By HowlRound TV. You're invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which is livestreaming for the global, commons based, peer produced HowlRound …
By Alice Stanley. Faithful to its name, A Good Death is about, well, death, but mainly about how we choose to view it. In particular, the play examines how who might be termed "professionals…
By Pearl Cleage. The day after the opening, I get an email from a lawyer friend who says: "Okay, Pearl, you're the expert. Explain the second act of that play we saw last night." I sigh and …
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 . …
By Ira Gamerman. Because the indisputable fact is, you guys are in charge, and I'm not. You guys work for the organizations and theaters, which are in a position to not only help me and othe…
By Meron Langsner. While historical documents and techniques relating to the practice of dueling are invaluable resources, and their study greatly enriches the practice of theatrical combat,…
By Adam Burnett, Jud Knudsen. We contend that contemporary theater is largely a false market supported by philanthropy's phantom seats and unless we want to really invest in letting it fail …
By Andrew Roblyer. I have trust issues. This is an important realization for me, especially when I'm managing artistic and organizational development. So I've decided to dedicate this month'…
By Allison Vanouse. Alfred Jarry's Pere Ubu embodies the horrifying insensitivity, violence and banality of the distant powers that run the modern world. But David Thomas' Pere Ubu is an org…
By Jack Reuler, Aditi Kapil. Over 50 percent of the people entering by way of our Radical Hospitality program are under thirty, 37 percent of them make less than $25,000 a year, 30 percent a…
By Matt McGeachy. In the Daniel MacIvor short scene, "Kevin," featured in The Wrecking Ball #15 " To Russia with (Gay) Love , an impossibly cute little boy tells us that the problem is that,…
By Gwydion Suilebhan. Technology both reflects and changes the ways in which we think. The interactivity of the internet is embedded inside of us. The internet is inside of us, even when we …
By Tlaloc Rivas. This is a list of plays that educators, theater practitioners, and students should have access to. I believe these 101 works mark only the beginning of a comprehensive surve…
By Daniel Kelin. I have not conducted a scientific study comparing scripted work and devising, but my experiences have pointed up one dynamic that feeds my dedication to a devising-based pro…
By Dillon Slagle. Eco theater as simply theater. It is not meant as a protest or an art installation at a climate change conference. It is a complete and independent artistic practice that h…
By HowlRound TV. The Dramatists Guild of America presents a livestreaming discussion about "Immersive Theater" with Pittsburgh's Bricolage Production Company on the global, commons based, pe…
By Paul Meshejian. I've been working in the American theater, making my living, such as it is, for the past forty years. In all that time, I'm not ashamed to say I've never earned more than …
By Adam McKinney. As educators, our interests lay in providing the space for students to be leaders in their own processes of learning. We developed a site-specific dance curriculum and stud…
By W.M. Akers. In Marie Antoinette, playing through November 24 at Soho Rep, David Adjmi gives us an ego that would make Morrissey's look small. She's also got her name writ large, stretchin…
By Zuzka Sabata. Call me a convert, but theater is not literature, though there can be literature in theater. Acting is a physical function. It starts with the body. The body is the instrume…
By Mitch Mattson. In 2008, the Community Engagement Department at Arena Stage in Washington, DC hosted its first two-day Public Speaking Workshop for Cultural Attachés of the US State Depar…
By Carrie Wood. For the past twenty plus years I have been teaching theater in small-town Texas. Teaching theater in a rural school is sometimes a challenge. Theater is not always held in hi…
By HowlRound TV. You're invited to join Suzan-Lori Parks from the lobby of The Public Theater for Watch Me Work which is livestreaming for the global, commons based, peer produced HowlRound …
By Patrick Maley. The "August Wilson American Century Cycle" series' dramatic success was no less substantial than its emotional impact. Wilson's cycle"ten plays set in the ten decades of th…
By Joel Sugerman. When we devise theater with students instead of starting with a script (and roles you have to fill them into like square pegs into octagonal slots), we can work with what i…