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Sunday, October 16, 2016

In Our House: Breaking Open Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand through Public Programs and Community Partnerships by [email protected] (ramona)

By Isaac Gomez. Isaac Gomez, Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens, shares the engagement programs around their production of Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM
Friday, October 14, 2016

To Fear or Not to Fear: Community and New Play Producing by [email protected] (ramona)

By Alli Houseworth, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Laura Jacqmin, Tory Bailey, Brad Erickson. In this piece, Triple Play project leads Tory Bailey and Brad Erickson respond to selections of a convers…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:28AM
Monday, October 10, 2016

Testing New Waters of Audience Engagement at the Goodman by [email protected] (ramona)

By Neena Arndt. Neena Arndt writes about new strategies the Goodman is testing to give audience members information about shows before they arrive at the theatre.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:40AM
Sunday, October 9, 2016

Marketing Beyond the Bottom Line: Why the Division between Marketing and Engagement? by [email protected] (ramona)

By Alli Houseworth. Theatre marketing consultant Alli Houseworth calls for marketing and audience engagement to come together, the first in a series of articles about Triple Play, a project …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:57PM

No Pictures, Please: Queer Theatre in Beirut / الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية by [email protected] (ramona)

By Raphael Khouri. Raphael Khouri writes about creating a work of queer Arab theatre in secret.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:24PM
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Questioning How We Tell Mainstream History with Men on Boats by [email protected] (ramona)

By Summer Banks. Summer Banks talks with Jaclyn Backhaus about bringing the story of Men On Boats to life on stage without any men.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:35PM

I Know You Are, But What Am I? Finding and Losing Ourselves in Stories by [email protected] (ramona)

By Allison Raynor. Allison Raynor talks with other early-career theatre artists about how the narratives they grew up loving influenced their sense of self.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:12AM
Friday, October 7, 2016

Open and Roving Rehearsals by [email protected] (ramona)

By Michael Rohd, Maureen Towey. Michael Rohd and Maureen Towey share an excerpt from their new book The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care , writing about creating …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PM
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

History Repeats Itself: Hallie Flanagan in the Twenty-first Century by [email protected] (ramona)

By Amy Brady, Michael H. Arve. Amy Brady interviews Michael Arve about Dangerous Theatre , a piece he’s directing based on Hallie Flanagan’s 1938 testimony to the Special Committee to In…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:16AM

Summer’s Lease: Shakespeare’s Monopoly on the Magic of Free Outdoor Theatre by [email protected] (ramona)

By Shari Caplan. Shari Caplan on Love’s Labour's Lost as performed by The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:49AM
Monday, October 3, 2016

The Signature Awards: a proposal by [email protected] (ramona)

By Edward Einhorn. Edward Einhorn reflects on the failures of the current awards system for independent theatre in New York, and proposes a solution.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:48AM

Theatre History Podcast # 7: Getting (Politically) Radical with Amy Brady by [email protected] (ramona)

By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger kicks off a month of interviews about political theatre by talking with Amy Brady about the Federal Theatre Project.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:01AM
Sunday, October 2, 2016

We Spell It with a “P”: Claiming Our Narrative by [email protected] (ramona)

By Emilya Cachapero, Victor Maog, Randy Reyes. Emilya Cachapero, director of artistic and international programs at TCG, talks with playwright Victor Maog and Artistic Director of Mu Perform…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:39AM

First-Person Radio: Miniature Interviews with Three Audio Storytellers by [email protected] (ramona)

By Emma Wiseman. Emma Wiseman presents musings on audio storytelling and the world of radio from Cecil Baldwin, Jon Earle, and Audrey Quinn, three New York-based audiophiles.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:08AM
Saturday, October 1, 2016

The Case for Hiring Asian American Directors by [email protected] (ramona)

By Lavina Jadhwani. Director Lavina Jadhwani shares her experience as an Asian American director, advocating the need for more spaces and opportunities for Asian American theatre artists to …

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:04AM

Shakespeare & Company’s second production of The Merchant of Venice by [email protected] (ramona)

By Josh Platt. Josh Platt on The Merchant of Venice directed by Tina Packer in Lenox, Massachusetts.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:38AM
Friday, September 30, 2016

Lorraine Hansberry: Artist, Public Intellectual, Activist, Writer by [email protected] (ramona)

By Julie McGarvie. In this final #IdentityWeek blog, Julie McGarvie writes about pioneering playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:53PM

Intermittence: A Circuit of Theatrical Desires by [email protected] (ramona)

By Oscar Lozano. Writer and performer Oscar Lozano reports on the artistic and labor movement in France among theatre professionals and in doing so considers the public theatre, social perfo…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:28AM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Relaxed Performances: The nuts and bolts of offering sensory-friendly experiences to your audience by [email protected] (ramona)

By Erica Nagel. In this #IdentityWeek blog, Erica Nagel of the McCarter Theatre discusses how, and why, they’ve made Relaxed Performances part of their equity, diversity, and inclusion wor…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:16AM

Neil Simon’s Legacy has Spoiled His Best Plays for Millennials by [email protected] (ramona)

By Ricky Young-Howze. Ricky Young-Howze writes about Neil Simon’s influence on pop culture comedic tropes.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:45AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Hierarchies of Power: Cisgender Playwrights and Trans Characters by [email protected] (ramona)

By Basil Kreimendahl. In this #IdentityWeek blog, playwright Basil Kreimendahl discusses the representation of trans characters on stage.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:58PM

Is Art the Best Way to Tell the Truth? / الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية by [email protected] (ramona)

By Wael Qadour. Wael Qadour describes creating a piece of theatre with young people living in northern Jordan.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:58AM
Saturday, September 3, 2016

If I Loved You: The Evolution of the Conditional Love Song in Musical Theatre by [email protected] (ramona)

By Amanda Prahl. Amanda Prahl analyzes the different forms and purposes of the conditional love song in historical and contemporary musicals.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:20AM
Monday, August 22, 2016

Theatre History Podcast # 1: Talking About Drugs (and Theatre) with Max Shulman by [email protected] (ramona)

By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger kicks off a new Theatre History podcast series with an interview with Max Shulman, discussing drugs in American theatre at the turn of the twentieth century.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:13PM
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Women’s Leadership: Research Results and Recommendations by [email protected] (ramona)

By Sumru Erkut, Ineke Ceder. The American Conservatory Theater with Wellesley Centers for Women present findings on a three-year study on the gender equity of leadership opportunities in the…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:15AM
Saturday, August 20, 2016

History of Censorship in Lebanon by [email protected] (ramona)

By Mona Merhi. Lebanese journalist and advocate Mona Merhi writes about the history of censorship in Lebanon and its current state of play.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:31PM
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Do Playwrights Share the Blame for Abuse? by [email protected] (ramona)

By Neal Reynolds. Neal Reynolds discusses how a play's subject matter may increase the potential for an abusive production process.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:51PM
Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Open Constellation: Tackling Polyphonic Drama that Resists Resolution by [email protected] (ramona)

By Amber Robinson. Chicago-based theatre practitioner, Amber Robinson, reflects on the polyphonic nature of The Goodman Theatre’s adaption of Roberto Bolaño’s novel 2666 and other multi…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:06AM
Saturday, July 16, 2016

The Monologue Parity Project: How and Why I Decided to Tackle the Issue of Parity in Modern Theatre by [email protected] (ramona)

By Madeline Easley. Madeline Easley describes how an assignment inspired her to create a platform where people can share stories and write monologues.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:04AM
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The Sensitive Artist: Insult Turned Asset by [email protected] (ramona)

By Jess Pillmore. Jess Pillmore discusses different definitions of the word “sensitive,” and how understanding and embracing your own sensitivities can be beneficial to your art.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:48PM

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