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Canales Abiertos 2023: El Cruce | Open Channels 2023: The Crossing
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Canales Abiertos 2023: El Cruce | Open Channels 2023: The Crossing
Finding Our Place in the Caribbean Cultural Landscape
Sunday 14 January 2024
New Orleans, Santiago de Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo
New Orleans’s Intramural Theater Centers Consent in Their Devising Model
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New Orleans’s Intramural Theater Centers Consent in Their Devising Model
by Amelia Parenteau
19 December 2023
On Producing an International Tour During a Global Pandemic
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On Producing an International Tour During a Global Pandemic
by Amelia Parenteau
24 July 2023
Gumbo in a large round bowl.
A Gathering in the Roux
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A Gathering in the Roux

The Makings of a New Orleans Slam Team

20 January 2013
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MicroFest USA: New Orleans at the Network of Ensemble Theaters
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MicroFest USA: New Orleans at the Network of Ensemble Theaters

Friday 18 January - Sunday 20 January 2013
New Orleans, LA, United States

Network of Ensemble Theaters' MicroFest USA: New Orleans was livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Friday 18 January to Sunday 20 January 2013.

The Evolution of The Graduates
Essay

The Evolution of The Graduates

19 January 2013

Randals writes about theatre created by women who have personal relationships with America’s criminal justice system who seek to inform their audiences to incarceration’s effects.

Poster reading "Endless Gaycation" featuring a figure wearing sunglasses and a one-piece swimsuit and leaning to one side.
If You Lived Here You’d Be Homo Now
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If You Lived Here You’d Be Homo Now

Queer Performativity in New Orleans

18 January 2013

Ace Falcor examines the queerness of New Orleans, and what it means to be a queer performer in the city where anything goes.

Interview with Carol Bebelle
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Interview with Carol Bebelle

18 January 2013

Carol Bebelle, co-founder of Ashé Cultural Arts Center discusses community and vision New Orleans.

Torres-Tama, in costume, holding a mask and a wooden cylinder.
Speaking the Unspoken
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Speaking the Unspoken

Invisible Latino Immigrants of the Reconstruction & St. Claude A Gentrification Tool)

18 January 2013

Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers explores the persecution of immigrants, and segregation of art in New Orleans.

A parade float that looks like a king moves through a massive crowd in the street.
Take it To The Street
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Take it To The Street

Parading and Theater Making in New Orleans

17 January 2013

How does the culture of parading—both watching and participating in parades— affect, create, and sustain the New Orleans New Work ecosystem?

Assembling. Since 2006.
Essay

Assembling. Since 2006.

16 January 2013

What makes New Orleans a unique and thriving frings theatre scene, despite the lack of financial and institutional resources to support them?

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Southern Rep's Wild Ride
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Southern Rep's Wild Ride

16 January 2013

After a year of turmoil for Southern Rep Theatre, holding onto their mission kept them at bay. It became a time to reflect on New Orlean’s great community.

Lockdown
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Lockdown

Stories of Race and Education in New Orleans

15 January 2013

In the wake of racial discrimination in New Orleans' education system, Lockdown was created to give a voice to the kids in the back of the class.

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Weekly Howl on Thursday, January 17
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Weekly Howl on Thursday, January 17

New Orleans Theater

14 January 2013

Let's discuss theatre in the Big Easy! Join the Weekly Howl using #newplay

A row of colorful buildings in New Orleans named Rainbow Row.
Play and Placemaking in New Orleans
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Play and Placemaking in New Orleans

14 January 2013

New Orleans is a perfect storm of topography, personality, and technology to allow theatremakers and artists to thrive.

A parade float that looks like a king moves through a massive crowd in the street.
Turning Problems Into Parades
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Turning Problems Into Parades

14 January 2013

Nick Slie gives an overview of New Orlean's theatre climate.

New Orleans Hip Hop & Charter Schools in Catch the Wall
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New Orleans Hip Hop & Charter Schools in Catch the Wall

Friday 22 June 2012
New Orleans, LA, United States

Contemporary Arts Center presented Catch the Wall's workshop livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 22 June 2012 5:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 7:30 CST (New Orleans) / 8:30 EDT (New York) / 00:30 GMT (Saturday 23 June) / 9:30 a.m. KST (Seoul - Saturday 23 June) / 10:30 a.m. EST (Sydney - Saturday 23 June).

Four actors perform in a play, they wear mostly ripped clothing
The Bounty of Big Institutions and the Glory of Grass Roots
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The Bounty of Big Institutions and the Glory of Grass Roots

30 January 2011

Playwright Lisa D'Amour considers the inherent differences between big institutions and grassroots theatres, and the possibilities that could arise were the two to collaborate.

New Orleans, Louisiana
Series

New Orleans, Louisiana

A series featuring voices from in and around New Orleans's theatre community.