6,571 stories from HowlRound
By JD Stokely. In October 2025, eighteen artists gathered in Maine for a weekend of sharing artistic practice as part of the MicroCosmos project.
By Ciaran Short. Zora Howard’s Hang Time demands a deep contemplation of empathy.
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Ciara Hannon, Saylor Lake. Ciara Hannon and Saylor Lake return to talk about 11th Hour Productions’ repertoire of lesbian comedies that play with genre, includin…
By . The third volume in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays series offers nine new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters.
By Kristin Marting. On 22 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the glorious award-winning theatre artist and Patron Saint of Hybridity, Taylor Mac.
By Kristin Marting. On 15 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with composer and performer Kamala Sankaram, who moves freely between the worlds of experimental music, sound insta…
By Kimberly Senior. How can a director decenter themselves while still fulfilling the role of “director”?
By . This panel discussion explores the role of theatre artists in times of war, occupation, and state-sanctioned violence, in multiple contexts and locations around the globe, from Minneapo…
By Nandita Dinesh. What happens when we release the idea that dramatic texts must conform to predetermined durations and allow them, like life itself, to take the time they need?
By Nandita Dinesh. What might applied playwriting actually look like, and what might it do that neither applied theatre nor conventional playwriting can do alone?
By Nandita Dinesh. Applied theatre has always been about people: whom it's for, whom it's with. How do these questions transform when the work moves from the field to the page?
By Nandita Dinesh. When we can no longer enter the field, how do we grapple with the ethical layers to our decisions about the real-world contexts our texts address?
By Nandita Dinesh. What does it mean to be intentional when writing applied, closet dramas? How do we articulate—and interrogate—the purpose behind our work?
By Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson. In the season finale, Marina and Nabra preview Golden Thread’s 2026 season, from Palestinian performance and stand-up comedy to new Arab American plays and…
By Dr. Ayshia Mackie-Stephenson. The One Love Method is a teaching and learning method for racial justice theatre. Dr.
By John Vreeke. The 2025 Divine Comedy festival theme was “Waiting for the Barbarians.” Representing the Center for International Theatre Development, John Vreeke attended and concluded …
By Nandita Dinesh. What happens when an applied theatre practitioner is forced to step away from the field?
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Saylor Lake, Ciara Hannon. Host Nicolas Shannon Savard interviews Ciara Hannon and Saylor Lake from Orlando-based queer theatre company, 11th Hour Productions.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson, Nora el Samahy. This episode is a deep dive into Golden Thread’s ReOrient Festival and the MENATMA convening, exploring how short plays, artistic experimen…
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Bo Frazier. In part two of their discussion on The Trans History Project, host Nicolas Shannon Savard and Bo Fraizer explore how the initiative is building network…
By . IETM Oulu Plenary Meeting 2026 livestreams the opening session which confronts the power structures embedded in arts funding as well as livestreams the "pitchorama".
By . A discussion with artists at the intersection of performance, community engagement, and social change.
By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson. Marina and Nabra explore how Golden Thread Productions amplifies women’s voices and mobilizes global artistic solidarity through What Do the Women Say?
By Artist Caregiver. This month’s diarist is in rehearsals for a theatre for young audiences (TYA) show and prepping for her next freelance project.
By Nicolas Shannon Savard, Bo Frazier. This episode is an interview with Baltimore Center Stage’s artist-in-residence Bo Frazier on the Trans History Project.
