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Theatre History Podcast # 38
Eleanor Fitzsimons on Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Troubled History of Salomé|Michael Lueger, Eleanor FitzsimonsIn this episode, Michael Lueger talks to author Eleanor Fitzsimons about Oscar ...
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Iranian Girlfriend explores the complex relationship between fact and fiction—a dynamic that played out in its journey from autobiographical essay to autofictional play. Creator SB Tennent discusses the play’s origins, process, and ambitions with Georgia Evans. #theatre howlround.com/crafting-aut...
Crafting Autofiction Through Collaboration
|Georgia "George" Evans, SB TennentIranian Girlfriend explores the complex relationship between fact and fiction—a dynamic that played out in its journey from autobiographical essay to autofictional p...
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Ash Marinaccio and the 2024-2025 Civilians R&D Group discuss investigative theatre, how artists blend research, interviews, and emotional truth to create new work. They discuss new play development, ethics, community, and why “live bodies in a room” still matter. howlround.com/process-and-...
Process and New Play Development with the Civilians R&D Group
|Ash Marinaccio, Camille Simone Thomas, Khristián Méndez Aguirre, Lyndsey Bourne, Phoebe CordeAsh Marinaccio and the 2024-2025 Civilians R&D Group discuss investigative theatre, how artists blend rese...
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Ash Marinaccio speaks with the Creative Pathways team at the Genesis Center in Providence about how documentary theatre is used alongside drama therapy to support newly arrived immigrants and refugees in sharing their stories, building community, and learning English. howlround.com/autobiograph...
Autobiographical Performance for Teaching English as a Second Language
|Ash Marinaccio, Baha Sadr, Chris Ackley, Ana Bess Moyer Bell, Eve Kerrigan, Noga PaulinoAsh Marinaccio speaks with the Creative Pathways team at the Genesis Center in Providence, RI, about how docume...
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Ash Marinaccio takes a deep dive into how anthropology and theatre collide as Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti share the origins of their collaboration and how ethnography, theory, and devised practice fuel their creative work. #theatre #theater howlround.com/between-thea...
Between Theatre and Anthropology
|Ash Marinaccio, Greg Pierotti, Cristiana GiordanoAsh Marinaccio takes a deep dive into how anthropology and theatre collide as Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti share the origins of their collabor...
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What levels of change and accountability are we responsible for? Professor Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Sara Porkalob to consider this question in light of both her recent work on Dragon Baby and her experiences with virality and accountability at multiple scales. howlround.com/accounting-c...
Accounting for Change
|Elizabeth McQueen, Sara PorkalobWhat levels of change and accountability are we responsible for? Professor Elizabeth McQueen sits down with artist-activist Sara Porkalob to consider this question in ...
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This series should be required reading for theater professionals. I’m so grateful for these incredible artists offering their wisdom & vulnerability
HowlRound Theatre Commons@howlround.bsky.social · 10mo agoMadeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental politics—and how that contrasts with her other experiences in the American theatre. howlround.com/responsibili...
Playwright Tomi Endter imagines a future fifty years from now when American theatre has finally centered Native voices. She looks back at how the industry transformed from exclusion to the celebration of Native stories and artists. #theatre #theater #theatresky howlround.com/all-together...
All Together: Native Theatre in Fifty Years
|Tomi EndterPlaywright Tomi Endter imagines a future fifty years from now when American theatre has finally centered Native voices. She looks back at how the industry transformed from exclusion to the...
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Madeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental politics—and how that contrasts with her other experiences in the American theatre. howlround.com/responsibili...
The Responsibility We Carry
|Madeline EasleyMadeline Easley details an experience working with the Wyandots of Kansas while writing a new play for Kansas City Repertory Theatre that touched on deep, nuanced, multi-governmental p...
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Chingwe Padraig Sullivan shares findings and impacts of the recent Native Theatre Community Town Hall on representation, erasure, and accountability in the American theatre, which was hosted by HERE Arts Center. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/earnest-call...
An Earnest Call-in from Native Theatremakers to an Industry That Refuses to Change
|Chingwe Padraig SullivanChingwe Padraig Sullivan shares findings and impacts of the recent Native Theatre Community Town Hall on representation, erasure, and accountability in the American theatre, w...
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Native theatremakers have been combatting harmful representations of Native people in theatre for many years. Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, and Betsy Richards discuss their work to push back from within institutions. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/loud-and-cle...
Loud and Clear: A Roundtable on Theatre's Colonial Silencing
|Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Betsy RichardsNative theatremakers have been combatting harmful representations of Native people in theatre for many years. Quita Sullivan, Mary Kathryn Nagle, and...
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Tara Moses introduces the series The Unspoken Treaty, outlines how the “American theatre” got here, details key takeaways from the upcoming series, and offers an invitation to institutional leaders to move from being unsettled to galvanized. #theatre #theater howlround.com/its-time-mov...
It’s Time to Move Beyond the Colonial Narrative
|Tara MosesTara Moses introduces the series The Unspoken Treaty: The Pattern, Impact, and Disruption of Silencing Native Voices, outlines how the “American theatre” got here, details key takeaways fro...
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Ash Marinaccio talks with Scott Illingworth, founder of the Verbatim Salon, where actors perform real stories from those navigating the US immigration system. They explore the creative process and how verbatim theatre sheds light on urgent social issues. #theatre howlround.com/immigration-...
Immigration Experiences Through Verbatim Theatre
|Ash Marinaccio, Scott IllingworthAsh Marinaccio talks with Scott Illingworth, founder of the Verbatim Salon, where actors perform real stories from those navigating the US immigration system. They ex...
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On the debut episode of the Nonfiction Theatre Forum, Ash speaks with Pink Fang’s leadership about evolving documentary and community-based theatre, ethical collaboration, sustaining legacy, adapting programs to meet today’s social, political, and artistic challenges. howlround.com/pink-fang-le...
Pink Fang on Legacy, Care, Collaboration, and Possibility
|Ash Marinaccio, Mei Ann Teo, Jane Jung, Sara ZatzOn the debut episode of the Nonfiction Theatre Forum, Ash speaks with Pink Fang’s leadership about evolving documentary and community-based theatre, e...
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Murielle Borst-Tarrant asks herself why she’s still creating. Amid loss and chaos and life’s ongoing minor dramas, she returns over and over again to the work. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/creating-chaos
Creating in the Chaos
|Murielle Borst TarrantMurielle Borst-Tarrant asks herself why she’s still creating. Amid loss and chaos and life’s ongoing minor dramas, she returns over and over again to the work.
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The Artistic Caucus aimed to integrate its collaborative model into the workflows and budgets of four theatres while providing freelance artists with access and compensation. Lauren Halvorsen details the strategies, impact, and significance. #theatre #theater howlround.com/artistic-cau...
The Artistic Caucus: Year Two
|Lauren HalvorsenIn its second and final year, the Artistic Caucus aimed to integrate its collaborative model into the workflows and budgets of four theatres while providing freelance artists with acc...
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Alexandra Meda discusses mediation and facilitation at various predominantly white organizations, and championing change work on the professional and individual levels. As an artist, she finds creativity in offering tools instead of ready-made solutions. #theatre howlround.com/architecting...
Architecting Organizational Change with Alexandra Meda
|Yura Sapi, Alex MedaAlexandra Meda, founder of Culture Change Lab, discusses mediation and facilitation at various predominantly white organizations, and championing change work on the professional a...
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“Slow life, slow art.” If you missed Daniel Banks’ DEVISING FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION workshop at La MaMa’s Stages of Change, here is your chance to join the circle. Experience the power of story, listening, and belonging. Watch the full session: howlround.com/happenings/t... #watchitnow
Master’s Degree Preferred
|Maridee SlaterMaridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate acros...
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"It takes as long to rehearse Hamlet today as it did four hundred years ago." Nic Bencerraf, as quoted in the article "Masters Degree Preferred," by Maridee Slater in @howlround.bsky.social
Maridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate across difference. Let’s circle up. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/masters-degr...
Master’s Degree Preferred
|Maridee SlaterMaridee Slater invites theatremakers to think beyond graduate school credentials and gatekeepers to preserve the embodied practices that allow us to see each other and collaborate acros...
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Nadia Garzón, founder of Descolonizarte Teatro, prioritizes a decolonial practice by uplifting Latinx, queer, and immigrant voices. She releases the Western ideals that dominate the theatre and uses an ensemble leadership style with empathy at the core of her work. howlround.com/applying-dec...
Applying a Decolonial Theatre Practice with Nadia Garzón
|Yura Sapi, Nadia GarzónNadia Garzón, founder and executive director of Descolonizarte Teatro in Orlando, Florida, prioritizes a decolonial arts practice by uplifting Latinx, queer, and immigrant voic...
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The creators of After, There Will Be Flowers want to shift the narratives of intimate partner violence from perpetration to healing. Lizzie Rajchel, the project’s co-creator, describes some of the dramaturgical and practical moves made to center healing and care. howlround.com/toward-drama...
Toward a Dramaturgy of Healing and Care
|Lizzie RajchelThe creators of After, There Will Be Flowers want to shift the narratives of intimate partner violence from perpetration to healing. Lizie Rajchel, the project’s co-creator, describes s...
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Pub theatres bring theatre to communities in the United Kingdom through the combined business model of a performance venue and pub. Sophie Pell, who both makes and watches pub theatre, details the considerable benefits of this performance model. #theatre #theater howlround.com/how-pub-thea...
How Pub Theatres Create a Haven for Independent Performance in the United Kingdom
|Sophie PellPub theatres bring theatre to communities in the United Kingdom through the combined business model of a performance venue and pub. Sophie Pell, who both makes and watches pub theatre, det...
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R. Réal Vargas Alanis, founder of In The Margin, discusses how they dreamed up ITM and the mentorship programs and residencies they offer as a multidisciplinary nonprofit, how they transition between structures, and how they pivot with the seasons of life. #theatre howlround.com/embodying-mu...
Embodying a Multidisciplinary Approach with R. Réal Vargas Alanis
|Yura Sapi, R. Réal Vargas AlanisR. Réal Vargas Alanis, founder of In The Margin (ITM), discusses how they dreamed up ITM and the mentorship programs and residencies they offer as a multidisciplinary ...
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The founder of About…Productions, Theresa Chavez, highlights the role of the arts in enlightening and moving people and centers equity in her theatre work and youth education. She creates emotional and historical art and having optimism at the core of artmaking. howlround.com/art-optimism...
The Art of Optimism with Theresa Chavez
|Yura Sapi, Theresa ChavezThe founder of About…Productions, Theresa Chavez, highlights the role of the arts in enlightening and moving people and centers equity in her theatre work and youth education...
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This is a call for diversity, equity, and inclusion in pit orchestra hiring. Joe LaRocca surfaces inequities embedded in the current contractor system of pit musician hiring, as well as some steps companies can take to remedy these issues. #theatre #theater #theatresky howlround.com/casting-pit
Casting the Pit
|Joe LaRoccaThis is a call for diversity, equity, and inclusion in pit orchestra hiring. Joe LaRocca surfaces inequities embedded in the current contractor system of pit musician hiring, as well as so...
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Robert Hubbard details the ways the Commonweal Theatre Company's resident ensemble operates, highlighting their artist/administrator doubling, artistic excellence, and embeddedness in the surrounding community. howlround.com/rural-minnes...
In Rural Minnesota, This Resident Ensemble Model Thrives
|Robert HubbardThe Commonweal Theatre Company acts as a model for thriving theatre in a rural setting. Robert Hubbard details the ways the company’s resident ensemble operates, highlighting their arti...
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From 1 October to 5 October, full-length performance videos of this year's Roma Heroes International Theater Festival will livestream on HowlRound TV. English subtitles will be available. Recordings of the shows will not be publicly available after they stream. howlround.com/happenings/r...
Roma Heroes Seventh International Theater Festival in Budapest
Multi-camera Performance Video of Five Shows Presented for a Limited Time by the Independent Theater Hungary|The seventh edition of the Roma Heroes International Theater Festival took place in May 202...
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Founder of the Black Rep, Ron Himes, was an arts patron as a young man turned theatre founder. Undergoing several name changes since its conception, the Black Rep’s evolution is rooted in resourcefulness and an investment in young people. #theatre #theater howlround.com/committing-b...
Committing to Black Experiences in Theatre with Ron Himes
|Yura Sapi, Ron HimesFounder of the Black Rep, Ron Himes, was an arts patron as a young man turned theatre founder. Undergoing several name changes since its conception, the Black Rep’s evolution is r...
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