By Zach Donovan. Zach Donovan addresses the shortcomings of nonprofit theatre, the glut of self production, and considers Pop Theatre as an alternative theatrical vehicle.
By Matt DiCintio. For nearly two decades, I've evaluated scripts submitted to festivals and contests, grantmakers and literary offices. I've read for major regional theatres with the goal of…
By Alex Ates. Alex Ates looks at how the Free Southern Theater established a model of artmaking and activism in the South in the '60s and considers how the New South is primed for another ge…
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reports on the accessibility panel at BroadwayCon, which explained the forthcoming changes aiming toward a future theatre seamlessly accessible for ever…
By Michael Lueger. Dr. David Nicol talks about his project to turn early modern theatre manager Philip Henslowe's "diary" into a daily blog.
By Catherine Trieschmann. Playwright Catherine Trieschmann lists useful suggestions for giving feedback on new play analysis.
By Bob Martin. Bob Martin talks about Hurricane Gap Community Theater Institute in Kentucky, and how they're supporting an Appalachian grassroots theatre movement.
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell looks at six theatre pieces in January that used words in unorthodox ways"as gibberish, or out-of-sync with the action; some didn't use words at all.
By Mary Frances Noser. Emerson College student Mary Frances Noser reflects on a campus-wide teach-in about race.
By Carey Purcell. Can friendships survive a separation in time, values, and life choices? Carey Purcell looks at the quiet questioning of the role of women in Sheila by The Associates.
By Travis Preston. Artistic Director Travis Preston on the cross-cultural collaboration of bringing Fantômas: Revenge of the Image from CalArts to the Wuzhen Theatre Festival.
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reports on the Martin Segal Theatre Center's 2018 Theatre and Resistance Symposium, and lists ten things theatre community can do right now to make a ch…
By Michael Lueger. Dr. Christian DuComb of Colgate University joins us to talk about Philadelphia's Mummers Parade and how the figure of the "Mummers wench" has its roots in the history of b…
By Sam Ethan Rubin. Sam Ethan Rubin writes about being an actor on the autism spectrum.
By Bethany Hughes. Off the Rails , which was produced at OSF in October, shows how Native plays can include depictions or descriptions of Native history as an element of lived experience, no…
By Tanya Selvaratnam. Tanya Selvaratnam,a co-founder of The Federation"a coalition of artists and activists"discusses their Art Action Day on 20 January 2018.
By Michael Lueger. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain talks about her new documentary Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart , which explores the life and work of playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
By Nan Barnett. On the twentieth anniversary of its founding, Nan Barnett reflects on the National New Play Network's growth, and discusses the organization's impact.
By Jordan Schwartz. Jordan Schwartz, director of literary programs and outreach at Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, discusses a project that originated at the Indiana Women's Prison and culm…
By Anchuli Felicia King. Anchuli Felicia King explores use of motion capture and the construction of an embodied and artificial Ariel in the RSC's version of The Tempest .
By Michael Lueger. Dr. Selena Couture and Dr. Alexander Dick discuss their new Broadview edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's landmark 1799 melodrama Pizarro
By David Dower, Jamie Gahlon, Vijay Mathew, Ramona Ostrowski, JD Stokely, Abigail Vega. HowlRound staff announce their new mission, vision, and values, and discuss how these changes will aff…
By Amelia Parenteau, Werewere Liking. An Interview with Werewere Liking founder of the Theatre Company Village Ki-Yi Mbock in Côte d'Ivoire.
By Heidi Coleman, Patrick Jagoda. For Orientation at the UChicago 2017, an alternate reality game was created by faculty, designers, and students that engaged social media, virtual reality a…
By Jonathan Mandell. This month Jonathan Mandell looks at A Room in India by French company Théâtre du Soleil, which considers the question 'If all theatres were demolished tomorrow, wou…
