances Noser reflects on a campus-wide teach-in about race.
By Carey Purcell. Can friendships survive a separation in time, values, and life choices? Carey Purcell looks at the quiet questioning of the role of women in Sheila by The Associates.
By Cassidy Dawn Graves. Cassidy Dawn Graves writes about Thomas Ostermeier's production of Richard III and questions why we still see able-bodied actors playing characters with disabilities.
By HowlRound TV. The VORTEX and Generic Ensemble Company in Austin, Texas present 893 | YA-KU-ZA "a new play written by Daria Miyeko Marinelli, livestreaming on the global, commons-based pee…
By Travis Preston. Artistic Director Travis Preston on the cross-cultural collaboration of bringing Fantômas: Revenge of the Image from CalArts to the Wuzhen Theatre Festival.
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reports on the Martin Segal Theatre Center's 2018 Theatre and Resistance Symposium, and lists ten things theatre community can do right now to make a ch…
By HowlRound TV. 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 Monda…
By Michael Lueger. Dr. Christian DuComb of Colgate University joins us to talk about Philadelphia's Mummers Parade and how the figure of the "Mummers wench" has its roots in the history of b…
By Sam Ethan Rubin. Sam Ethan Rubin writes about being an actor on the autism spectrum.
By Bethany Hughes. Off the Rails , which was produced at OSF in October, shows how Native plays can include depictions or descriptions of Native history as an element of lived experience, no…
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By HowlRound TV. Emerson College in Boston presents a conversation with performance artist Taylor Mac and HERE Arts Center Artistic Director Kristin Marting livestreaming on the global, comm…
By Tanya Selvaratnam. Tanya Selvaratnam,a co-founder of The Federation"a coalition of artists and activists"discusses their Art Action Day on 20 January 2018.
By Michael Lueger. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain talks about her new documentary Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart , which explores the life and work of playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
By Nan Barnett. On the twentieth anniversary of its founding, Nan Barnett reflects on the National New Play Network's growth, and discusses the organization's impact.
By Jordan Schwartz. Jordan Schwartz, director of literary programs and outreach at Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, discusses a project that originated at the Indiana Women's Prison and culm…
By HowlRound TV. Join community members for Ashland, Oregon's 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day City Celebration featuring music, spoken word, and dance livestreaming on the global, com…
