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HowlRound Journal

Essay
26 August 2024
Four actors read from a book on a dimly lit stage.
By
Carmen Salvador

Carmen Salvador shares about Fundación Quien Cuenta Eres Tú’s Children’s Participative Theatre program in Chile and the way they used Playback Theatre to facilitate a space for under-resourced children’s creativity and reflection on their experiences.   

Essay
19 August 2024
Two actor wearing black actors perform on stage in front of a projection of a concrete backdrop.
By
Lane Michael Stanley

Lane Michael Stanley offers a toolkit of questions to consider for those who seek to have a community-embedded artistic practice, based on his own experience in recovery housing and his time developing plays with unhoused people.

Essay
05 August 2024
Two actors stand on stage in front of a set made of damaged wood.
By
Kristin Idaszak

Kristin Idaszak shares about Dolores Díaz’s new play Black Sunday that connects the environmental racism during the 1935 Dust Bowl to contemporary migration crises in Chicago.

Essay
01 August 2024
Two women stand face to face on either side of a chain link fence.
A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights
By
Todd London

In another installment of A Lover’s Guide to American Playwrights, Todd London celebrates the work of Migdalia Cruz, a writer whose plays have been deemed “impossible.” 

Essay
31 July 2024
A man sits on stage on a black box in front of a blue scrim.
By
Liam Monaghan

Playwright and performer Liam Monaghan details the process behind writing Strange/Familiar, his autofictional play on the themes of adoption and queer belonging. He explores the way contemporary autofictions hold up a mirror to ourselves and our world, reflecting both uncertainty and meaning.

Essay
29 July 2024
An actor sits on stage in front of a projection of the moon.
By
Robert Duffley

Robert Duffley, dramaturg for the We Hear You—A Climate Archive series, details the process of creating 77 Messages to the Future, an offering that amplifies and preserves youth perspectives on the climate emergency from around the world. He shares how this work counters dominant media narratives…

Essay
25 July 2024
A large whale puppet is shown above a dimly lit stage.
By
Lucy Haskell

In Plexus Polaire’s Moby Dick, the line between the performers and the puppets they control sometimes blurs. Lucy Haskell explores the way that the shifting animacy of humans and objects on stage disrupts the audience’s expectations of where life resides.

Essay
24 July 2024
A group sings into microphones onstage.
By
Al Heartley

Al Heartley believes that executive search process should leave an organization better than it was before. This, he writes, is one way to address the fieldwide issues facing theatre leadership. 

Essay
22 July 2024
Two woman sit at a crowded dinner table on stage, talking to one another.
By
Betty Shamieh

Playwright Betty Shamieh advocates for playwrights continuously applying for opportunities even after repeated rejections, and highlights why doing so is especially important for playwrights from marginalized communities.

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HowlRound TV

Video Available
26 August 2024
A promotional graphic for Watch Me Work.
A Playwriting Masterclass
With
Public Theater

Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.

Video Available
19 August 2024
A promotional graphic for Watch Me Work.
A Playwriting Masterclass
With
Public Theater

Watch Me Work is a communal work session for anyone eager to nurture and sustain their creative process. Facilitated by Public Theater Playwright-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and the New Work Development department, Watch Me Work takes place via Zoom sessions and HowlRound livestreams that you can…

Video Available
05 August 2024
portrait of robert wilson sitting at a desk.
A Conference Exploring the Work of Renowned US Theatre Director and Visual Artist Robert Wilson
With
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center

In celebration of Wilson’s extraordinary career, we invited scholars, critics, and practitioners to contribute to a conference exploring the diverse aspects of his transformative vision and artistic practice. The conference combined in-person and virtual talks, paper presentations, and panel…

Video Available
29 July 2024
event poster for ring of keys open writing studio with kit yan and melissa yi.
A Look into the Collaborative Writing Process for Musical Theatre
With
Ring of Keys

The session gave participants a chance to watch Kit and Melissa collaborate on new material, add methods and skills to their writing toolbelt, get an intimate look at what it means to write collaboratively, learn how to support this process from other roles in the theatre, and participate in a Q and…

Video Available
20 July 2024
Event poster for 24 Hours for Palestine.
A twenty-four hour online event featuring one hundred+ global artists and activists for a free Palestine
With
Golden Thread, Art2Action, MENA Theater Makers Alliance, ASHTAR Theatre, The Freedom Theatre, Zoukak Theatre Company, Noor Theatre, Donkeysaddle Projects

A twenty-four hour online event featuring one hundred+ global artists and activists for a free Palestine, including performances and presentations honoring the Palestinian people and their steadfastness in the face of genocide, and discussions of how to build solidarity in the global movement for…

Video Available
15 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Watch Me Work.
A Playwriting Masterclass
With
Public Theater

Watch Me Work is a communal work session for anyone eager to nurture and sustain their creative process. Facilitated by Public Theater Playwright-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and the New Work Development department, Watch Me Work takes place via Zoom sessions and HowlRound livestreams that you can…

Video Available
10 July 2024
event poster for performingborders in conversation with Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Party Office.
An Ongoing Conversation Between Artists, Thinkers, and Activists
With
performingborders

performingborders is excited to invite you to join artists Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Party Office for an open online conversation exploring their upcoming performingborders commissions: our annual performance to camera for 2024 and our guest-curated digital pamphlet, both to be published before 10 July.

Video Available
01 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Watch Me Work.
A Playwriting Masterclass
With
Public Theater

Watch Me Work is a communal work session for anyone eager to nurture and sustain their creative process. Facilitated by Public Theater Playwright-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and the New Work Development department, Watch Me Work takes place via Zoom sessions and HowlRound livestreams that you can…

Video Available
28 June 2024
two actors in aprons sit on stage next to an actor standing with his back to them.
Panels and Keynotes from Indigenous Directors and Playwrights
With
Geva Theatre, National Endowment for the Arts, The Friends Of Ganondagan, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)

The Indigenous Theatre Symposium will feature keynote remarks from Santee Smith (Kahnyen’kehàka Nation, Turtle Clan), artistic director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre; an Indigenous Playwrights Panel Conversation with creatives such as DeLanna Studi (Cherokee) who Geva audiences got to know through her…

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HowlRound Podcasts

Podcast
13 August 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring art from previous episodes.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

In the last episode of the fourth season of Kunafa and Shay—which was a historical and classical Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) theatre season—Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson reflect on the season, give some additional insight, and provide a…

Podcast
06 August 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring Samer Al-Saber.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Samer Al-Saber

Dr. Samer Al-Saber joins hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson for a conversation around resistant ventriloquism and postcolonial courtesy. Dr. Al-Saber also shares stories from his upcoming book about the Palestinian theatre movement in the 1970s and 1980s.

Podcast
30 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring Amir Al-Azraki
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Amir Al-Azraki

Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson learn from Dr. Amir Al-Azraki about Iraqi theatrical traditions, the birth of modern Iraqi theatre springing from church drama in Mosul in the late nineteenth century, Iraqi plays in translation, and Afro-Iraqi theatre. 

Podcast
23 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Fidaa Ataya

Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson are joined by Fidaa Ataya, a Palestinian storyteller who talks with us about the tradition of the hakawati and how she and her work are looking at different forms of storytelling from ancient traditions to new ways of storytelling in Palestine.

Podcast
09 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring Mazen Alaa.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Mazen Alaa

Nubia has a long history of theatre, both before and after the displacement of the 1960s. In this episode, hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson highlight Nubian theatre, including the only Nubian opera, Opera El Aml by Mohy El Din Sherif. With special guest Mazen Alaa from Nubian Geographic, this…

Podcast
02 July 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring Sarah Fahmy
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Sarah Fahmy

Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson look at MENA and SWANA puppetry traditions with guest artivist Dr. Sarah Fahmy. They talk about her production of the first recorded full play in English of Ibn Daniyal, The Shadow Spirit; the Aragoz Puppet; and, coming more into current puppetry practice by…

Podcast
25 June 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring Ottoman Art.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson discuss Ottoman theatre, emphasizing its significance in global theatre history. They highlight the Ottoman Empire as a pivotal point of cultural exchange comparable to the Greek and Roman empires. They focus on three major forms of traditional theatre—Ortaoyunu…

Podcast
18 June 2024
A promotional graphic for Kunafa and Shay featuring ancient architecture.
Kunafa and Shay
With
Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson

Hosts Marina Johnson and Nabra Nelson talk about Egyptian playwright Tawfiq al-Hakim and his “unstageable” classic play People of the Cave. They provide historical context of the play, al-Hakim’s career, and the Christian and Islamic stories that served as al-Hakim’s inspiration.

Podcast
13 June 2024
Promotional graphic for building our own tables featuring Malia'Kekia Nicolini
Building Our Own Tables
With
Yura Sapi, malia'kekia nicolini

In this final episode of season four, ​​Malia'Kekia, co-founder of B4 The Other Creations, explores how play and vulnerability drive transformational breakthroughs. Malia'Kekia shares their journey as an educator and leader, emphasizing the power of releasing perfectionism and embracing the unknown…

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HowlRound Recommends

This month, we're celebrating the Back To School season with a collection of pieces by and for educators!

Series
A promotional graphic for Teaching Theatre.
A Podcast About the Practice and Pedagogy of Theatre Education
Curated by
Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

Teaching Theatre examines the challenges facing theatre training programs post-pandemic. Each episode invites theatre educators and practitioners into the conversation as they interrogate topics like collaboration, inclusive programming, and work ethic while offering up ideas, strategies, and…

Essay
19 March 2024
Deen Rawlins-Harris stands in front of a scenic vista.
By
Deen Rawlins-Harris

Teaching-artist Deen Rawlins-Harris reflects on their time facilitating an educational theatre residency at a school in St. John, United States Virgin Islands (STJ). They viewed Cinnamon Bay, a beach in STJ, as a teacher, and learned lessons that helped them have a stronger connection to students…

Essay
24 October 2023
Ten actors link arms with each other during a performance.
By
John Michael DiResta

Theatre professor John Michael DiResta reflects on teaching queer theatre history to students who have had very different lived queer experiences than he had growing up. By investigating queer theatrical history from a contemporary lens and with an invitation to engage and make something new, his…

Essay
02 September 2020
a laptop open to a presentation and written notes/sketches in front of it
By
Michelle Souza

Michelle Souza looks at how costume designers and educators can dismantle the status quo of Western-focused, chronological teaching of historical garments and move toward a pedagogy that acknowledges and honors diversity, intersectionality, and globalism.

Essay
30 May 2023
Five people performing in a large room with black walls covered in random items.
By
Iphigenia Taxopoulou

Iphigenia Taxopoulou discusses the need for increased environmental literacy in the performing arts sector and describes many forward-thinking initiatives that train students and professionals alike for ecological transition.

Essay
23 March 2023
A performer wearing black and a mask standing on top of a box with arms in the air.
By
Katie Butler

Theatre artist and educator Katie Butler discusses the need to recalibrate movement practice toward accessibility and body autonomy, and shares her own experience navigating changes in her body’s abilities.

Essay
18 October 2021
A woman cutting a girl's hair.
By
Eve Bernfeld

Eve Bernfeld discusses creating a culture of care in her Alexander Technique classes by paying attention to embodiment. She asks: What if we heal the false rift between mind and body in our theatre making and training?

Essay
14 October 2021
Three actors sitting on white cubes onstage.
By
Kimberly Messer

Kim Messer writes about the potential impact that anti-trans laws aimed at school athletics could have a broader impact on theatre students. To prepare themselves to advocate for students, theatre educators must deepen their own understanding of these policies.

Essay
23 October 2023
A large group of people standing in a circle on a stage with one person crouched in the center.
By
Sofia Lindgren Galloway

Theatre educator Sofia Lindgren Galloway explores the complicated question of whether one should use content warnings when teaching theatre, and offers an approach for others to consider.

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