Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona: A Successful Community Theater Model by HowlRound

On May 11th, 2013, I watched a Direct TV salesman perform a slam poem about human cannonballs. The Empty Space Theatre—a black box on the Arizona State University campus—was decorated wi…

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Live on HowlRound TV: CityWrights Conference for Playwrights—CIty Theatre, Miami—Thurs, June 20 - Sat, June 22 by HowlRound

City Theatre in Miami, Florida hosts CityWrights 2013 —A Conference for Playwrights—which will be livestreaming on HowlRound TV Thursday, June 20 to Saturday, June 22. To participate in …

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed, June 19 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, June 17, 2013

Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay: Community, You're Curating This! Topic: TBD by you—Thursday, June 20 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, June 16, 2013

Stuck in Stupid by HowlRound

Change is hard for many people, most often because we fear the unknown. What will happen if I change? Suppose things don’t get better? It’s easy to get stuck doing the same behavior over…

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"Go forth and have more talk of these sad things": Reflections on creating political theater by HowlRound

When I set out to produce Juliet & Romeo , a queered adaptation of Romeo & Juliet featuring two women as the star-crossed lovers, I knew that I wanted to focus on three themes—home…

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Memory in Motion: An Interview with Kuma Hula Vicky Holt Takamine by HowlRound

With the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ (NET) MicroFest Honolulu about to begin on O‘ahu, I sat down with Kumu Hula (hula teacher) Vicky Holt Takamine to talk about hula, the Hawaiian lan…

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Live on HowlRound TV: Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival at Victory Gardens—Tues, June 18 by HowlRound

The One-Minute Play Festival & Victory Gardens Theater present The Third Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on HowlRound TV on Tuesday, June 18 at 5:30pm PDT (San Fran…

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Hijaimigui by HowlRound

I never think about what I do. I never plan or plot or even think about looking at the big picture. When Eric of Honolulu Theatre for Youth asked me how I manage to balance the seemingly dis…

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Response to “Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts” by HowlRound

Just as HowlRound was finishing up its tweet chat on " Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts ," the news broke that a judge for the Southern District of New York ruled that Fox Search…

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Live on HowlRound TV: "From the Dirty War and Beyond" A Conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona & Jorge Onofri at Doub by HowlRound

Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts presents "From the Dirty War and Beyond" —a conversation with Argentine Theatre Artists Carlos Uriona and Jorge Onofri livestreaming on HowlR…

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Respecting Tradition In Redefining the Present by HowlRound

One of the greatest things about living in Hawaii is its cultural diversity. The unique cultural make up of our islands provides a spectacular melting pot of colors for our ethnic canvas. Ea…

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Gilgamesh and Guantanamo: D.C. Theater Explores the Spoils of War by HowlRound

On a recent May night, on two stages in Washington, DC, two separate demigod kings suffered and grew wise. At Constellation Theater , Gilgamesh fluttered the sleeves of his royal raiment and…

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Live on HowlRound TV: force/collision's "Trust me" at Arena Stage, Washington DC—Sun, June 16 by HowlRound

Arena Stage in Washington, DC presents a work-in-progess performance of force/collision's Trust Me which will livestream on HowlRound TV Sunday, June 16 at 5pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7pm CDT …

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Honolulu Theater Scene by HowlRound

Hawaii is not a big state, about 1.4 million people, fortieth in population although thirteenth in density. Two-thirds of the state’s population lives on Oahu and the city and county of Ho…

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"Vulgarians," "Vigilantes," and the Great Cell Phone Smashing of 2013 by HowlRound

National Review ’s roving correspondent Kevin Williamson made himself a folk hero of the Twittersphere when, at a recent performance of the new musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Working Theater Directors Salon by HowlRound

Working Theater is a NYC theater company, now in its twenty-eighth year. Its mission is to create theater for and about the working majority. In 2010, during its twenty-fifth Anniversary Sea…

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The Slow, Cold Burn of the Aurora Theatre’s "The Arsonists" by HowlRound

In the Aurora Theatre’s promo video about The Arsonists , by Max Frisch, director Mark Jackson explains the choice to set the play not in Frisch’s postwar Germany but in a world seemingl…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Network of Ensemble Theaters' MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit—Fri, June 14 to Tues, June 18 by HowlRound

Network of Ensemble Theaters presents MicroFest USA: Honolulu National Summit and Learning Exchange livestreaming on HowlRound TV . Sunrise and sunset performances, graffiti artists, pre-sch…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Write with & Get Advice from Suzan-Lori Parks—The Public Theater, NYC—Wed, June 12 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, June 10, 2013

Postcards from Russia 3: Omsk by HowlRound

Beyond the Capitals, a project of the Center for International Theater Development , aims to create meaningful encounters between new generations of theater animators in Russia and the Unite…

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay: Making a career in the arts, making a living in the arts—Thursday, June 13 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, June 9, 2013

Shaping the Conversation: Script Formatting and Twitter by HowlRound

Considering the capacities of theater for spatial play, does the adherence to linearity formatting…limit more than just playwriting poetics and innovation? What are the broader implication…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival at Actor's Express—Tues, June 11 by HowlRound

The One-Minute Play Festival & Actor’s Express present The Second Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on HowlRound TV on Tuesday June 11 at 5pm PDT (Los Angeles), 7pm…

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Blurring the Lines: Ant Hampton/Tim Etchells’ "The Quiet Volume" and Begat Theater’s "Hidden Stories" by HowlRound

Can we be in two places simultaneously? Can we alter what is real with what is fiction? Can we abandon ourselves and yet be fully in control? And what does theater have to do with any of thi…

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Interview with Carlos Murillo by HowlRound

Anne García-Romero: Who were your teachers/mentors? Carlos Murrillo: My education in theater was pretty scattershot. I studied acting as an undergrad at Syracuse, dropped out after less tha…

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On Valuing Diversity, Managing Diversity, and the Difference by HowlRound

This is a condensed version of the introductory essay from a new report called The Arts Diversity Index that was commissioned by Theatre Bay Area with funds from the California Arts Council …

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Interview with Brooke Berman by HowlRound

Anne García-Romero: Who were your teachers/mentors? Brooke Berman: Maria Irene Fornes, Marsha Norman, Anne Bogart, Tina Shepard, and Chris Durang. Irene and Marsha were the two biggies thou…

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A Public Reading Of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by HowlRound

We shouldn't be surprised that Walt Disney has something up his sleeve. He is a showman, after all, and a showman always keeps something clever in reserve. So when Walt—moustachioed, imper…

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Live on HowlRound TV: A Conversation With Luis Valdez, Founding Artistic Director Of El Teatro Campesino—Fri, June 7 by HowlRound

A Conversation With Luis Valdez, Founding Artistic Director Of El Teatro Campesino . This event will be livestreaming on HowlRound TV on Friday, June 7 at 5pm PDT (San Francisco) / 7pm CDT (…

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Live on HowlRound TV: Establishing Latino Theater Alliances within Texas and Across the Nation—Fri, June 7 by HowlRound

Establishing Latino Theater Alliances within Texas and Across the Nation Watch this meeting live on HowlRound TV on Friday, June 7 at 2pm-4:30pm PDT (San Francisco) / 4pm-6:30pm CDT (Chicago…

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