My play The Hummingbirds won the Internationalists Global Playwrighting Contest. The award grants at least six different presentations in six different countries over the course of the next …
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay." This week's topic of discussion will be determine…
Dramaturgy is, among other things, the subtle art of mediating between the discoveries of theatrical practice and the provocations of dramatic theory. Working in whatever modes are appropria…
At John Jay College of Criminal Justice there is no theater major; most students plan public service careers in social work, forensic sciences, law enforcement, public administration, or law…
This post is the seventh 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 a…
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the United States. These plays focus on dramati…
Why? That has been the most oft-asked question I've received in the twenty-two years since Plowshares Theatre Company was founded. Why in Detroit? You can do it so much easier and earn more …
The Network of Ensemble Theaters presents MicroFest USA: Detroit. Although Detroit's community is fraught with limited resources and its socio-economic narrative dominated by devastation, th…
Today I talk with Richard Newman, co-director with Liza Bielby of The Hinterlands Ensemble in Detroit. One of the things I love about this series is how it gives a mic to different ideas, ae…
Mark: Tell me about how you came to live in Detroit? Shea: In the early 1970s I was part of something called the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression, whic…
Where someone saw an overgrown railway cut, a coalition saw the Dequindre Cut urban walking/biking trail. Where others saw a vacant car dealership, art lovers saw MOCAD, a new modern art mus…
I unfriended someone on Facebook recently because, even though she lived in Texas, she kept attacking Detroit"saying that it was in worse shape than Hiroshima and that the people in it were …
Southwest Detroit has always been a neighborhood flourishing with art; throughout the area there are painted and tiled murals, ornamental wrought iron design work, and mosaics. There are eve…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field which happens on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay." This week’s discussion will use the Networ…
This from my friend and colleague, Ashley Sparks: Detroit is"insert the sound of potential, resistance, and innovation. Detroit is"insert your images of visionary landscapes.
This is the closing post of the 2012 Howlympics"an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. Find the previous entries and full series here. I first dipped my toes in…
The 2012 Howlympics is an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. Last night's gold medal clash in Beach Volleyball was one of the most riveting matches in Olym…
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the United States. These plays focus on dramati…
The 2012 Howlympics is an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. When I was in seventh grade, my track and field-obsessed father convinced me to join my middle sch…
The 2012 Howlympics is an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. Everyone is encouraged to submit their writing. Find details here. I am absolutely fascinated b…
Today I talk with Paula Kerger, the President and CEO of PBS. As you listen to the things she and PBS are pulling off, you will be able to hear the tremendous energy and passion she’s …
The State of the Rural Arts: Crisis, Change, and Opportunity This conversation will be hosted by Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, Massachusetts and will livestream on #NEWPLAY TVÂ on Sunda…
The 2012 Howlympics is an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. Everyone is encouraged to submit their writing. Find details here. It was 1968, and in t…
Editor's note: The Center for the Theater Commons hosted a small group of Latino Theater Artists in May of 2012 for a meeting to discuss the state of Latino/a theater artists in the US. We d…
The 2012 Howlympics is an open call for writing about, and inspired by the London Olympics. Everyone is encouraged to submit their writing. Find details here. …