The National New Play Network’s (NNPN’s) National Showcase of New Plays will take place at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. Thursday November 29-Sunday December 2nd. Th…
When I arrived at Emerson College as a theater student, I expected to find an existing project that I could be passionate about. Instead the inverse happened. The school became a magnetic fo…
Join us this Thursday late night for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 11pm EST / 10pm CST / 9pm MST / 8pm PST. The Weekly Howl is an open-access discussion about theater cultu…
When the Center for Theater Commons first landed at Emerson College, few students knew exactly how to react. In April, the Commons dedicated a whole week on HowlRound to the venture at Emers…
This post is the tenth column of a regular series on Parenting & Playwriting. Find the previous columns here. Here's what my advice column will offer you: a place to ask questions and…
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 N…
As I was waiting for my train home to Philly for the Thanksgiving holiday, this young man with a suitcase stood in front of the sixty or so of us, announcing that he needed money for a bus h…
Last summer David Dower went to PlayPenn and got a big reaction after he mentioned that new play funding and resources has begun to shift away from playwrights and towards companies. I wasn'…
As part of the “DuoLogue” series at the Dramatists Guild of America, playwrights Itamar Moses and Christopher Shinn will discuss what it means to be a playwright in the U.S. at t…
Something profound happened on the first Tuesday in November, something I'm still trying to digest fully. To my mind the election results represent a victory of love over hate, of human dign…
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 The Ne…
During a recent conversation with the artistic director of a New York-based theater company, he told me about his meeting with a major philanthropist. At one point it became apparent to my c…
Join us this Thursday 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 about theater cult…
Building on the success of Golden Thread’s tenth anniversary festival in 2009, ReOrient 2012 will turn San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and thought-provoking theate…
I have been a loyal HowlRound reader for quite some time. I was drawn in by and continued find inspiration in  the breadth and depth of discussions the journal generates. I'm grateful for…
This is a story with an uncomfortably unresolved ending. It begins with me, at home, excited about the new online registration process for the Professionals Weekend at the Humana Festival. I…
Watch and participate in this symposium live on #NEWPLAY TV on Friday, November 16 from 11am PST – 3pm PST / 1pm CST – 5pm CST / 2pm EST – 6pm EST / 19:00 GMT – 23:00…
Tune into #NEWPLAY TV on Tuesday, November 13 at 3:30pm PST / 5:30pm CST / 6:30pm EST / 11:30pm GMT. Use the hashtag #newplay in Twitter to comment and follow @dramatistsguild. This seminar …
Hi again Holler readers! Thanks again for your questions and comments. I hope everyone has made it safely through the storm. I'm sharing today a letter from a self-identifying "tortoise." Is…
I am a professional playwright. I make a living writing plays. But I haven’t had a professional production in seven years. I write plays for the school market and student performers. F…
As everyone heads home this evening to watch the election returns, wring hands, and wonder about what’s to come over the next four years, we ask you to take a moment and reflect upon w…
Join us this Thursday for the Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay at 19:00 GMT / 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST / 11am PST"an open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary…
It began with Churchill, as it so often does. Not Winston, of course"Caryl. We were discussing the politically layered script Top Girls in a playwriting class. There was a pause in the discu…
As a playwright and theater scholar, I’ve been writing and thinking about theater’s relationship with politics for over a decade"ever since I brashly told my dissertation advisor…
In 1990, I auditioned for an acting program in New York and the very thoughtful and pragmatic teacher informed me that I would never be cast as a lead on the American stage. I would only be …