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Welcome to HowlRound

Your hub for global theatre conversations

We're a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide, and we've been amplifying progressive and disruptive ideas about theatre and facilitating connections between diverse practitioners for more than a decade. We function as a “commons”—a social structure that invites open participation around shared values.

All of the content (essays, videos, podcasts) on HowlRound comes from the theatre community who chooses to participate—that means you! Generosity from our community allows us to keep all our programs 100% free and open, and enables us to compensate our contributors—send us a donation to help support our continued work.

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Quantum Leap with Renee Harrison
Podcast

Quantum Leap with Renee Harrison

30 May 2024

​​In this episode, Renee Harrison, founder of Black Girls Do Theater, discusses evolving the theatre industry, envisioning a post-liberation future, and embracing radical transformation. Renee shares how she fosters community and collaboration in theatre. This conversation inspires you to envision and create a more inclusive, innovative theatre landscape. Tune in for visionary insights and empowerment to quantum leap into new possibilities.

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How Theatre Can Create Positive Change in Our Food Systems
Essay

How Theatre Can Create Positive Change in Our Food Systems

29 May 2024

Food Tank’s Little Peasants bridged theatre and advocacy by staging an interactive play set during a union vote at a fictional international coffee chain. Elena Morris discusses the play’s development process and its place in the theatre-based food systems advocacy strategies employed by the nonprofit Food Tank.

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Collaborating and Confronting the Able-Bodied Gaze in Herein Lies the Truth 
Essay

Collaborating and Confronting the Able-Bodied Gaze in Herein Lies the Truth 

28 May 2024

Rob Silverman Ascher chronicles the collaboration between Aaron Pang, a non-fiction storyteller with no formal theatrical training, and Johanna Kasimow, a director with a background in devising and physical theatre, on Herein Lies the Truth: Pang’s story that centers around sex and disability and confronts able-bodied expectations of what a disabled performer ought to share.

Upcoming Livestreams

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Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work
Video

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 3 June 2024
New York City

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 join at home, at school, or in a coffee shop from anywhere in the world!

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Champions of Transition: A Panel on Succession Planning, Leadership Changes, and Foundational Shifts
Video

Champions of Transition: A Panel on Succession Planning, Leadership Changes, and Foundational Shifts

A.R.T./New York's Spring Summit, Panel One

Tuesday 4 June 2024
New York

A.R.T./New York convenes their 2024 Spring Summit, UNCHARTED: Leading Beyond The Path to encourage solution-sharing and strengthen relationships across New York’s nonprofit theatre community, as we build our shared, prosperous and sustainable future. This multi-day event will be an opportunity for collective learning, relationship building, solution sharing, and, perhaps most importantly, joyful social events!

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The Advocators: Forging Paths to Better Pay! A Panel Discussion
Video

The Advocators: Forging Paths to Better Pay! A Panel Discussion

A.R.T./New York's Spring Summit, Panel Two

Wednesday 5 June 2024
New York

A.R.T./New York convenes their 2024 Spring Summit, UNCHARTED: Leading Beyond The Path to encourage solution-sharing and strengthen relationships across New York’s nonprofit theatre community, as we build our shared, prosperous and sustainable future. This multi-day event will be an opportunity for collective learning, relationship building, solution sharing, and, perhaps most importantly, joyful social events!

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