Mellon & HowlRound Announce 2nd Round of Playwright Residencies
The program will support 18 playwrights at host theatres around the country.
All Stories About HowlRound
How to Diversify U.S. Stages in One Fell Swoop: The Jubilee Has a Radical Plan
An initiative inviting theatres to produce only work by underrepresented voices for an entire season—and no straight white males—has excited interest and controversy.
New England Foundation for the Arts Receives Doris Duke Grant
NEFA will continue its efforts to bridge the gap between the military and their communities through the arts.
Latina/o Theatre Commons to Stage a Carnaval of New Work in July
New readings by Matthew Paul Olmos, Octavio Solis, Marisela Treviño Orta and more to be presented at the Latina/o new works festival.
A National Database of New Plays? Coming Right Up
Can the New Play Exchange bring transparency and efficiency to the play-submission process? That’s the idea, and soon it will be a reality.
Encuentro 2014 Makes a National Case for Latino Theatre
An historic gathering of Latina/o theatremakers put the focus firmly on the work and let the politics—including the identity politics—emerge, or not, from there.
Artists of Color Stand Up Against Discrimination in the Field
Diep Tran talks to theatre artists of color strategizing for access and representation
20 Questions with Suzan-Lori Parks
Suzan-Lori Parks discusses ‘Porgy and Bess,’ writing and what is under her bed.
The Commons Touch
Thanks to a triumvirate of forward-lookers, a think tank grows in Boston.
