In Sing Sing, theatre is a humanity-affirming, hope-giving act. Watching the film, though, I was reminded that theatre is not inherently humanity-affirming or hope-giving. As with anything, it is a tool shaped by those who wield it, and how, and...
Nabra Nelson: Salam Alaikum. Welcome to Kunafa and Shay, a podcast produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. Kunafa and Shay discusses and analyzes contemporary and historical Middle Eastern and North African, or MENA,...
While Pitbull’s concert is the setting, the play focuses on these two Cuban Jewish families—one escaping the hurricane, another who caused it. Pitbull’s concert is being supported and endorsed by members of Corporate Miami, who are deeply invested in the...
Deb: I started with them and then Ellie Kovan called me up, "Do you want to do a solo show?" I was like, "I can't do a solo. No." She said, "Do you want to do it on the seventeenth...
The version of Radiate we discuss here is an hourlong live performance presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as part of their LookOut Series in February 2024. This was supported largely by a 2023 Production Residency awarded to Maggie by the...
Nabra: That’s really exciting, and I have a couple follow-up questions, which is, first of all, how did you find out that you both are obsessed with Paradise Lost? And also what does it mean to be obsessed with Paradise...
The iCoDaCo 2024-2027 series of online conferences will explore, throughout the 4-year project, what sustainability means in the context of artistic practice, considering everything from time management and self-care to navigating political and social pressures, from the environmental disaster to...
Jeffrey Mosser: Welcome to another episode of the From The Ground Up podcast produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. I'm your host, Jeffrey Mosser, recording from the ancestral homeland of the Potawatomi Ho-Chunk,...
Nabra Nelson: Salam Alaikum. Welcome to Kunafa and Shay, a podcast produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. Kunafa and Shay discusses and analyzes contemporary and historical Middle Eastern and North African, or MENA,...
4:00 p.m. EST: Reading of The People Before the Park + discussion6:30 p.m. EST: Conversation with Keith Josef Adkins7:30 p.m. EST: The Heat Will Kill Everything, a solo piece written and performed by Keith Josef Adkins + DiscussionThe People Before...
