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You can walk across Durham proper in two hours, east to west, along Main Street. I frequently do. It's nicer than driving because I get to say hey to all of my neighbors out on their porches…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday from 3:00pm EDT " 4:00pm EDT on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay.
I've been struggling with the connection between "politics" and "theater" since the early days of my MFA directing curriculum. I (foolishly?) told my advisor that my approach to an upcoming …
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the US. These plays focus on dramatizing where …
Ladies of Triangle Theatre (LoTT) will discuss the state of theater for ladies working in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas of North Carolina. Event Description: This panel discussi…
Today I get a chance to talk to one of the people who was a consistent contributor to the early thinking behind the American Voices New Play Institute and the whole notion of the #newplay in…
This post is part two of a three part series on Allison’s experiences teaching a three-week course to students at Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development. Find th…
New Dramatists will hold an informational meeting regarding the admissions process on Monday, July 16 from 1pm-2pm PDT / 2pm-3pm MDT / 3pm-4pm CDT / 4pm-5pm EDT. This meeting is a forum for …
Elated, energized, and head spinning with songs about thought, technology, history, and dreams. I left a matinee performance of the Lisps' performance of Futurity in Cambridge, MA with the c…
Drumroll please… The latest iteration of The New Play Map has launched! For a detailed account of what we’ve changed in this version, see our previous blogs here. The goal of thi…
Phoenix Theatre announces its 15th Hormel New Works Festival, and its sixth national playwrights' competition. The New Works Festival presents four staged readings of plays each summer at Ph…
We have finished work on the next iteration of The New Play Map, which we are officially launching this Wednesday, July 19th. For a history of this iteration's development, look here.
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay." This week’s topic of discussion will be det…
1 A QUESTION Recently, my father asked me what I'm trying to do with regard to my work in Civic Practice. I told him" "I think we've got a lot of challenges these days, in pretty much every …
This post is the sixth 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…
This Spring Eisa Davis was announced as the theater winner of the Alpert Award In the Arts, joyful and sad proof (yet again) that we have to look to funders and awards committees to celebrat…
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the US. These plays focus on dramatizing where …
Today I talk with Bill O’Brien, the Senior Advisor for Program Innovation at the National Endowment for the Arts. This call is one you have to put down what you’re doing and real…
When I was recommended for the Playwrighting and Drama Teaching Assistant position at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development (CTD) I knew I wanted to document the experience…
When Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes' play Water by the Spoonful won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama, many called it an "upset." It seems that not many people thought a play about a Puerto Rica…
Most of us grew interested in theater because we loved to play games as children. I remember playing make-believe at eight years old with my neighbor Alan. We used felled tree branches as sw…
Quick, name five modern Canadian playwrights (Canadian natives, put your hands down). Can't do it? OK, name five Canadian plays that aren't The Drawer Boy or The Drowsy Chaperone. Having tro…
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the US. These plays focus on dramatizing where …
The first time I went to Harlem was when I was about ten years old with my family. It was electric. Being from Alabama, I felt like I had been transported into another world, a world with bo…
The ongoing goal of Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF) has always been to elevate and offer fruitful and sustainable art to the community through Hip-Hop Theater. We reach these goals by empowe…
