Wednesday, April 11, 2012
As I carve out time and brain space to write this post, I am flooded with pride for the artists producing independent theater in DC. There have been many companies that have been "born" thro…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PM[SHARE]The next iteration of the New Play Map is on the way! We have completed the first of four "sprints" with our software developers, Quilted. We want to keep you informed of our progress as it …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Molly Smith continues this series. What makes an artistic home? I hav…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:00PM[SHARE]“Dreaming the Americas,” the 6th Annual NoPassport Theatre Conference will stream live on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info this Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15 from the Arizona…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:02PM[SHARE]Monday, April 9, 2012
Theater J‘s artistic director Ari Roth (@arirothdc) will be co-hosting the Howl this week on Twitter using the #newplay tag. This week’s conversation will focus on the DC theater…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:24PM[SHARE]The Black Women Playwrights' Group is a DC-based service and advocacy group with national reach. Their ongoing national projects include the BWPG Cyber-Narrative Project and 12Tweets@12Noon.…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 8, 2012
Here’s a theory that might explain how we in the DC theater community got to this improbable moment; that of being a collective cultural force when, as late as a decade ago, none other…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:48PM[SHARE]We didn’t found dog & pony dc to shake up the audience’s experience, but the impulse was lying dormant in the backs of our minds"waiting to be activated like an undercover ag…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:00PM[SHARE]Dramatists Guild (U.S.) presents: “Stories from the Trenches”, streaming live on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info Join Dramatists Guild’s Executive Director of Creative Affair…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:59PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 7, 2012
This column, published every 4-6 weeks, examines issues of translation as they relate to the field of theater and its intersections with other public and civic sectors. What does the word "e…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:37PM[SHARE]Friday, April 6, 2012
On Monday, April 16, 2012, The One-Minute Play Festival (#OMPF) and #NEWPLAY TV join together to launch an experiment we’re calling the Global Watch Party Happening. This simultaneous,…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:41PM[SHARE]The #NEWPLAY-AHZ and Jamila Reddy are back with their latest video on collaboration. If you have a video you would like to add just go to newplay.us and find the “submit” button …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2012
I am really grateful to Rajiv for making time to talk to me in the middle of so many different deadlines. We talk about his work on the big musical he's developing, on his role as a writer o…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:30PM[SHARE]The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices over its sixty"three years of existence. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunit…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:17PM[SHARE]The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices over its sixty"three years of existence. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunit…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:16PM[SHARE]The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices over its sixty"three years of existence. I talked to the three current fellows about their path to this opportunit…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 4, 2012
A Lover’s Guide to American Playwrights is a regular column by Todd London. It is part of an ongoing series of tributes to contemporary playwrights. Mostly begun as speeches at New …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 3, 2012
@jfdubiner Absolutely. ur roles become clearer, your various “missions” (ugh) too! I have to step back when I write, but it informs #newplay — Peter Marks (@petermarksdrama…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:41PM[SHARE]Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Pearl Cleage continues this series. What makes an artistic home? …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 2, 2012
Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks (@petermarksdrama)Â will be co-hosting the Howl this week on Twitter using #newplay. This week we will continue the conversation from last week a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 1, 2012
It's a particularly frigid night in New York City. I'm sitting in a sparsely furnished apartment in the midst of a plethora of papers, calendars and various deadlines that demand my attentio…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:04PM[SHARE]Friday, March 30, 2012
“In order to live in the world I had to live in the community.” Dr. Marta Vega I got off the subway at 116th street, picked up a green tea, checked my afro in the church mirror a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PM[SHARE]The #NEWPLAY-AHZ are back with their latest video on crowdsourcing and collaboration. If you have a video you would like to add just go to newplay.us and find the “submit” button…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 29, 2012
As part of our "Critics' Week" series on HowlRound, I spoke to Washington Post Theater Critic Peter Marks, also known on Twitter as @petermarksdrama. Peter's been a very lively and active co…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:30PM[SHARE]New York Times Critic Watch is a research project designed to analyse the tone, temper, and trends in theater reviews of new work from the field's top cultural print outlet during one calend…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:45PM[SHARE]Growing up on the west coast, the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville always felt a million miles away. Somewhere beyond the horizon in the land of fried chicken and American hor…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A few months ago I wrote an article for HowlRound about the series of Theater Salons I have been involved in organizing for the past handful of years. In that article I noted that the next s…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:51PM[SHARE]As meaningful coverage of the performing arts dwindles in newspapers across the country, industry experts come together to envision new possibilities for the future of arts criticism. Part i…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Jamie Gahlon asked arts journalist Chloe Veltman to answer some questions about criticism. She kindly obliged. What is the state of arts criticism today, as compared to a decade ago? There i…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PM[SHARE]Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Diane Ragsdale continues this series. What makes an artistic home? An…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, March 26, 2012
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of World Theatre Day, we will be discussing the idea of “A Generation Without Borders” for The Weekly Howl, our weekly conversation on Twitter. C…
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