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In 2012, HowlRound began featuring regular series on the blog covering everything from parenting and playwriting, to the Olympics, to the psychology of the audience, to theater advice. Here,…
About two years ago, I began workshopping an amazing new play by a really killer young playwright. Then, last summer, after a bunch of readings, at least three script overhauls and even a st…
Join us this Thursday, December 20th for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT/ 2pm EST/ 1pm CST/ 12pm MST/ 11am PST. This will be the last Howl of 2012! The Weekly Howl …
Recently we've started to see many a grant proposal and many a conference paper, and heard many a panel struggling with "audience engagement." It's the convening topic for the 2012 National …
Seeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour's How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, and�…
If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone el…
The One-Minute Play Festival and Playwrights Foundation present: The 3rd Annual San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV for the Sunday, December 16th performance …
National Performance Network is a national organization supporting artists in the creation and touring of contemporary performing and visual arts. The 2012 Annual Meeting"taking place this y…
This is the first post of the School Days series, which solicits submissions from undergraduate theatermakers from around the country. This series is curated by Sarah Bartley. I like theater…
Dramatists Guild of America presents a songwriting master class with composer/lyricist Michael John LaChiusa as part of the DG Conservatory series. Livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV on Thur…
Join us this Thursday, December 13th for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST. The Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion abo…
1. Safe Pop It is said that the theater space is one of danger. But is it danger of content, form, or both? There are plenty of theater pieces that court no sense of danger whatsoever in eit…
My play The Hummingbirds won the Internationalists Global Playwriting Contest. The award grants at least six different presentations in six different countries over the course of th…
Seeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: PearlDamour's How to Build a Forest, Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, and�…
New York's LAByrinth Theater Company announces a new Stephen Adly Guirgis play. My pulse goes jumpy. It's a curious thrill in the oh-so-appropriate American theater, this combo of playwright…
Breaking String Theater of Austin, Texas proudly presents Vodka, Fucking and Television by Russian playwright Maksym Kurochkin, Directed by Liz Fisher, Translated by John J. Hanlon …
Join us this Thursday, December 6th for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST. The Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion abou…
Join The Playwrights’ Center Associate Producer Hayley Finn, Many Voices Program Coordinator Christina Ham, and past Many Voices fellows at the Center for an information session about …
This piece continues a partnership between HowlRoundand the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in Theatr…
This piece marks the first in a partnership between HowlRound and the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in…
I don't believe in doing anything half-assed. When I produce, direct, or appear in a production I want it to be the best it can be. So when I decided to produce an incredibly large musical l…
When I was asked to interview President Lee Pelton for HowlRound‘s Emerson College week my mind jumped from possible question to possible question. My peers urged me to ask a myriad of…
Sitting down with Mr. Benny Ambush to talk about his work with Emerson Stage, I was struck by the sense of showmanship that blends into his every motion. Mr. Ambush has been a prolific contr…
The summer before I started applying for colleges, I was visiting one of my close friends who lived on the Jersey Shore before it was time to head back to school. The night before I left, he…
On the closing night of Project 2: Tomorrow and All Days After, I noticed the flashing blue lights of a cop car outside of my friend’s apartment, which was serving as our performance s…
