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Finding our Meanings: A Jewish Question

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:32:18 +0000

Everyone knows some variation of the old joke: you take four Jews, you get five opinions. And if you take fifty Jewish theater makers, you get over a hundred opinions. The math may not be as accurate as the sentiment. But trust me, I’ve been attending the Association for Jewish READ MORE...

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Join us for the 21st Century Literary Office Convening

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:11:01 +0000

On Friday, February 24 and Saturday February 25 we will be hosting an in-person convening of about forty literary managers, dramaturgs, and playwrights and simultaneously, hosting a global, open-access, online convening through the livestreaming channel #NEWPLAY TV, watch parties, Twitter #newplay,...

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Anna Ziegler: In Search of the Artistic Home

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:58:32 +0000

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Anna Ziegler continues this series. What makes an artistic home? On the one hand, an artistic home is a theater you know will always have you back, and have your READ MORE...

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Cyber-Narratives: An Invitation that will Blow Your Mind by Miriam Weisfeld

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:15:53 +0000

The Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center looks like somebody crammed Universal Studios Hollywood into a computer lab in Pittsburgh. Between gleaming classrooms, the hallways are lined floor to ceiling with pop culture memorabilia: album covers, lunch boxes, board games, bobble-heads, and...

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Being the Change: an Interview with Woolly Mammoth’s Jeff Herrmann by Laley Lippard

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:15:26 +0000

Laley: Thank you for meeting with me, Jeff. I was inspired to talk with you after reading Miriam Weisfeld’s article on Connectivity. Exciting ideas, but I’m curious about the practical innovations you’ve made since the “Who’s in Your Circle?” conference. How has...

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The Weekly Howl: Twitter convo on Tues, Feb 21 “Technology & Theatre – Do They Mix?”

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:14:59 +0000

The Weekly Howl: Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. This week we are exploring “Technology and Theatre – Do they mix”. Check out the article by Miriam Weisfield on Woolly’s collaboration with Black Women Playwright Group and Carnegie Mellon HERE! The...

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In Case You Missed the Revolution by Jason Loewith

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:32:43 +0000

I’m scared that the regional theater, by the time it’s matured, will have bored the shit out of millions of people all over the country.—attributed to Andre Gregory, 1965 We all know that the success story of the post-war American theater was written by the big resident, flagship theaters,...

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Parenting & Playwriting: Sharing Bad Reviews with My Children Catherine Trieschmann

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:08:34 +0000

After my article on playwriting and parenting got folks gabbing about the matter in the comments section, Polly Carl asked me to consider writing an advice column on the subject for HowlRound. While it’s true that I am indeed both a parent and a playwright, it’s also true that...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Philip Bither – Call # 8

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:10:26 +0000

Phone Call #8: Philip Bither I have been trailing around after Philip Bither for a decade at this point—ever since I first heard him thinking out loud at the New Works New Ways gathering in Portland, Oregon in 2002. He’s one of an amazing group of presenters who are able READ MORE...

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Towards a Small Theater

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:06:15 +0000

Once, in the lobby of the Public Theater, I was introduced to a New York playwright as being from Minneapolis. The fellow playwright’s response was, “Why?” with a tone I can only describe as Thurston Howell-esque. (Maybe that’s a new YouTube sensation – “S*** New Yorkers Say to...

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Call to Action: Read for The New York Times Critic Watch

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:54:10 +0000

You read reviews anyway, why not strengthen American Theatre while you’re at it? The New York Times Critic Watch survey at nytcriticwatch.com takes 5 minutes and adds your voice to the building pool of curious folks who want understand: what kind of power prominent reviews have over...

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Kira Obolensky and Michelle Hensley in Conversation

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:00:45 +0000

Kira: So, Michelle, a good place to start our conversation might be for you to tell us about the work you’ve been doing with Ten Thousand Things. Michelle: Well, it really all began out of my search for an audience that truly cared about the story. At the time I lived READ MORE...

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The Twin Cities: We make stuff here

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:46:41 +0000

The Twin Cities might seem dormant; and indeed, they spend half the year frozen and buried under feet of snow. But these cities – my cities – are not sleeping. The art we make here is innovative and radical. As theater artists, we have opportunities to investigate, collaborate and learn. READ...

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#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: organize a “Watch Party” for four exciting events next week!

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:41:22 +0000

Watch all of these livestreamed events on #NEWPLAY TV’s channel page over here: newplaytv.info & Organize, host, or crash your own local community’s WATCH PARTIES for these livestreamed events by clicking over here: meetup.com/newplaytv Wed, Feb 22 at 10am PST / 1pm EST /6pm...

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Jack Reuler: In Search of the Artistic Home

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:33:26 +0000

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Jack Reuler continues this series. What makes an artistic home? It is possible that the artistic home is secondarily, or maybe even tangentially, about art. It is about mission...

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The Twin Cities

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:28:07 +0000

With an artistic community where there are “more theater seats per capita than any city besides New York” plus a pretty accessible metro bus and light rail system – what theater artist wouldn’t want to live and work in the Twin Cities! Also home to the nationally respected Children’s...

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The Weekly Howl: Tues Feb 14th EST on hashtag #NEWPLAY “The Twin Cities: How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? by Cory Hinkle

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:55:50 +0000

The Weekly Howl: Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. This week we are exploring ”The Twin Cities: How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? by Cory Hinkle. Check out the article HERE! Tuesday, Feb 14th at 12pm-1pm PST (San Francisco) / 2pm-3pm CST...

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Destination: MSP

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:57 +0000

I’m new here – to this land of 10,000 lakes. I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and lived several years in New York and New England, but nothing prepared me for these Minnesota winters. Right now, it’s -8 outside (with a wind chill of -30 something). READ MORE...

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The Twin Cities: How Are Theater Artists Living in the Livable Twin Cities? by Cory Hinkle

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:08:43 +0000

The Twin Cities’ theater scene is a confounding community to be a part of. On the one hand, there are many unbelievably positive things about living as an artist in Minneapolis and St. Paul. You can buy a house, have kids, and not lose your mind hustling to make it all work— READ MORE...

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Crowdsourced Opps & Fests from the #NEWPLAY Community

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

Check out what’s happening in the #NEWPLAY World: Newplay.us is a site driven by the #NEWPLAY Community on Twitter. Everyday people from all around post opportunities and news in the #NEWPLAY sector so that EVERYONE can benefit. Join our community by putting #NEWPLAY in your tweets. Here is...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Moisés Kaufman – Call # 7

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:24:26 +0000

Phone Call #7: Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project are crossing all sorts of borders in their work. They challenge many different assumptions about how the American Theatre works and how artists make themselves at home in it. We talk too long again, of course, but he’s...

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A New Revolution? by Jaan Whitehead

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:17:29 +0000

If the very fabric of our thought had not changed, we would not have been able to change reality. –Zelda Fichandler Our field was born of a dream, and that dream created a revolution. Fifty years ago, a group of artists dared to believe that they could create theater outside READ MORE...

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Paul Meshejian: In Search of the Artistic Home

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:57 +0000

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Paul Meshejian continues this series. What makes an artistic home? In a word, community. For a myriad of reasons, people come into the theater to recast community, family....

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The Weekly Howl: Tues Feb 7th at 8pm GMT on hashtag #NEWPLAY “Occupy, Hope, Exchange: A (Sort of) Travelogue”

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:43 +0000

The Weekly Howl: Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. This week we are exploring “Occupy, Hope, Exchange: A (Sort of) Travelogue” by Brandon Woolf blog. Check out the article for reference! Brandon will be joining us from Berlin. Tuesday, Feb 7th at 12pm-1pm PST (San...

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Occupy, Hope, Exchange: A (Sort of) Travelogue by Brandon Woolf

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:32:23 +0000

Recently, there has been an incredible outpouring of writing and thinking, working very successfully to think through the many implications of Occupy. If this short piece makes just one contribution, I hope it encourages those excited, frustrated, or alienated by Occupy to engage more closely with...

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A Response to Timothy Douglas by Winter Miller

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:15:50 +0000

I want you to be uncomfortable—at least some of the time. Muckraker Finley Peter Dunne wrote, “It is our business… to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Timothy Douglas’ eloquent, honest and provocative post about identity through his lens as a black male American director...

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#NEWPLAY Aggregation – Introducing the website: NEWPLAY.US

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:26:03 +0000

#NEWPLAY is US! A HowlRound.com Knowledge Commons Project. The site NEWPLAY.US aka #NEWPLAY is US! is a new blog that’s dedicated to community-sourced news & info for the #NEWPLAY World. Join a community revolutionizing the flow of knowledge and information in our field. If you have...

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Good For What Ails You

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:57:27 +0000

Cross-posted from newplay.us aka #NEWPLAY is US! Check out our latest #newplay video adventure, featuring the tunes of the Crevulators!

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – David Loehr – Call # 6

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:57:55 +0000

Phone Call #6: David Loehr David and I talk about the origins of #2amt and its impact on his life. And mine, as it turns out. I talk a lot this time. A little embarrassing… Download audio file (6-The-David-Dower-Friday-Phone-Call-David-Loehr.mp3) Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as...

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Burning Down A House by Polly Carl

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:52:29 +0000

But if there is to be room for more disruptive stories in our theaters, my guess is there will need to be a willingness to embrace disruption in our practice. READ MORE...

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Deborah Zoe Laufer: In Search of the Artistic Home

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:03:24 +0000

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Deborah Zoe Laufer continues this series. What makes an artistic home? Where and how did you find yours and what does it mean to you? READ MORE...

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The Weekly Howl: Tues Jan 31st at 3pm EST on #NEWPLAY! Finding An Artistic Home by @listofbeliefs

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:31:51 +0000

The Weekly Howl: Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. This week we are exploring “Artistic Home” blog by Kirk Lynn. Check out the article for reference! http://www.howlround.com/kirk-lynn-in-search-of-the-artistic-home/ Tuesday, Jan. 31st at 12pm-1pm PST (San...

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The Benefits of Slavery by Timothy Douglas

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:07:09 +0000

In the 1970s Dr. Howard Washington Thurman, a theologian and mystic, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave a lecture on “the benefits of slavery.” In it he focused on the mindset of the African people and how the creative center of their “being” developed, because of their READ MORE...

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Getting to the ‘What’ of it

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:20:31 +0000

Last Monday I was fortunate enough to be able to attend TEDxBroadway at New World Stages in New York City. With no direct experience, but a keen interest, in the Broadway scene, I was excited to have the opportunity to spend the day listening to fourteen experts, industry and outsiders, READ MORE...

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#NEWPLAY Video: Put the Hashtag in the Coconut

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:32:26 +0000

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#NEWPLAY Video: Open Access – Old School vs New School Programming

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:29:28 +0000

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Kirk Lynn: In Search of the Artistic Home

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:13:46 +0000

Jamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Kirk Lynn continues this series. What makes an artistic home? How do I understand this question? The first thing that comes to mind is the answer to the question: how READ MORE...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Rebecca Noon – Call #5

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:51:34 +0000

Phone Call #5: Rebecca Noon Rebecca Noon is one of the ensemble Strange Attractor. We talk about making work in smaller communities, the role of the artist in building the infrastructure, and how a new small company gets into motion today. Rebecca was an intern at the Z Space right READ MORE...

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#NEWPLAY TV LIVE: Marcus Gardley’s “The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry” on Saturday at 11am EST / 4pm GMT

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:26:14 +0000

The Lark Play Development Center and the University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance are livestreaming a Community Round Table and Discussion with readings from Marcus Gardley’s “The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry” as part of a national initiative called Launching New...

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Goal of a Knowledge Commons: Transformation and Innovation?

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:25:39 +0000

cross-posted from A Head Tilt For the past two afternoons, the HowlRound office has erupted into a truly raucous lab attempting to communicate concepts such as “knowledge commons” and “community sourcing” through one-take short videos made on FlipCams. We have a couple of...

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Playwriting All-Stars to the Rescue by Matthew Ocks

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:25:31 +0000

One Saturday morning when I was a kid, I watched a television special called Cartoon All-Stars To the Rescue, and it was really great because Garfield, Winnie the Pooh, and three of the Muppet Babies, not to mention Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Smurfs, Bugs Bunny, and Michelangelo (of the READ...

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#NEWPLAY Video: “Water Park”

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:12:30 +0000

#NEWPLAY Video: “Water Park” from HowlRound.com on Vimeo. Check out the latest video from the #NEWPLAY-AHZ The Commons: Explained. If you have a commons video shout us out @howlround & #newplay Brought to you by: @jkjplays @laleylippard @Soulprdts @kevbecerra

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The Weekly Howl: Tues Jan 24th at 3pm EST on #NEWPLAY- Self Producing & Alternate Spaces with @TaylorMacNY

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:18 +0000

The Weekly Howl: “Self Producing and Finding Artistic Freedom in Alternate Spaces” Join HowlRound.com for our weekly Twitter conversation. Listen to the Taylor Mac and David Dower interview here! Tuesday, Jan. 24th at 12pm-1pm PST (San Francisco) / 2pm-3pm CST (Chicago) / 3pm-4pm...

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Interview with Lydia Diamond by Amrita Ramanan

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:57:27 +0000

I think there are still hundreds and hundreds of white plays and comparatively fewer plays by women and comparatively even fewer plays by women of color. And men of color write plays, too. So, yes, there’s work to do. There’s always going to be work to be done. While I’m happy about my experience...

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The Electric Current of Bay Area Theater by Carey Perloff

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:36:23 +0000

There’s something about sharing a common mythology that makes being in certain audiences particularly electric. Maybe that’s why making theater in the Bay Area is so charged: the mythology of this part of the world is so outrageous and charged and complicated and alive. This is the corner of...

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San Francisco by Rebecca Novick

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:41:09 +0000

There’s an old (and annoying) line about how if you’re smart and ambitious you move to New York, if you’re ambitious but not smart you move to LA, and if you’re smart but not ambitious you move to San Francisco. Sixteen years ago I arrived here by accident in READ MORE...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Taylor Mac – Call # 4

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:45:11 +0000

Phone Call #4: Taylor Mac If you’ve been reading along in any of the #newplay conversations you’ve run into the wonderful mind of Taylor Mac. If you don’t know his work you should really poke around on his website while you listen. http://taylormac.net/ We talk a bit here about how READ MORE...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Lydia Diamond – Call # 3

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:44:15 +0000

Phone Call #3: Lydia Diamond I spoke with Lydia right at the start of rehearsals for Stick Fly, her first play produced on Broadway. I first met Lydia at the meeting in Chicago that Steppenwolf hosted for my Gates of Opportunity research. I also had the great pleasure of working READ MORE...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Peter Sinn Nachtrieb – Call # 2

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:44:02 +0000

Phone Call #2: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb We’re posting this phone call with Peter as part of the San Francisco week here at Howlround. My first memories of Peter actually have him acting at The Z Space in a reading of a play by my fellow Z Collective founder, Brian Thorstenson. Brian READ MORE...

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call – Melanie Joseph – Call # 1

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:31:02 +0000

Phone Call #1: Melanie Joseph So, if you don’t know Melanie Joseph and Foundry Theater, you can go here for the backstory on this call. http://www.thefoundrytheatre.org/ This call took place a bit over a month ago, so the sense of Occupy at that time was a bit different than it READ MORE...

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