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Thursday, January 12, 2012

#NEWPLAY TV: @upnextbayarea blogs about "Theatre via Livestream" by HowlRound

Reposted from Up Next Blog Two teens converse about #NEWPLAY TV, the #newplay initiative that can be found on newplaytv.info Watch live streaming video from newplay at livestream.com Watc…

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: Boston One Minute Play Festival on Monday, Jan 9 at 5pm PST / 7pm CST / 8pm EST by HowlRound

Boston One-Minute Play Festival Presented by Playwrights’ Theatre & The One-Minute Play Festival There will be a livestreamed broadcast on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Monday, …

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: "Word Becomes Flesh" by Marc Bamuthi Joseph " discussion Sun, Jan 8 at 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 12pm PST by HowlRound

Check out the “Word Becomes Flesh” Pre-show chat on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info on Sunday, January 8 at 12pm PST (San Francisco) / 3pm EST (New York) / 8pm GMT (London). Wor…

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#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: Culturebot.org Panel Conversation Sunday, Jan 8 at 1pm-2:30pm EST / 6pm-7:30pm GMT / 10am-11:30am PST by HowlRound

Under The Radar, New York presents Culturebot Conversations on Contemporary Performance: “Performance and Context: The Black Box and The White Cube” Livestreaming on #NEWPLAY TV …

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#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: Motus (Italy) discussion Saturday Jan 7 at 8:30pm EST / 5:30pm PST by HowlRound

Photo: Valentina Bianchi Check out the MOTUS post-show talk LIVE from the Under the Radar Festival in New York City on #NEWPLAY TV at newplaytv.info Saturday, January 7 at 8:30pm EST / 5:…

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: Under the Radar Festival keynotes & panels " Thurs, Jan 5 at 9:30am-11am EST by HowlRound

The Under the Radar Festival symposium which will include keynote speeches and panel discussions will be livestreamed on #NEWPLAY TV  at newplaytv.info tomorrow- Thursday, January 5th …

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Valley To Those Who Will Water It by Molly Smith by HowlRound

Over the past few months we've been in discussions about the possibility of moving the programs to Emerson College, which is a place that specializes in arts and media. And of course, colleg…

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Launching The New York Times Critic Watch at NYTCriticWatch.com " Need your Participation by HowlRound

We’re kicking off the first Microfund for Artists Project – Welcome to The New York Times Critic Watch project " a reader-fueled experiment attempting to give some numbers to …

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Confessions of a Serial Intern by Annah Feinberg by HowlRound

By all measures of intern metrics, my experiences as an intern at seven theater organizations in New York and Chicago have all been pretty wonderful. I've cultivated crucial relationships wi…

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Turning Our Eyes Forward by Deborah Cullinan by HowlRound

we must be less precious about our theaters and much more visionary about the role that theater can play in making places that can change people's lives. click on the title to read the full…

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Interview with Steven Sapp by Erin Washington by HowlRound

Erin: Where does an idea for a new project come from within your group? Steven: Everything has to be in consensus and that is hard. Slanguage, which was our first major produced show, develo…

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Commons Projects by HowlRound

The #NEWPLAY Community News & Information Sourcing Project: Twitter’s open system and hashtag searching feature enables our field’s online community to rapidly share and a…

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

A Slushy in the Face: Musical Theater Music and the Uncool by Dave Malloy by HowlRound

I'm a musical theater composer. It's with considerable pain that I write that statement; for while I love music, and I love theater, I am acutely aware of the stigma of the term "musical the…

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Make It Hurt So Good by Miriam Weisfeld by HowlRound

But maybe art should hurt. It should certainly provoke. (If a work of art provokes nothing, can we even call it art?) The question is: what will galvanize audiences to believe that provocati…

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

A Creative Room of One's Own by Polly Carl by HowlRound

Preventative care for theater practitioners starts with believing that creativity and imagination have to be rooted in all of the activities that surround that rehearsal room"a series of con…

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

When New Plays Get Old by Howard Sherman by HowlRound

Are you familiar with any of these plays? Stand-Up Tragedy. Daytrips. Romance Language. A Place With The Pigs. From The Mississippi Delta. Rebel Armies Deep Into Chad. Pill Hill. Messiah. In…

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Research by HowlRound

The Microfund for Artists is a grant program for projects that aim to permanently disrupt our current understanding and practices in the theater field.  A project can take any form and ca…

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Civic Theater: Part 2 by Michael Rohd by HowlRound

Through acts of imagination and expressive action, civic theater builds bridges. It synthesizes complex issues and ideas, it builds relationships, and it leverages the specific people in a r…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A HowlRound Thanksgiving Retrospective Roundup by HowlRound

I hear more and more stories focused on ways of partnering, of aligning resources and competencies. I think we are going to hear more stories about community connections and ways in which ne…

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights by Todd London by HowlRound

Mid-career is that moment most playwrights find themselves at the edge of an abyss. The moment can last years, during which the excitable support our field bestows on emerging and early-care…

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Interview with Erika Chong Shuch by Deborah Cullinan by HowlRound

  Erika Chong Shuch Bio Page   Deborah Cullinan Bio Page Deborah: Erica let's start with what first turned you onto performance? Erica: Well this isn't necessarily what first turne…

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Zelda Fichandler: Address to the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society in Celebration of the Third Annual Zelda Fichandler Award Delivered Octob by HowlRound

Theater should stop serving the function of making money, for which it has never been and never will be suited, and start serving the revelation and shaping of the process of living, for whi…

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Confessions of a Creative Producer Stephanie Ybarra by HowlRound

Seven playwrights, five directors, and four producers walk into a room… It's not so much the set-up for a joke as it is the beginning of a fifteen-month collaboration that will ultimately …

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

WE Are the National Aesthetic by Claudia Alick by HowlRound

If the spirit moves add rhythm, add music, add your piece This speech is a collaboration with the future of American theater. click on the title to read the full article on HowlRound.com

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Specialization and Its Discontents by David F. Chapman by HowlRound

Recently I had the opportunity to write and perform a new solo play. I had mixed feelings about taking on the project. After all, I hadn't created a solo performance in more than five years,…

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Artists, Institutions, and the Decline of Public Discourse by Polly Carl by HowlRound

And in what feels like an unbridgeable divide, all Haves seem smug and all Have Nots seem whiny. But the question we have to ask ourselves is are we planning to fight each other to the death…

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Hybrid by Robert O'Hara by HowlRound

I am a director. I am a playwright. It has taken me many years of hard work to come to appreciate what each of those professions require and to experience them both independently and combine…

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Interview with Richard Nelson by Aaron Malkin by HowlRound

  Richard Nelson Bio Page   Aaron Malkin Bio Page Aaron: I saw Sad and Sweet and I was really taken by its urgency. It often seems like something happens and four years later there…

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What a "Renegade" New Play Fanatic Can Bring to the Leadership of the TCG Board by Philip Himberg by HowlRound

The men and women who feel compelled to write for our form, do not aspire to have their words reach millions of people, or make tons of money, as their film and television cohorts do. For so…

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Eat, Drink, and Talk Seriously about the Theater by Mark Jackson by HowlRound

Who cares what people like or don't like? What do they understand and feel? That's the question worth grappling with. click on the title to read the full article on HowlRound.com

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Interview with Jonathan Moscone by Deborah Cullinan by HowlRound

    Jonathan Moscone Bio Page  Deborah: We're in my office in San Francisco, California. Jon Moscone, I am really glad to interview you and we're going to talk about the Ghost…

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