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Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their conception of artistic home. Curt Columbus continues this series. What makes an artistic home? An artistic …
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. Since I reached my full height …
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. Bob Costas NBC Sports Londo…
Miss Snooks was really awfully nice And never wrote a poem That was not really awfully nice And fitted to a woman, She therefore made no enemies And gave no sad surprises But went on being a…
Alternate ROOTS‘ 36th Annual Business Meeting & Artists Retreat: “Traditions,” will take place Tuesday, August 7 through Sunday, August 12 in Arden, North Carolina. The…
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…
Please note that HowlRound does not advertise on the site, but thought this was an interesting way technology and new play development come together that might be useful to our readers. I…
Today I talk with Linda Essig, who is Founding Director of the School of Theatre and Film in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University and the director of A…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field which happens on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay." Next week’s topic will use Marshall Botniv…
In his recent article "The War Against Youth," Stephen Marche levels three major accusations against the Baby Boomers: 1. They are hoarding resources for themselves and depriving the young o…
Hidden Room of Austin, Texas has been exploring methods to cross-breed the immediacy, interactivity and synchronous aspects of traditional theater with the geographic and numerical scalab…
Do you love the Olympics as much as we do? Are you a sportswriter in a parallel universe? Now is your time to shine! Inspired by the LA Review of Books' We Can Be Heroes: Poetry at the Summe…
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 use Natal…
I live between two rhythms. One rhythm comes from my professional life. I have worked almost my entire life in the context of institutions, large and small and I have been beholden by their …
This post is the final installment of a three part series on Allison's experiences teaching a three-week course to students at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development. Find t…
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…
Today I get to talk to Diane Rodriguez, an Associate Producer and Director of New Play Production at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. This is a big conversation about how one of the larg…
In the spring of 2010, I was in my second year of an MFA at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop when Loyce Arthur, Head of Design, approached me and said, rather mysteriously, "There's someone I'd…
On Tuesday, July 17, eighteen theater makers in Boston's black community gathered at the Calderwood Pavilion to reverse the energies expelling them to the edges. They gathered to change the …
As part of the 2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Playwrights Foundation hosts a symposium: Form vs. Content: Who's Your Mama? Livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Friday, J…
Several years ago, the San Francisco-based literary outfit, McSweeney's, embarked on an experiment to challenge people's assumptions about the printed word and our own demand for it. At the …
Tomorrow’s Weekly Howl will focus on the state of criticism in the theater, spurred on by Sherri Kronfeld’s recent article, the many comments its garnered, Rob Weinert-Kendt̵…
From where I sit, I’m not sure who is promoting careers for craftspeople in our field. There are plenty of programs at universities preparing students for careers in design, but what h…
During the Critiquing Criticism discussion this March at Humana, (moderated by HowlRound's Polly Carl and live streamed on #New Play TV), I felt a familiar rush of anger. Here were arrayed b…
On Monday, July 23, 2012 from 1 pm PDT " 3 pm PDT catch Mugwumpin in conversation with cultural critic Greil Marcus at Z Space, exploring the topic of their next show, American prophecy. …
