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How Cultural Resistance for Palestine Makes Revolution Irresistible

Essay

How Cultural Resistance for Palestine Makes Revolution Irresistible

by Beto O'Byrne

15 May 2024

Book Talk: We Started a Nightclub

Video

Book Talk: We Started a Nightclub

The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge

Thursday 23 May 2024

New York City

World Voices

Video

World Voices

Displacement Plays from Uganda, Lebanon, West Africa, Haiti and Ukranian Playwrights Project

Monday 13 May 2024

New York City

Black Acting Methods with Sharrell D. Luckett

Segal

Center

Video

Black Acting Methods with Sharrell D. Luckett

Monday 29 October 2018

New York City

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Black Acting Methods with Sharrell D. Luckett livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 29 October at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

Performer looking a snow falling on stage

Orhan Pamuk’s Snow

Segal

Center

Video

Orhan Pamuk’s Snow

Staged Reading and Conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)

Wednesday 24 October 2018

New York City

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Orhan Pamuk’s Snow: Staged Reading and Conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 24 October at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

naked performer doing an acrobatic move in the middle of a crowded set

Conversation with Vegard Vinge (Norway) + Ida Müller (Germany) at the Martin E. Segal Center in New York City

Segal

Center

Video

Conversation with Vegard Vinge (Norway) + Ida Müller (Germany) at the Martin E. Segal Center in New York City

Monday 22 October 2018

New York City

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented a talk with Vegard Vinge (Norway) + Ida Müller (Germany) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 22 October at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

The Prelude 2018 Festival

Segal

Center

Video

The Prelude 2018 Festival

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City

Thursday 4 October - Saturday 6 October 2018

New York City

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents the Prelude 2018 Festival in New York City livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Thursday 4 October - Saturday 6 October 2018.

Towards Arab Dramaturgies Symposium

Segal

Center

Video

Towards Arab Dramaturgies Symposium

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City

Thursday 27 September 2018

New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents the Towards Arab Dramaturgies symposium livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 27 September and Friday 28 September. Follow @HowlRound on Twitter for updates, and use #howlround.

A conversation with playwright and novelist Michael Frayn

Segal

Center

The Leon Levy Center for Biography

Video

A conversation with playwright and novelist Michael Frayn

The Leon Levy Center for Biography in New York City

25 September 2018

New York City, NY, United States

The Leon Levy Center for Biography and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center co-present playwright and novelist Michael Frayn, author of sixteen plays, including Noises Off, Copenhagen and Democracy, in conversation with Frank Hentschker, Executive Director and Director of Programs livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 25 September at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisc0) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

Working Like a Mother

Rachel

Bonds

Essay

Working Like a Mother

11 September 2018

Playwright Rachel Bonds reflects on being a working artist since the birth of her son, and maps out tips for theatres working with other parent-artists.

Clowning While Female

Boderlands

Theater

Video

Clowning While Female

A Conversation at the Brick Theater in New York City

Sunday 9 September 2018

Borderlands Theater, Tuscon, AZ, United States

Clowns Ex Machina (Kendall Cornell, Artistic Director) presented the panel Clowning While Female: A Conversation as part of the Brick Theater’s New York Clown Theatre on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 9 September at 12:00 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 2:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:00 p.m. EDT (New York).

Breaking Away from the Institution

Abigail

Warhus

Essay

Breaking Away from the Institution

How to Take Control of Your Education

5 September 2018

Theatre student Abigail Warhus talks about feeling stuck at university and taking her education into her own hands.

The Meet the Writers panel from Middle Eastern MixFest

Atlantic Theater Company

Video

The Meet the Writers panel from Middle Eastern MixFest

Atlantic Theater Company in New York

Wednesday 8 August 2018

New York City, NY, United States

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presented the Panel: “MEET THE WRITERS” of Middle Eastern MixFest livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 8 August at 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York).

Playing Around with Nineteenth-Century Theatre in Dr. Robert Davis’s Broadway: 1849

Podcast

Playing Around with Nineteenth-Century Theatre in Dr. Robert Davis’s Broadway: 1849

Theatre History Podcast #65

25 July 2018

Could you make it as the manager of a New York City theatre in the 1840s? That's the question that Dr. Robert Davis's game and app Broadway:1849 poses to players. Robert joins us to talk about the rough-and-tumble world of New York's antebellum theatre.

The Dancer-Citizen Live 2018

The Dancer-Citizen

Video

The Dancer-Citizen Live 2018

MOVING THE MAP

Sunday 24 June 2018

Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, United States; Hamburg, Germany

The Dancer-Citizen presented MOVING THE MAP livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 24 June starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 10:30 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11:30 a.m. EDT (New York) / 17:30 GMT+2 (Hamburg)

Seventeen Thoughts (in Random Order) about Neo-Futurism and Experimental Theatre

Rob

Neill

Essay

Seventeen Thoughts (in Random Order) about Neo-Futurism and Experimental Theatre

23 July 2018

Rob Neill, founding ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists, shares his thoughts on the company’s process, devising work, and creating rituals in theatre.

Puerto Rico, Politics, and the Diaspora in Magdalena Gomez's Dancing in My Cockroach Killers

Noe

Montez

Essay

Puerto Rico, Politics, and the Diaspora in Magdalena Gomez's Dancing in My Cockroach Killers

22 July 2018

Noe Montez interviews ensemble members from New York's Pregones Theatre on Dancing in My Cockroach Killers, which ran from 7 June to 1 July 2018 at the GALA Theatre in Washington, DC.

Red Hills and the Question of Who Gets to Tell What Stories

Bertie

Ferdman

Essay

Red Hills and the Question of Who Gets to Tell What Stories

15 July 2018

Bertie Ferdman looks at En Garde Arts’ production of Red Hills, which explores the question: “Who has the right to tell what stories?”

Looking for “Lesbians” in God of Vengeance and Indecent

Warren

Hoffman

Essay

Looking for “Lesbians” in God of Vengeance and Indecent

3 July 2018

Writer Warren Hoffman dives into the history of God of Vengeance, the Yiddish play from 1907 that inspired Paula Vogel's Indecent, and the questions around language and sexuality the play raised and continues to raise.

Pride Voices: New Plays from Taiwan with Li-Ying Chien and Pao-Chang Tsai

Segal

Center

Video

Pride Voices: New Plays from Taiwan with Li-Ying Chien and Pao-Chang Tsai

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center

Tuesday 26 June 2018

New York City, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented the Pride Voices: New Plays from Taiwan with Li-Ying Chien and Pao-Chang Tsai livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 26 June at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco). Follow @HowlRound on Twitter for updates, and use #howlround.

Eating the Rich

Cassidy Dawn

Graves

Essay

Eating the Rich

Sweeney Todd’s Vicious Capitalism

18 June 2018

Cassidy Dawn Graves writes about the anti-capitalist narrative present in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the significance of producing the musical in 2018.

“The Camera is My Beloved”

Essay

“The Camera is My Beloved”

Michelle Memran Creates Documentary Art with María Irene Fornés

12 June 2018

Journalist and filmmaker Michelle Memran reflects upon the easy beginning, the messy middle, the focused concluding months, and MOMA premiere screening of her documentary dreamscape film The Rest I Make Up about her great friend, the beloved playwright and teacher María Irene Fornés.

The Boys in the Band and the Limitations of Gay History on Stage

Jonathan

Mandell

Essay

The Boys in the Band and the Limitations of Gay History on Stage

7 June 2018

Jonathan Mandell writes about The Boys in the Band, The Gentleman Caller, and 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous, and discusses their portrayal of gay male characters.

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights

Todd

London

Essay

A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights

Carlyle Brown

4 June 2018

Todd London celebrates playwright Carlyle Brown, who recently won the William Inge Theater Festival’s award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater.

Working With(In) Communities/ Trabajando Con y Para la Comunidad

Essay

Working With(In) Communities/ Trabajando Con y Para la Comunidad

Modeling Decolonized Practices/Las Practicas Hacia La Descolonización

31 May 2018

Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian talks with representatives of organizations which are intentionally working towards decolonized practices.

Contemporary Theatre + Performance in Puerto Rico post María

Segal

Center

Video

Contemporary Theatre + Performance in Puerto Rico post María

Thursday 24 May 2018

New York City, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Contemporary Theatre + Performance in Puerto Rico post María livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 24 May at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco). Follow @HowlRound on Twitter for updates, and use #howlround.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

Public Theater

Video

Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work from The Public Theater

A playwriting masterclass.

Monday 21 May 2018

New York City, NY, United States

Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 21 May at 2 p.m. PDT (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CDT (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EDT (Montréal, UTC -5) / 9 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 22:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

How R.Evolución Latina is Reinventing the Bard

Jose

Solís

Essay

How R.Evolución Latina is Reinventing the Bard

21 May 2018

Jose Solís explores R.Evolución Latina’s production To Be or Not to Be, the culminating project of the company’s spring 2018 workshop, which brought Latinx artists from all over to New York to create a piece based on Shakespeare’s texts.