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Today, in keeping with our "deep dive" into the Intrinsic Impact Study this week, I talk with Fran Kumin, Director of the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative at the Pew Center for Arts & Her…
As part of the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the first of four panel discussions webcast live on #NEWPLAY TV kicks off on Saturday, M…
This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art.  This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown …
The Riverrun Theatre Company of Madison, Indiana presents Seeing Red by David J. Loehr “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream…&…
This essay is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on th…
A conversation on “Creating the New American Musical” featuring Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, Gordon Greenberg and facilitated by Warren Hoffman will be webcasted on #NEWP…
This interview was conducted in 2011 and is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from resea…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Tony Taccone continues this series. What makes an artistic home? All …
We were recently told of a rather beautiful and rare critic-artist relationship. As young director Anne was honing her skills in the professional scene. The local theatre reviewer was often …
This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on t…
Join the HowlRound team for our Weekly Howl on Twitter! This week we are discussing “Intrinsic Impact” with special guest Clayton Lord @ClaytonLord who just authored the post …
This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on t…
This week HowlRound will feature essays and interviews from the newly published anthology Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from …
This interview is adapted from the version that appears in Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art. This book includes the final report from research firm WolfBrown on thei…
This new column, published every 4-6 weeks, will examine issues of translation as they relate to the field of theater and its intersections with other public and civic sectors. According to …
In the beginning was the Word. At least I thought so until I saw Wim Wenders' film Pina last night. In the beginning, middle and the end are the undulating movements of her dancers that reac…
Phone Call #12: Ellen McLaughlin I woke up this morning thinking about war and veterans and re-entry and the strange place I feel myself caught in"between wanting to support the individuals …
Phone Call #11: Katori Hall Download audio file (11-The-David-Dower-Friday-Phone-Call-Katori-Hall.mp3) Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from a…
Phone Call #10: Wendy Goldberg Wendy and I talk about her work with the O'Neill Conference, her approach to the director/playwright relationship, and the longevity of creative partnerships i…
About a month ago, Woolly Mammoth came under fire for launching a new Twitter-based program aimed at deepening engagement with a new audience. There was a lot of support for the program, and…
Proposed. The McCarthy era maintains a lethal, if invisible, grip on the American theater. The bugaboo may no longer be Communism, but there are plenty of ideas forbidden, still. To be a pol…
The future is a wish. What are your wildest dreams for the literary office of the future? 1. In the literary office of the future, isolation and solitude are abolished. No one is alone. 2. I…
The following manifesto was presented as part of the American Voices New Play Institute’s 21st Century Literary Office Convening that took place February 24 & 25, 2012 at …
The following manifesto was presented as part of the American Voices New Play Institute’s 21st Century Literary Office Convening that took place February 24 & 25, 2012 at …
The following manifesto was presented as part of the American Voices New Play Institute’s 21st Century Literary Office Convening that took place February 24 & 25, 2012 at …
