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HowlRound Theatre Commons

HowlRound Theatre Commons is a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide that amplifies progressive, disruptive ideas about the art form and facilitates connection between diverse practitioners.

 

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Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay
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Weekly Howl on hashtag #newplay

How do current social and political events impact our role as artists?

15 July 2013

This week's topic is: How do current social and political events impact our role as artists? and will be moderated by Dominic D'Andrea @DominicDAndrea and Gus Schulenburg @GusSchulenburg.

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay
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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay

Technology is transforming the practice of theater. How can we invite technological change and not lose our way?—Thurs, July 11

9 July 2013

This week's topic is: "Technology is transforming the practice of theater. How can we invite technological change and not lose our way?"

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Let's "Put the Equity Back into Sweat Equity"—Be a part of building a new arts economy at CultureCoin.org
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Let's "Put the Equity Back into Sweat Equity"—Be a part of building a new arts economy at CultureCoin.org

1 July 2013

Howlround crowdsources to help make better decisions in how they can support a better arts economy.

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay
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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay

"Impact of the Internet on Artistic Legitimacy, Prestige, Status"—Thurs, June 27

24 June 2013

This week's topic is: "Artistic Legitimacy, Prestige, Status & How It is Changing". What are the social dynamics that impact the lives of artists, organizations, and their work? Are they changing in the 21st Century?

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay
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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay

Community, You're Curating This! Topic: TBD by you—Thursday, June 20

17 June 2013

This week's topic is: To Be Determined by You! Tweet us topics @HowlRound and we'll collectively decide which one to run with on Thursday.

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay
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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay

Making a career in the arts, making a living in the arts—Thursday, June 13

10 June 2013

This week's Howl covers the topic of making a career in the arts and making a living in the arts

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 30
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 30

Culture Coin & the HowlRound Voting Surge!

28 May 2013

This week's activity will be a voting rally and open discussion forum about the Culture Coin project that HowlRound is proposing in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual Challenge.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 23
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 23

Culture Coin & Making the Not-for-Profit Arts Economy Work for Artists

20 May 2013

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens in real-time on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.

The topic for this week's Howl will be about how we—together as a field—can rapidly intervene to make the not-for-profit arts economy work for all artists through the Culture Coin project that HowlRound is proposing in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual Challenge.

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Vote for this project
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Vote for this project

Let's put the "equity" back into not-for-profit "sweat equity"

15 May 2013

Vote for HowRound's CULTURE COIN in the ArtsFwd Business Unusual Challenge

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 16
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 16

Best & Worst Practices in Commercial/Not-for Profit Theater Partnerships

13 May 2013

The topic for this week's Howl will be Best & Worst Practices in Commercial/Not-for Profit Theater Partnerships: What's working well? What needs to change? We'll be using Tory Bailey's article Response to In the Intersection as a starting point.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 9
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 9

"Intellectual Property: How is it benefiting you, your arts community, the world?"—a Twitter chat using hashtag #newplay

6 May 2013

An underlying assumption we want to examine is that the not-for-profit arts community is best served by adopting the market-based economy and legal system that supports and protects intellectual property.

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Why This Playwright, Why This Theater?
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Why This Playwright, Why This Theater?

29 April 2013

In March, HowlRound hosted the first cohort meeting for the Mellon Foundation's playwright residencies. While we had folks in Boston, we decided to ask some of them just how their particular partnership came together. Why this playwright, why this theater, why now?

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 2
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, May 2

"Gender Parity Advocacy: Best Practices & Concrete Ideas"—a #newplay chat

29 April 2013

Time for action. This Weekly Howl focuses on concrete ideas and practices for achieving Gender Parity in the theatre.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 25
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 25

Gender Parity—a Twitter chat using hashtag #newplay

22 April 2013

Brad Erickson and Laura Brueckner modderate this week's Howl on Gender Parity

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 18
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 18

"Austin's Maker Culture"—a convo on hashtag #newplay

15 April 2013

Travis Bedard @travisbedard—curator of this week's HowlRound Journalism Series on Austin, Texas—will be moderating this Thurday's conversation about "Austin and its Maker Culture"

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 11
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, April 11

What's On Your Mind? Volunteer to moderate this week's #newplay chat

8 April 2013

The Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.*

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Meet the Commons Producers
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Meet the Commons Producers

8 April 2013

Meet the Common Producers! They will help track the fourteen playwrights in residencies at HowlRound across the country.

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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay—Topic
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Weekly Howl on Twitter hashtag #newplay—Topic

Theater Criticism and Journalism

1 April 2013

This week's Howl is going to tackle the topic of theatre criticism and journalism

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Call for Video Snapshots
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Call for Video Snapshots

What does HowlRound mean to you?

27 March 2013

What does HowlRound mean to you? Join us as we gather video snapshots of our community – we need your voice!

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 28
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 28

What's On Your Mind? Suggest Topics for this week's #newplay chat

25 March 2013

Join this week's Howl on Dario Fo's World Theatre Day message

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Live on #NEWPLAY TV
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Live on #NEWPLAY TV

Latinx Theater Commons Steering Committee Convening

21 March 2013

Livestreaming of the Latinx Theater Commons Steering Committee on updating the American narrative of Latina/os in the theatre.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 21
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 21

What's On Your Mind? Suggest Topics for this week's #newplay chat

18 March 2013

This week we want to hear what's on your mind! Write to us about what you think the upcoming Weekly Howl should focus on.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 14
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 14

How do you see black theater in the 21st Century?

10 March 2013

This week's Howl centers around the state of black theater in the United States

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 7
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, March 7

What's On Your Mind? Suggest Topics for this week's #newplay chat

4 March 2013

Tell us what you want to talk about for the upcoming Weekly Howl!

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, February 28
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, February 28

How are you going to adapt & thrive in the context of not-for-profit arts funding scarcity?

25 February 2013

Let's discuss how the arts can thrive in a world of cuts to arts funding and general economic austerity.