While some artistic directors seem unable to find artists who happen to be women to include in their season, Women's Project Producing Artistic Director Julie Crosby, and Associate Artistic …
Ron: You are of two very different generations and backgrounds in terms of the evolution of playwriting in this country. That said, you share an interest in how playwrights might become more…
Live on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info Thursday, June 14 at 5pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 7pm CDT (Chicago) / 8pm EDT (Washington DC) / 00:00 GMT (Fri, June 15) / 1am BST (Fri, June 15 – Lond…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Wendy MacLeod continues this series. What makes an artistic home? Let…
City Theatre's CityWrights is the 2nd annual professional symposium held during its Summer Shorts Festival in June. It is the only dedicated symposium in the region that brings together both…
Dramaturgy is a tough game to play. It’s never been a particularly well-understood field in the wide world of theater and that, combined with all the belt-tightening going on these day…
The Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program will host an invited convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy June 14-16, 2012. This dynam…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday on Twitter using the hashtag “#newplay” from 12pm-1pm PDT …
During our first workshop for The Luck of the Irish, at the Huntington, we had a winter storm. I think it did everything: rain, snow, slush, ice. It was the second or third day of our work w…
Somewhere in Tree City, in between the enclave over the hill and the block where the community center is, in between conversations with Van Jones at the University of Chicago and the number …
In her interview with Matt Morrow, Tammy Ryan mentions the Pittsburgh boomerang effect. That characteristic always defines the city for me. My mom is a prime example of a Pittsburgh boomeran…
Every Friday this summer, The Here and 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 these pl…
One-Minute Play Festival & Actor's Express Present: The First Ever Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival Live streaming on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Monday, June 11 at 5pm PDT (Los Ang…
Pittsburghers are adept at transitions. Industries have come and gone. From glass, to steel, to robotics and technology, this town has worn many masks over the years, and the people who grew…
Today I talk with the very busy Mark Clayton Southers who is both the Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the Artistic Director of Theatre Initiatives at the A…
Unlike the other fabulous artists writing this week, I'm a total newbie to Pittsburgh. Thing is, with Pittsburgh being voted such a livable city, there seems to be more and more of us newbie…
Company One theater in Boston is pleased to announce a special event for audiences on Sunday, June 10th. In celebration of the production of Aditi Brennan Kapil's Love Person, as well as col…
Matt Morrow, the new Associate Artistic Director of City Theatre, talks about his work with City Theatre, what excites him about new writers, and his recent return to Pittsburgh. Tammy: Pitt…
My first initiation into Pittsburgh wasn't the famed Steelers (pronounced "Stillers," if you're from the 'Burgh), six-inch high sandwiches layered with fries (they put fries on everything he…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Stephanie Mayer-Staley continues this series. What makes an artistic …
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday 12pm-1pm PDT (San Francisco) /1pm-2pm MDT / 2pm-3pm CDT (Chicago) / 3pm-4pm …
Maybe I should say who I am? Karla Boos, Artistic Director of Quantum Theatre in Pittsburgh, which I founded over twenty years ago. We make experimental work, original pieces and plays from …
Pittsburgh is nestled amidst the banks of three rivers: the Monongahela, the Allegheny and the Ohio which forms where the rivers meet at a confluence called The Point. There is something abo…
After reading Cary Perloff's recent article I will admit that I found myself slightly offended (okay maybe not so slightly). I was quite sure she was saying that we should abandon new plays …
The place is here, the time is now. Welcome to the Here & Now Project. In March, I put out a call for playwrights from across the nation, asking them to submit their work for…