2,710 stories by "Howlround"
A few years ago, both of us decided to apply to graduate school. Though Annah was living in New York at the time and Whitney in Chicago, we had traveled fairly similar paths: internships at …
It's strange to be writing about Vancouver's theater community right now. The movers come tomorrow and my little family starts a trek to Ottawa, Ontario. Leaving Vancouver is very difficult …
Jeremy Stoller: Can you describe the LMDA community? Vicki Stroich: There's a real mixture. There are academic dramaturgs, who are working at universities and teaching dramaturgy, theater hi…
As a born and bred Vancouverite who's built his entire professional career here (and there aren't too many people like me around, Vancouver being a city of transients), I'm not equipped to a…
New Dramatists in New York City will be livestreaming their Resident Playwrights Admissions Town Hall Meeting on the global, peer-produced, open source HowlRound TV channel at howlround.tv o…
"Living in the most visually stunning city in the world makes it hard to create." Or, "No one in the outdoor capital of Canada wants to come inside to sit in a dark black box." Or "Vancouver…
Heading to Andersonville to see The Miss Neo Pageant , a "feminist play for accidental feminists", I was totally preoccupied by an enormous zit that had erupted on my chin. At thirty-five, I…
Elaine: Can you describe Vancouver for our international colleagues? Heidi: Playwright Hiro Kanagawa gave a fantastic talk looking at our colonial history, the technological history, and the…
I feel like we're in a reality moment. In the theater - and in the culture at large. I wonder if the fact that I've been speaking about it a lot lately might might mean that this particular …
I have read countless coming-of-age stories. As a teenager and young adult many of those stories were lifesavers. I still struggled but I didn't feel alone anymore. I'm discovering now a sub…
"Odd Spaces" was the inaugural event of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts' new performance art program. Set across the museum in spaces often hidden, overlooked, or disregarded as loci of aesth…
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. Th…
I am both aware of and curious (ok, mystified) about the kind of artistic space I occupy in Vancouver. I am certain that my impact is not like others in terms of influencing, shaping, and ul…
The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas annual conference in Vancouver, Canada will present the following livestreaming events on the global, peer-produced, open source HowlRoun…
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…
Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada, but spends the least on the arts. Despite this dismal statistic, marvelous playwrights and theater creators make this city their home…
This is the third in a series of blogs that chronicle the birth and infancy of New Play Frontiers. I will share the origins of this program, its impact on our organization, the process of se…
2g presents Sixteen Going on Seventeen at Joe's Pub celebrating the 2012-13 season and introducing its commissioned writers. This event will livestream on the global, peer-produced, open sou…
This is a regular column exploring the junctions of ensemble theater and audience, my two paths, or rather passions, in life. I'm journeying to the convergence points of multiple paths, many…
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…
Ballet like Balanchine's is pointedly paired with Chroma, which might mark a defining moment in McGregor's development. His decisions here place him in the footsteps of the symphonist experi…
What is the director's role in reimagining a playwright's work? I reached out to the playwright, Mac Wellman, in a series of interviews to get his take on re-envisioning and modernizing his …
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 with s…
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 disc…
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. Th…
