Seeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour's How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, and The Ne…
During a recent conversation with the artistic director of a New York-based theater company, he told me about his meeting with a major philanthropist. At one point it became apparent to my c…
Join us this Thursday for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST. The Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion about theater cult…
Building on the success of Golden Thread’s tenth anniversary festival in 2009, ReOrient 2012 will turn San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and thought-provoking theate…
I have been a loyal HowlRound reader for quite some time. I was drawn in by and continued find inspiration in  the breadth and depth of discussions the journal generates. I'm grateful for…
This is a story with an uncomfortably unresolved ending. It begins with me, at home, excited about the new online registration process for the Professionals Weekend at the Humana Festival. I…
Watch and participate in this symposium live on #NEWPLAY TV on Friday, November 16 from 11am PST – 3pm PST / 1pm CST – 5pm CST / 2pm EST – 6pm EST / 19:00 GMT – 23:00…
Tune into #NEWPLAY TV on Tuesday, November 13 at 3:30pm PST / 5:30pm CST / 6:30pm EST / 11:30pm GMT. Use the hashtag #newplay in Twitter to comment and follow @dramatistsguild. This seminar …
Hi again Holler readers! Thanks again for your questions and comments. I hope everyone has made it safely through the storm. I'm sharing today a letter from a self-identifying "tortoise." Is…
I am a professional playwright. I make a living writing plays. But I haven’t had a professional production in seven years. I write plays for the school market and student performers. F…
As everyone heads home this evening to watch the election returns, wring hands, and wonder about what’s to come over the next four years, we ask you to take a moment and reflect upon w…
Join us this Thursday for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST"an open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary…
It began with Churchill, as it so often does. Not Winston, of course"Caryl. We were discussing the politically layered script Top Girls in a playwriting class. There was a pause in the discu…
As a playwright and theater scholar, I’ve been writing and thinking about theater’s relationship with politics for over a decade"ever since I brashly told my dissertation advisor…
In 1990, I auditioned for an acting program in New York and the very thoughtful and pragmatic teacher informed me that I would never be cast as a lead on the American stage. I would only be …
Regardless of discipline or geographical location, we all come to know this about show business: without friends in the right places, it can be difficult to advance your career. The need for…
The One-Minute Play Festival & INTAR Theatre present: The New York One-Minute Play Festival of Latino Voices livestreaming direct from INTAR Theatre on #NEWPLAY TV" Watch it live here at…
To celebrate the publication of In the Intersection: Partnerships in the New Play Sector, join HowlRound / The Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College for a conversation with: Dian…
On Saturday, November 3, watch the livestream of City Council Meeting on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info. The show begins at 5:30pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7:30pm CDT (Houston) / 8:30pm ED…
(This is part of a series of posts coming out of the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ MicroFest USA: KY/TN that happened on October 25-28, 2012.) Knoxville’s home to 300 artists and…
It is surprising how dramatic the fight for your measly soul turns out to be. I ended the very first essay I wrote for HowlRound with this quotation from Zadie Smith's On Beauty. If we think…
"The definition of Appalachian art isn't so much about, or it shouldn't be so much about, the medium as it is about the experience of this place and how you choose to express it." "Joy Gritt…
In the spring of 2008 I finished graduate school at Boston University and had just gotten hired at New Repertory Theatre, right outside of Boston. Not really knowing anything about theater i…
Today I talk with my boss, friend, colleague, and mentor Rob Orchard, Executive Director and Founder of ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage. Rob has been a contributor to the Boston theater comm…
The One-Minute Play Festival & INTAR Theatre Present: The New York One-Minute Play Festival of Latino Voices livestreaming direct from INTAR Theatre on #NEWPLAY TV" Watch it live here at…