Dramaturg Jessie M. Baxter sat down with playwrights Lydia R. Diamond, Melinda Lopez, and Kate Snodgrass; all three writers bridge the space between practice and academia. At a recent repast…
A few weeks ago I was talking to three members of the Boston theater community about having a sector-wide conversation on best practices for stage combat. We moved onto how many shows they w…
What makes an artistic home? People, transparency, conviction and commitment! We build the community and change the landscape simultaneously by bringing artists and audiences together"an art…
What is the impact of art in your community? The challenges facing America are immense…and the solutions will involve art. The Network of Ensemble Theaters’Â MicroFest USA: Revital…
I’m writing this article from my rehearsal hall. I meant to write it sooner and elsewhere, but here I am: on the due date and between my day job, my rehearsals, and seeing a show on ev…
Join us every Thursday at 18:00 GMT / 7pm BST / 2pm EDT / 1pm CDT / 12pm MDT / 11am PDT for the Weekly Howl, an open discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that hap…
Going on tour seemed like the natural progression of things for the Latino Theater Company. We didn't know that it would lead to action for change in the American Theater. After twenty-seven…
Before we begin, let's get something out of the way"there's no use in pretending I can achieve objectivity here. I've lived in the Boston Metro area for ten years, which makes me practically…
This post is the ninth column of a regular series on Parenting & Playwriting. Find the previous columns here. Here's what my advice column will offer you: a place to ask questions and…
"…everyone starts vibing off each other and contributing bits and pieces of each other to make something new…" "Javier Reyes from “Colored Ink” as featured in Total Chaos, th…
Today there’s a bit of a reversal on the David Dower Friday Phone Call. Y’all already know that I don’t even record them on Friday’s, generally. And today, I am not e…
Watch this workshop live on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Tuesday, October 23 at 2:30pm PDT (San Francisco)/ 4:30pm CDT (Chicago)/ 5:30pm EDT (New York)/ 21:30 GMT / 10:30pm BST (Londo…
Watch the livestreaming performance on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Friday, October 19 at 8pm PDT (San Francisco)/ 11pm EDT (New York), (Saturday, October 20 at 03:00 GMT / 12pm JST (…
One of the important pieces of learning from the National Theater Pilot has been the role of developmental partners on the shape and success of productions. Quita Sullivan (NEFA's National T…
A Culture for New Work This is a panel discussion produced and livestreamed on #NEWPLAY TV by The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis as a part of PlayLabs, their national festival of n…
The last five years have been about letting go of some new work development assumptions. One primary assumption is that new work in regional/LORT theaters is only about developing single aut…
I was a young father living in Boston over a barbershop called Jumbo's. I was a full-time substitute teacher at an elementary school by day and a fancy waiter by night. I moonlit as a playwr…
In honor of the Boston City Series running on HowlRound next week, the Center for the Theater Commons is hosting a potluck for the Boston theater community! Join Polly & Jamie (and their…
In November 2011, twenty-five theater professionals gathered in Washington, DC to discuss nonprofit and commercial collaborations aimed at the development of new theatrical work. In spirit (…
NEFA, as a nimble New England-based regional arts organization working to connect extraordinary artists and communities, also serves the region with national and international programs. For …
Care to win an awesome prize from the HowlRound crew while helping us beta test the latest Map iteration? Participate in the New Play Map Scavenger Hunt! Â Three winners will be announced …
In October of 2010 we were in tech for ReEntry at Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE when I got the great news that American Records and ReEntry would be one of six participants in the New England Foun…
My play The Hummingbirds won the Internationalists Global Playwriting Contest. The award grants at least six different presentations in six different countries over the course of th…
This conversation with Jocelyn Prince, Connectivity Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in DC, epitomizes what I was trying to articulate in my recent HowlRound post and the conver…
The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative is a grassroots advocacy group of women and men whose mission is to promote female theater artists in LA and beyond. We've been around for two a…