WEEKLY HOWL TOPIC: “Self Producing and Finding Artistic Freedom in Alternate Spaces” Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. Â Listen to Taylor Mac and David Do…
Amrita: Lydia, I remember we first met when Arena Stage produced Stick Fly a couple years back. I'm thrilled that the play is currently in its sixth production! What has been your journey wi…
There's something about sharing a common mythology that makes being in certain audiences particularly electric. Maybe that's why making theater in the Bay Area is so charged: the mythology o…
There's an old (and annoying) line about how if you're smart and ambitious you move to New York, if you're ambitious but not smart you move to LA, and if you're smart but not ambitious you..…
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Phone Call #4: Taylor Mac Download audio file (4-…
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Phone Call #3: Lydia Diamond Download audio file …
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Phone Call #2:Â Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Download a…
Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Phone Call #1: Melanie Joseph Download audio file…
The Bay Area is my home. All sides and shores of it. Born in San Francisco, raised in San Rafael and now settled in Berkeley. To live and work here you often have to run the ‘triangle&…
The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) is again partnering with the New Brunswick Theatre Festival (now part of CoLab Arts) to present the Second Annual New Jersey One-Minute Play Festival. The…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Aditi Kapil continues this series. What makes an artistic …
I began my career in the regional theater at a very young age, working in various capacities including actor, playwright, literary manager, director of new play development, and other roles,…
Thank you, Deborah, for that gorgeous homage to our city and to the Bay Area's theater community. Like you, and despite living in San Francisco for some twenty-five years, I have never becom…
That is what San Francisco is to me. That same Barbary Coast Port City"every version through the centuries and generations. Call it the City, the Sco, Sucka Free City"it is this same vibe th…
What you, Deborah Cullinan, have articulated in your beautiful essay on theater in San Francisco is no less than a Portrait of the Artist as a City. It's a powerful testament to the theater …
This is the first contribution to HowlRound’s City Series. Over the next few months we will explore the theater scene in cities from around the country. We’ve asked members of ou…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Todd London kicks off of this new series. What makes an Artistic Home…
Reposted from Up Next Blog Two teens converse about #NEWPLAY TV, the #newplay initiative that can be found on newplaytv.info Watch live streaming video from newplay at livestream.com Watc…
In 1988, Todd London wrote in his book The Artistic Home: Artistic Directors are concerned with keeping artists in the theatre; they need to constantly renew their commitment to making their…
#NEWPLAY NEWS: @SignatureTheatr Receives $2 Million From Mellon Foundation Signature Theatre in New York City has announced a $2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation …
WEEKLY HOWL TOPIC: Why Am I Afraid to Write African American Characters? by Marshall Botvinick Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. Â See Marshall Botvinick’s arti…
#NEWPLAY FESTIVAL: @EST_LA: WinterFest 2012 starts tomorrow! WinterFest 2012 " Immerse yourself! Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA presents three weeks of non-stop staged readings: 47 p…
Boston One-Minute Play Festival Presented by Playwrights’ Theatre & The One-Minute Play Festival There will be a livestreamed broadcast on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Monday, …
Check in every afternoon Monday through Friday to find out about news, opportunity listings, festival and show info, new practices, and interesting conversations in the #newplay field. Â A…
Check out the “Word Becomes Flesh” Pre-show chat on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Sunday, January 8 at 12pm PST (San Francisco) / 3pm EST (New York) / 8pm GMT (London). Wor…