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Friday, May 24, 2013

Live on HowlRound TV: Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska—Sat, May 25 to Thurs, May 30 by HowlRound

The mission of the Great Plains Theatre Conference at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska is to enable playwrights and theater artists to share time, energy, and talent in the …

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Live on HowlRound TV: Tori Keenan-Zelt's “The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad” at Panglossian Productions, Williamsburg, VA—S by HowlRound

Panglossian Productions in Williamsburg, Virginia presents a livestreaming performance of Tori Keenan-Zelt’s new work The Egypt Play, or The Misses Blake on a Holiday Jihad . Watch it live…

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Postcards from Russia 1: Saint Petersburg by HowlRound

We frequently heard people refer to it—often pejoratively—as a “museum city.” And perhaps, it seemed to us, the museum-like quality of the place did influence the work being made the…

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Video: Culture Coin—Watch, Share, Vote Daily! by HowlRound

Help co-create Culture Coin! Dear HowlRound reader: We’ve made it to the semi-finals in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual National Challenge ! To move forward to the finals we need your help. C…

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Does the American Theater Have the Same Problem as the GOP? by HowlRound

Since the polls closed on election day, the fate of the Republican Party remains front-page news. “Demographics will doom Republican Party,” the Chicago Sun-Times blared the day after th…

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

"The Happiest Song Plays Last" at The Goodman Theatre, Chicago by HowlRound

What’s bubbling up under the sidewalk of the American theater? Shifting demographics. Institutional regional theaters cannot continue to program exclusively for an audience of white, baby …

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed. May 22 by HowlRound

You’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the global, peer-produced, open-source HowlRound TV project. …

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 23: Culture Coin & Making the Not-for-Profit Arts Economy Work for Artists by HowlRound

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective—Dramatists Guild—Tue., May 21 by HowlRound

Dramatists Guild of America presents Social Media from the Playwright’s Perspective. This event will be live on HowlRound TV on Tuesday, May 21 at 2:30pm PDT (San Francisco) / 4:30pm CDT (…

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How “In the Intersection” Made Me Go To The Library by HowlRound

I remember sitting in a theater history course in college and my professor telling the story of Richard and Cuthbert Burbage tearing down The Theatre with the help of The Lord Chamberlin’s…

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Here Lies Love by HowlRound

In his eagerness to cross genres, Byrne is like a much more talented, much less irritating James Franco. Conceptual art is best left to the professionals, but rock is Byrne's beat, and Here …

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My Parents Were Tiger People: christopher oscar peña chats about writing race with A. Rey Pamatmat by HowlRound

A. Rey Pamatmat: In the lobby for a production of my play Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them I overheard a woman say, “This play would get done everywhere if the main characters weren’t…

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A Day in the Life of a Creative Producer by HowlRound

Note: I participate in the Creative Producers in Training program in the Office of the Arts at Emerson College . The program aims to build a cohort of creative producers through mentorship a…

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

What Price Idealism, or Who You Gonna Dance With? by HowlRound

One of my all-time favorite play titles is Christopher Durang’s ‘dentity Crisis. It’s minimalist genius: the personal crisis, the dropped “I.” Well, it’s ‘dentity crisis time i…

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We need your vote: Let's put the "equity" back into not-for-profit "sweat equity" by HowlRound

With Culture Coin, we aim to put the “equity” back into “sweat equity.” Who does the current arts economy serve? If the answer is: “just a few,” why don’t we, as culture worker…

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Exist Stronger by HowlRound

Though the integration of theater and performance work in journals like PAJ and TDR has ostensibly addressed the rift between these practices, we are still reluctant to regard performance ar…

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Live on HowlRound TV: "Voices of Now" Youth Ensemble Performances at Arena Stage, DC—Fri, May 17 to Sun, May 19 by HowlRound

Arena Stage presents the third annual Voices of Now Festival of new plays written and created by thirteen youth ensembles from the Washington DC metropolitan area. 175 artists, ages eleven t…

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Live on HowlRound TV: A Conversation With Bartlett Sher at Dramatists Guild of America, New York—Thurs, May 16 by HowlRound

A Conversation With Bartlett Sher co - hosted by Dramatists Guild of America and Harvardwood will livestream on HowlRound TV on Thursday, May 16 at 3:30pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:30pm CDT (Aus…

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Live on HowlRound TV: Expanding the African American Narrative—A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE, Baltimore—Wed, May 15 by HowlRound

Prior to the opening night performance of Beneatha’s Place by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, join CENTERSTAGE from Baltimore for a discussion with playwrights on “Expanding the Afri…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed. May 15 by HowlRound

You’re invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which will be livestreaming for the global, peer-produced, open-source HowlRound TV project. …

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 16: Best & Worst Practices in Commercial/Not-for Profit Theater Partnerships by HowlRound

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Response to "In the Intersection" by HowlRound

I have spent my professional life in intersections of the commercial and not-for-profit theater. I started work in the mid-seventies when the not-for-profit theater and the commercial theate…

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Holler: The Burdens of Being In-Demand by HowlRound

Got issues? Of course you do. Keep’em coming—write to me at holler@howlround.com . For previous Holler columns, go here . Dear Holler, I need some help. I am a theater maker running a sm…

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Diversity in American Theater: From Catch Phrase to Meaningful Change by HowlRound

There has been much talk in recent years about the lack of "diversity" in American theater. This four part series is meant to redefine the conversation in a way that will move us past the bu…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A Big Eyed Fish Post 2.6: Cornerstone Theater Company by HowlRound

What’s complicated…is the underlying assumption about the role of theater in society—that theater is an art form that can affect people’s lives. Michael says he considers Cornerstone…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Tennessee Rep's Ingram New Works Festival—Sat, May 11 to Tues, May 14 by HowlRound

Tennessee Rep in Nashville presents the Ingram New Works Festival livestreaming on HowlRound TV at Saturday, May 11 through Tuesday, May 14. The Ingram New Works Project was created by Tenne…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Florida Studio Theatre's Annual Young Playwrights Festival—Sat, May 11 by HowlRound

Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota presents the annual Young Playwrights Festival livestreaming on HowlRound TV on Saturday, May 11. This event is the culmination of Florida Studio Theatre's…

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Gender Disparity, Self-Reporting, and Theatre Rhino's A Lady and A Woman by HowlRound

Like most critics I’m sure, I think of myself as open-minded; in my more prideful moments, I even call myself a champion of the little-known. But one recent show, Theatre Rhino’s A Lady …

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Stories that Need to be Heard by HowlRound

I was in search of a place where I would be surrounded by nurturing and supportive women where together we could create and share our stories free of fear and judgement. When I could not fin…

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Slaying the Dragon by HowlRound

Ah, but once that inner censor/critic gets going, it can be pretty hard to shut him down. And that’s when being a playwright feels the loneliest. Because once that dragon of insecurity (as…

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 9: "Intellectual Property: How is it benefiting you, your arts community, the world?"—a Twitter chat using ha by HowlRound

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay .* Join us Thurs…

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