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HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 14h

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 2d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 6d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 7d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 8d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 9d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 12d

An excellent read—and a nice shoutout to HowlRound, if we do say at ourselves!

Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 19d

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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HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 13d

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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🌸Solaris🌸 @soleilsolaris.bsky.social · 18d

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Write to the Future→

|Georgina EscobarGeorgina HL Escobar believes the impossible can be written into existence and shares that the power of imagination is the first step towards active realization.

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 14d

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 ...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 15d

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...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 16d

"Lass uns die Welt vergessen: Volksoper 1938" stages Austria’s fascist past, reckoning with the ghosts of Nazism. For Jordan Schildcrout, the docudrama-metamusical becomes an opportunity to interrogate Austria’s history—and to imagine the future of the United States.⁠ howlround.com/fascism-phan...

Fascism, Phantoms, and the Future

|Jordan SchildcroutLass uns die Welt vergessen: Volksoper 1938 stages Austria’s fascist past, reckoning with the ghosts of Nazism and their legacies. For Jordan Schildcrout, the docudrama-metamusical ...

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Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social · 19d

#HispanicHeritageMonth Thinking back to that time during lockdown when Colman Domingo gave an hour-long talk and conversation on playwriting. He was so gracious and encouraging. Free to watch on @howlround.bsky.social
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#LatinSky #theatre #teatro #theatrebsky #theatresky

Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo

A Latinx-led playwriting series featuring writers/theatremakers from across the U.S.|Tlaloc Rivas presented the Latinx Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Colman Domingo livestreamed on the global, com...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 19d

Co-founders Gabi Sanchez and Erlina Ortiz share their journeys of co-founding Power Street Theatre; being lifelong business partners; and creating a multicultural, community-centered theatre company in Philadelphia.⁠ #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky
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Reclaiming Power in Community with Gabi Sanchez and Erlina Ortiz

|Yura Sapi, Gabriela Sanchez , Erlina OrtizCo-founders Gabi Sanchez and Erlina Ortiz share their journeys of co-founding Power Street Theatre; being lifelong business partners; and creating a multicul...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 21d

Ada Mukhina sits down with global artists and theatremakers—Kiyo Gutiérrez from Mexico, Teddy Mangawa from Zimbabwe, Dijana Milošević from Serbia, and Trà Nguyễn from Vietnam—to discuss their strategies for incorporating both care and risk in performance. #theatre howlround.com/taking-care-...

Taking Care, Taking Risks

|Kiyo Gutiérrez, Teddy Mangawa, Dijana Milosevic, Ada Mukhína, Tra NguyenAda Mukhina sits down with global artists and theatremakers—Kiyo Gutiérrez from Mexico, Teddy Mangawa from Zimbabwe, Dijana Mil...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 22d

The playful, passionate demonstrations and symbols that arose from Hungary's Freeszfe movement inspired artists globally. Todd London and László Upor discuss the movement’s many examples of how artists can use their talents to stand up to tyranny. #theatre #theater ⁠ howlround.com/government-t...

The Government Took Over Their University. Here's How These Students Fought Back.

|Todd London, László UporFrom a four-mile-long human chain to a torchlight ceremony in the rain—the playful, passionate demonstrations and symbols that arose from Hungary's Freeszfe movement inspired ...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 23d

Cynthia Schneider reviews artists’ influence on political change in the twentieth century and today, tracing an evolution of cultural diplomacy toward local artists. Her talk serves as a reminder of what culture-bearers can accomplish. #theatre #theater #theatresky howlround.com/why-soft-pow...

Why Soft Power Is Not So Soft

|Cynthia P. SchneiderCynthia Schneider reviews artists’ influence on political change in the twentieth century and today, tracing an evolution of cultural diplomacy toward local artists. Her talk, ori...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 26d

Faculty and students at Dennis Osadebay University adapted a poem about ending cultural pollution into a play about the consequences of environmental pollution. In this essay, members of the team reflect on this production and its efficacy. howlround.com/theatre-part...

Theatre as a Partner in Environmental Sustainability Awareness in Delta State, Nigeria

|Dennis OBIRE, Cornelius Onyekaba , Eseovwe EmakunuTo raise awareness of environmentally destructive behaviors in their community, faculty and students at Dennis Osadebay University adapted a poem abo...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 28d

Junior Programs, Inc taught the values of democracy and diversity to children across the United States through a model that featured comprehensive educational partnerships. Joan Lancourt offers their approach as a potential inspiration for the contemporary moment.⁠ howlround.com/junior-progr...

Junior Programs, Inc. Taught Kids About Democracy and Racial Equity. Can It Teach Us to Use TYA to Build a Better Future for the United States?

|Joan LancourtJunior Programs, Inc brought the values of democracy and racial and ethnic diversity to children across the United States through an innovative, decentralized model that featured compreh...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · 29d

HERO Theatre founder Elisa Bocanegra reflects on mentor-mentee relationships, becoming an ancestor, and healing through the arts. Rooted between the Los Angeles Latine community and Bogotá, Colombia, Elisa’s theatre work is full of hope and trust in the disorder.⁠ howlround.com/hope-vehicle...

Hope as a Vehicle for Creation with Elisa Bocanegra

|Yura Sapi, Elisa BocanegraHERO Theatre founder Elisa Bocanegra reflects on mentor-mentee relationships, becoming an ancestor, and healing through the arts. Rooted between the Los Angeles Latine commu...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dávid Somló discusses key trends in the growing field of spatially focused transdisciplinary performances that center audience experience, highlighting examples across several potential directions for this work. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky⁠ howlround.com/choreographi...

Choreographing Attention in Spatial-Relational Practices

|Dávid SomlóDávid Somló discusses key trends in the growing field of spatially focused transdisciplinary performances that center audience experience, highlighting examples across several potential di...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · Sep 4

Several characters are played by one performer in I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan. Arseniy Fariatiev argues that the play does the opposite for the director, splitting directorial labor across several production roles.⁠ #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/does-im-assu...

Does I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan Bring a Theatre of the Director to the American Stage?

|Arseniy FariatievSeveral characters are played by one performer in I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan. In an analysis that spans from ancient Greece to contemporary Russia, Arseniy Fariatiev argue...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oakley Boycott’s SENSES build community in the mountains of Wyoming. Anne Mason tracks the development of the series—including SILENCE, ECHO, and NOISE—and the ways SENSES makes space for participants to rage or write or sit in contemplation and collectivity. #theatre howlround.com/senses-are-p...

The SENSES Are Present in Boycott’s Endurance Art Series

|Anne MasonThrough one-on-one transformational encounters, Oakley Boycott’s SENSES build community in the mountains of Wyoming. Anne Mason tracks the development of the series—including SILENCE, ECHO,...

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you for sharing!!

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Nancy Cooper FrankenSTEEN @ncooperfrank.bsky.social · Sep 2

HowlRound Theatre Commons is committed to amplifying the voices and perspectives of theatremakers around the world. Follow for in-depth interviews like this one

HowlRound Theatre Commons @howlround.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hakawati founder Sona Tatoyan tells the story of her great-great-grandfather, growing up during the Armenian genocide, spending summers in Aleppo, and how art is an inheritance. #theatre #theater #theatresky #theatersky howlround.com/storytelling...

Storytelling Alchemy with Sona Tatoyan

|Yura Sapi, Sona TatoyanHakawati founder Sona Tatoyan tells the story of her great-great-grandfather, growing up during the Armenian genocide, spending summers in Aleppo, and how art is an inheritance...