The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday on Twitter using the hashtag "#newplay" This week’s Howl topic is a…
I wonder if reading alone at my desk"or in recent years, on my Kindle while riding the train"is the best way to evaluate an unsolicited play and then decide whether it's right for the compan…
Keynote address delivered June 15, 2012 in Miami at CityWrights: a Professional Weekend for Playwrights. We come to painting, to poetry, to the stage, hoping to revive the soul. And any arti…
This post is the fifth 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…
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere"so the song goes"but how can you even begin to "make it" as a playwright in New York when finding a platform for your work is often cost pro…
Two recent distressing experiences compel me shout from the rooftops to producing companies and directors " "Take your foot off the gas!" But since shouting from the rooftops would probably …
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 these …
I used to work at a school where there were no tests, no classes, and all of the rules were decided by the students in democratic meetings. People would gape in disbelief, ask all sorts of q…
OK, guys. We got a little wild here. I wanted to talk to people involved with the Foundry’s This Is How We Do It event which we streamed some weeks back. So it was going to be five …
Derek Goldman’s welcome remarks for Georgetown University's International Convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy delivered Thursday, June 14, 2012. …
While some artistic directors seem unable to find artists who happen to be women to include in their season, Women's Project Producing Artistic Director Julie Crosby, and Associate Artistic …
Ron: You are of two very different generations and backgrounds in terms of the evolution of playwriting in this country. That said, you share an interest in how playwrights might become more…
Live on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info Thursday, June 14 at 5pm PDT (Los Angeles) / 7pm CDT (Chicago) / 8pm EDT (Washington DC) / 00:00 GMT (Fri, June 15) / 1am BST (Fri, June 15 – Lond…
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Wendy MacLeod continues this series. What makes an artistic home? Let…
City Theatre's CityWrights is the 2nd annual professional symposium held during its Summer Shorts Festival in June. It is the only dedicated symposium in the region that brings together both…
Dramaturgy is a tough game to play. It’s never been a particularly well-understood field in the wide world of theater and that, combined with all the belt-tightening going on these day…
The Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program will host an invited convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy June 14-16, 2012. This dynam…
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday on Twitter using the hashtag “#newplay” from 12pm-1pm PDT …
During our first workshop for The Luck of the Irish, at the Huntington, we had a winter storm. I think it did everything: rain, snow, slush, ice. It was the second or third day of our work w…
Somewhere in Tree City, in between the enclave over the hill and the block where the community center is, in between conversations with Van Jones at the University of Chicago and the number …
In her interview with Matt Morrow, Tammy Ryan mentions the Pittsburgh boomerang effect. That characteristic always defines the city for me. My mom is a prime example of a Pittsburgh boomeran…
Every Friday this summer, The Here and 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 these pl…
One-Minute Play Festival & Actor's Express Present: The First Ever Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival Live streaming on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Monday, June 11 at 5pm PDT (Los Ang…
Pittsburghers are adept at transitions. Industries have come and gone. From glass, to steel, to robotics and technology, this town has worn many masks over the years, and the people who grew…
Today I talk with the very busy Mark Clayton Southers who is both the Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and the Artistic Director of Theatre Initiatives at the A…