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"Disability is an experience that shapes my life and view of the world…it is the one minority class in which anyone can become a member of at any time." " John Belluso As…
If you aren’t doing it for the money, the connections, or for the love of the project…why are you doing it? This advice was passed along to me while I was in graduate sc…
A few weeks ago I was asked to be a panelist at Samuel French's #Identityweek panel for a discussion regarding transgender visibility both on stage and off. The discussion covered a g…
A year ago, Taylor Mac's Hir became the buzziest show off-Broadway: extensions, sold-out runs at Playwrights Horizons, and Critics' Picks from virtually every publication in New York.…
Hi, I’m Liz and I’ll be offering you advice on navigating the tricky situations that can come from working in or being a fan of theater. I’ve been doing it out on my…
The production of Julius Caesar currently playing at Writers Theatre is, in many ways, feels like a 105-minute meditation on ambition and the nature of power. And though Caesar's reig…
Very few writers' retreats or artist residencies consider working mothers or single parents when it comes to programming. Enter Emily Simoness, co-founder and executive director of SP…
Emily Simoness and I met seven years ago on a blustery January morning. Emily was an actor and I was working at Disney Theatricals. It was 6:45am in Harlem; we were stationed outside …
"Dear Mr. Huang," the email usually reads. "I was recently at your show at [insert venue here] and really enjoyed your work. I was wondering if we could have a meeting. I'm a [lyricis…
Walking into the studio where producer Lyndsay Magid and director Josh Aviner are rehearsing is like walking into EDM slumber party fever dream. As they tell the story, the performers…
Ayodele Casel is one of those people you can point to and say, that is one of the most exceptional humans I know. Fierce and funny, disciplined and brave, Ayodele is quick-footed and …
We asked Brian Quijada to tell us about the technology he uses during his one man show, Where Did We Sit On The Bus?, now playing at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Read our conversation wit…
The story of Nat Turner is going viral these days as the United States continues to confront slavery’s legacy when we witness and respond to police brutality, mass incarceration…
The Chicago born, New York based writer and performer Brian Quijada is young, witty, energetic, talented and oozing charisma. His technologically ingenious hip-hop, dance and poetry i…
"What year is this?" Bri Sudia, in-character as Ruth, asks in a promotional video for Wonderful Town. In the video, Lauren Molina and Bri Sudia run all around Chicago, trying to figur…
Discussions are had by those who show up. HowlRound has been showing up to facilitate conversation about theater since its inception at Arena Stage. Now at Emerson College under the l…
Do you have apples? In America, over 50 million people do and Rachel Griffin's new musical is giving voice, and music, to their suffering. The fruit in question in We Have Apples repr…
Byhalia, Mississippi closed at Steppenwolf's on August 21st, but don't expect that to be your last opportunity to see this American classic in the making. The play tells the story of …
We sat with Shaina Taub in the quiet, ghost-lit Anspacher Theater of the Public, on break from her rehearsal for Twelfth Night, on another of these swelteringly hot Manhattan days. Ha…
Playwright Richard Strand's Butler is an outstanding, captivating, important play about race relations " part historical drama and part biography. In wake of the 2016 summer shootings…
Carla Ching is in full LA-mode: she calls us from the car in " you guessed it " immense traffic. She was rolling into a spacing rehearsal for her newest play, The Two Kids That Blow S…
Jocelyn Bioh plays William Hawkins in Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Will Davis at Playwrights Horizons. The fascinating show closes August 21st 2016. After attending a …
Being an actor is not particularly fun except when you’re working, but it is very difficult to be taken seriously when you complain about being an actor because it is so obvious…
Andrea Prestinario and Klea Blackhurst are a musical theater family. Even their dog, Sprout, will sing along to Book of Mormon on command. But musical theater hasn't been particularly…
Srda Vasiljevic and Jeff Augustin have both played instrumental parts in my first year post-grad. Both as artists and as people, they surprise me with their warmth, focus and generosi…
