6,631 stories from HowlRound
By . Democracy is in a serious crisis and people are confused.
By . Gross! explores the beauty and cruelty of nature and the ways we struggle to be seen and understood, ultimately asking what parts of ourselves we're willing to sacrifice for love.
By Alexandria Ramos. Alexandria Ramos shares about her experience of Rasgos Asiaticos, a site-specific performance installation.
By Allie Marotta. Sandbox-style immersive theatre productions like Sleep No More and Life and Trust present unique challenges to providing accessibility measures for audience members, but it…
By . The 2025 Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium series at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival explores the dramaturgical elements that distinguish puppet theater and acti…
By David Dower, Susan Feder, Olga Garay-English, Meiyin Wang, Fay Nass, Kevin Becerra. In January 2024, the theatre community lost Diane Ragsdale, whose wide-ranging career as
By Javaad Alipoor. Playwright Javaad Alipoor's trilogy of plays interrogates how technology, global politics, and fracturing identities are changing our world.
By Sahar Assaf. As part of Zoukak Theatre's Letters from the Ground initiative, Sahar Assaf asks theatre leaders who have not spoken out for Palestine a simple question: Why?
By . The Ghostlight Project brings theaters and communities together through January 20th to create light in challenging times.
By Ramona Rose King, HowlRound Theatre Commons. The HowlRound team reflects on 2024 and what's to come in the new year.
By . Free and open to the public, this dynamic gathering brings together global arts leaders, cultural innovators, and a vibrant community of over 350 professionals to explore bold visions f…
By Jeffrey Mosser, Maya Malan-Gonzalez, Alexandra Meda. Current members of Studio Luna chronicle their twenty-five-year history and the evolution of their practice, programming, and location…
By Amelia Parenteau. Theatre Advocay Project (TAP) offers a wealth of tools to create safer and more equitable working conditions for all theatre professionals.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. There are so many cool Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) performance artists out there!
By Susan Stroupe. Philip Arnoult was one of the diplomats of the theatrical profession"those who made it their life's work not to make the work but to make connections between people who mak…
By Jeffrey Mosser, Jaclyn Backhaus. You on the Moors Now was the first foray by Jaclyn Backhaus into committing the improvisations and musings of an ensemble to the page while developing her…
By . Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity.
By Melissa Lin Sturges. The premise of the immensely popular solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is simple: Julia Masli will seriously solve the audience's problems through comedy.
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Basma al-Sharif . Palestinian filmmaker Basma al-Sharif dives into her award-winning pieces to discuss film as performance art.
By Emily Kitchens. Performing artist and teacher Emily Kitchens highlights the discrimination against fat people within theatre and discusses the need to advocate for fat acceptance by liter…
By Jeffrey Mosser, Sara Billmann, Mary Roeder. Universities and museums are some of the last strongholds of festival circuits providing rare exposure to international and avant-garde artists.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Laila Abdo. This episode analyzes narrative podcasts as a form of performance.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Mark Weinberg. Focusing on the overlaps between Ensemble and Applied Theatre practices, this podcast highlights Mark Weinberg's work with Theatre of the Oppressed pillar A…
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Riham Isaac. Palestinian performance artist Riham Isaac discusses her site-specific performances, which understand performance as a medium for change.
By Alexis Wilner. Access for disabled theatre artists within the theatre industry is lacking, and pathways for those in production disciplines to enter the industry are particularly neglecte…
