Monday, June 18, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:45PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:46AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 17, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:12PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 16, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PM[SHARE]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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 15, 2012
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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:00PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 14, 2012
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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:06PM[SHARE]Derek Goldman’s welcome remarks for Georgetown University's International Convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy delivered Thursday, June 14, 2012. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:00PM[SHARE]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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:18PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:55PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:57AM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:26PM[SHARE]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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 9, 2012
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 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 8, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:45PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:01AM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2012
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…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM[SHARE]Unlike the other fabulous artists writing this week, I'm a total newbie to Pittsburgh. Thing is, with Pittsburgh being voted such a livable city, there seems to be more and more of us newbie…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM[SHARE]Company One theater in Boston is pleased to announce a special event for audiences on Sunday, June 10th. In celebration of the production of Aditi Brennan Kapil's Love Person, as well as col…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Matt Morrow, the new Associate Artistic Director of City Theatre, talks about his work with City Theatre, what excites him about new writers, and his recent return to Pittsburgh. Tammy: Pitt…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM[SHARE]My first initiation into Pittsburgh wasn't the famed Steelers (pronounced "Stillers," if you're from the 'Burgh), six-inch high sandwiches layered with fries (they put fries on everything he…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Stephanie Mayer-Staley continues this series. What makes an artistic …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2012
The Weekly Howl is an open discussion about theater culture and the new works field that happens every Tuesday 12pm-1pm PDT (San Francisco) /1pm-2pm MDT / 2pm-3pm CDT (Chicago) / 3pm-4pm …
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