2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco presents: Scenic Design and New Play Development: A Panel Discussion Livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.inf…
In 1968, African-American comedian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham capitalized on a rare opportunity to showcase his talents for a national audience as Judge Pigmeat in a recurring sketch on Rowan &…
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the US. These plays focus on dramatizing where …
My Friday Phone Call this week is with Leah Wilks of Leah Wilks Dance in Durham, North Carolina. This is a call that gets underneath the experience of living and making work in a community t…
What is turning the Triangle into an incubator for new playwrights? Clearly, the numbers require some explanation. During the past twenty-five years, some 235 regionally-based artists have s…
Lauren: Here we are in beautiful Ashland, working on Henry V, which is your third time to direct to the play, in addition to having acted in it twice. Joe: It is. I was in Garland Wright and…
I remember Saturday mornings in my grandma's kitchen in Durham, sitting between her legs, limbs akimbo, getting my hair done while Don Cornelius made his Saturday morning appearance on her t…
New York City is a ghost town. Come to the Provinces if you’re looking for adventure. You’ll need to pack another hustle when you come. And some sensible ass kicking shoes. You m…
Experimentation is a poiesis, or a bringing-forth of some phenomenon through praxes. " Robert Crease, The Play of Nature: Experimentation as Performance. In his 1993 book, science philosophe…
In the summer of 2010, we were tired of fooling ourselves. We had small dreams in comparison to most"we wanted to make our own work together and live well. But it seemed like there was alway…
You can walk across Durham proper in two hours, east to west, along Main Street. I frequently do. It's nicer than driving because I get to say hey to all of my neighbors out on their porches…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday from 3:00pm EDT " 4:00pm EDT on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay.
I've been struggling with the connection between "politics" and "theater" since the early days of my MFA directing curriculum. I (foolishly?) told my advisor that my approach to an upcoming …
Every Friday this summer, The Here & Now Project will post a new short play, written by one of four playwrights selected from across the US. These plays focus on dramatizing where …
Ladies of Triangle Theatre (LoTT) will discuss the state of theater for ladies working in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas of North Carolina. Event Description: This panel discussi…
Today I get a chance to talk to one of the people who was a consistent contributor to the early thinking behind the American Voices New Play Institute and the whole notion of the #newplay in…
This post is part two 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 th…
New Dramatists will hold an informational meeting regarding the admissions process on Monday, July 16 from 1pm-2pm PDT / 2pm-3pm MDT / 3pm-4pm CDT / 4pm-5pm EDT. This meeting is a forum for …
Elated, energized, and head spinning with songs about thought, technology, history, and dreams. I left a matinee performance of the Lisps' performance of Futurity in Cambridge, MA with the c…
Drumroll please… The latest iteration of The New Play Map has launched! For a detailed account of what we’ve changed in this version, see our previous blogs here. The goal of thi…
Phoenix Theatre announces its 15th Hormel New Works Festival, and its sixth national playwrights' competition. The New Works Festival presents four staged readings of plays each summer at Ph…
We have finished work on the next iteration of The New Play Map, which we are officially launching this Wednesday, July 19th. For a history of this iteration's development, look here.
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 det…
1 A QUESTION Recently, my father asked me what I'm trying to do with regard to my work in Civic Practice. I told him" "I think we've got a lot of challenges these days, in pretty much every …
This post is the sixth 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…