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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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November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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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November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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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October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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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October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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. ⁠
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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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October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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October 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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October 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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. #theatrehowlround.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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October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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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October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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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October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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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October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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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September 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Since her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social service, she writes, she has cultivated a community that wants to show up. #theatre
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Reshaping a Rural College Theatre Program
|Jayme KilburnSince her arrival at a small liberal arts college in Kentucky, Jayme Kilburn has grown its theatre program into a valued local cultural institution. By positioning theatre as a social se...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
An excellent read—and a nice shoutout to HowlRound, if we do say at ourselves!
My article on how the performing arts can be incorporated as a method for public humanities has just been published in the online, open-access journal, Public Humanities. Free to download. #publichumanities #AcademicSky #PerformingArts #HigherEd #theatre #arts
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September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In Ryan “Oki” Naka’s hands The Golden Girls are reinvented as “The Golden Gays”: four queer Hawaiians navigating middle age in Waikiki Beach. Through love, friendship, and resistance, the characters in Ryan Okinaka's The Golden Gays overcome their challenges together. ⁠ howlround.com/holding-lett...
Holding On, Letting Go, and Moving Forward with Ryan Okinaka's The Golden Gays
|Tiến NguyễnIn Ryan “Oki” Naka’s hands The Golden Girls are reinvented as “The Golden Gays”: four queer Hawaiians navigating middle age in Waikiki Beach. Through love, friendship, and resistance, Nguy...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Xhloe and Natasha made Edinburgh Festival Fringe history with three consecutive award-winning shows. Jonathan Mandell sits down with the duo to discuss the energy, strategy, and effort required to take the world’s largest arts festival by storm.⁠ #theatre #theater howlround.com/xhloe-and-na...
Xhloe and Natasha on the Fringe
|Jonathan MandellXhloe and Natasha made Edinburgh Festival Fringe history with three consecutive award-winning shows, but even the most successful Fringe acts struggle to break even. Jonathan Mandell ...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Chels Morgan, founder of Intimacy by Chels Morgan, speaks on accessibility within theatre spaces for neuroexpansive and disabled folks, creating your own opportunities, and the importance of intimacy movement education, cultural competency, and a justice framework.⁠
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Reframing Accessibility in Intimacy Coordination with Chels Morgan
|Yura Sapi, Chels MorganChels Morgan, founder of Intimacy by Chels Morgan, speaks on accessibility within theatre spaces for nueroexpansive and disabled folks, creating your own opportunities, and the...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM