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Sunday, October 16, 2016

In Our House: Breaking Open Marcus Gardley's The House That Will Not Stand through Public Programs and Community Partnerships by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Isaac Gomez. Isaac Gomez, Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens, shares the engagement programs around their production of Marcus Gardley's The House That Will Not Stand.

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Friday, October 14, 2016

To Fear or Not to Fear: Community and New Play Producing by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Alli Houseworth, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Laura Jacqmin, Tory Bailey, Brad Erickson. In this piece, Triple Play project leads Tory Bailey and Brad Erickson respond to selections of a convers…

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Testing New Waters of Audience Engagement at the Goodman by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Neena Arndt. Neena Arndt writes about new strategies the Goodman is testing to give audience members information about shows before they arrive at the theatre.

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Marketing Beyond the Bottom Line: Why the Division between Marketing and Engagement? by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Alli Houseworth. Theatre marketing consultant Alli Houseworth calls for marketing and audience engagement to come together, the first in a series of articles about Triple Play, a project …

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Questioning How We Tell Mainstream History with Men on Boats by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Summer Banks. Summer Banks talks with Jaclyn Backhaus about bringing the story of Men On Boats to life on stage without any men.

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I Know You Are, But What Am I? Finding and Losing Ourselves in Stories by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Allison Raynor. Allison Raynor talks with other early-career theatre artists about how the narratives they grew up loving influenced their sense of self.

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Friday, October 7, 2016

Open and Roving Rehearsals by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Michael Rohd, Maureen Towey. Michael Rohd and Maureen Towey share an excerpt from their new book The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care , writing about creating …

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

History Repeats Itself: Hallie Flanagan in the Twenty-first Century by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Amy Brady, Michael H. Arve. Amy Brady interviews Michael Arve about Dangerous Theatre , a piece he's directing based on Hallie Flanagan's 1938 testimony to the Special Committee to Invest…

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Summer's Lease: Shakespeare's Monopoly on the Magic of Free Outdoor Theatre by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Shari Caplan. Shari Caplan on Love's Labour's Lost as performed by The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Monday, October 3, 2016

The Signature Awards: a proposal by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Edward Einhorn. Edward Einhorn reflects on the failures of the current awards system for independent theatre in New York, and proposes a solution.

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Theatre History Podcast # 7: Getting (Politically) Radical with Amy Brady by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger kicks off a month of interviews about political theatre by talking with Amy Brady about the Federal Theatre Project.

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

We Spell It with a "P": Claiming Our Narrative by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Emilya Cachapero, Victor Maog, Randy Reyes. Emilya Cachapero, director of artistic and international programs at TCG, talks with playwright Victor Maog and Artistic Director of Mu Perform…

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First-Person Radio: Miniature Interviews with Three Audio Storytellers by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Emma Wiseman. Emma Wiseman presents musings on audio storytelling and the world of radio from Cecil Baldwin, Jon Earle, and Audrey Quinn, three New York-based audiophiles.

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

The Case for Hiring Asian American Directors by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Lavina Jadhwani. Director Lavina Jadhwani shares her experience as an Asian American director, advocating the need for more spaces and opportunities for Asian American theatre artists to …

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Shakespeare & Company's second production of The Merchant of Venice by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Josh Platt. Josh Platt on The Merchant of Venice directed by Tina Packer in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Lorraine Hansberry: Artist, Public Intellectual, Activist, Writer by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Julie McGarvie. In this final #IdentityWeek blog, Julie McGarvie writes about pioneering playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

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Intermittence: A Circuit of Theatrical Desires by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Oscar Lozano. Writer and performer Oscar Lozano reports on the artistic and labor movement in France among theatre professionals and in doing so considers the public theatre, social perfo…

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Relaxed Performances: The nuts and bolts of offering sensory-friendly experiences to your audience by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Erica Nagel. In this #IdentityWeek blog, Erica Nagel of the McCarter Theatre discusses how, and why, they've made Relaxed Performances part of their equity, diversity, and inclusion work.

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Neil Simon's Legacy has Spoiled His Best Plays for Millennials by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Ricky Young-Howze. Ricky Young-Howze writes about Neil Simon's influence on pop culture comedic tropes.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Hierarchies of Power: Cisgender Playwrights and Trans Characters by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Basil Kreimendahl. In this #IdentityWeek blog, playwright Basil Kreimendahl discusses the representation of trans characters on stage.

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Saturday, September 3, 2016

If I Loved You: The Evolution of the Conditional Love Song in Musical Theatre by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Amanda Prahl. Amanda Prahl analyzes the different forms and purposes of the conditional love song in historical and contemporary musicals.

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Theatre History Podcast # 1: Talking About Drugs (and Theatre) with Max Shulman by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger kicks off a new Theatre History podcast series with an interview with Max Shulman, discussing drugs in American theatre at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Women's Leadership: Research Results and Recommendations by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Sumru Erkut, Ineke Ceder. The American Conservatory Theater with Wellesley Centers for Women present findings on a three-year study on the gender equity of leadership opportunities in the…

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

History of Censorship in Lebanon by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Mona Merhi. Lebanese journalist and advocate Mona Merhi writes about the history of censorship in Lebanon and its current state of play.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Do Playwrights Share the Blame for Abuse? by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Neal Reynolds. Neal Reynolds discusses how a play's subject matter may increase the potential for an abusive production process.

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Open Constellation: Tackling Polyphonic Drama that Resists Resolution by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Amber Robinson. Chicago-based theatre practitioner, Amber Robinson, reflects on the polyphonic nature of The Goodman Theatre's adaption of Roberto Bolaño's novel 2666 and other multi-n…

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

The Monologue Parity Project: How and Why I Decided to Tackle the Issue of Parity in Modern Theatre by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Madeline Easley. Madeline Easley describes how an assignment inspired her to create a platform where people can share stories and write monologues.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The Sensitive Artist: Insult Turned Asset by Ramona@howlround.com (ramona)

By Jess Pillmore. Jess Pillmore discusses different definitions of the word "sensitive," and how understanding and embracing your own sensitivities can be beneficial to your art.

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