Nick Vaughan and husband and artistic partner Jake Margolin were set to be the first artists in the Momentary’s residency schedule to physically work from the newly opened venue. Since the closure, the pair have been working closely with Momentary staff to arrange an effective and engaging virtual residency. More…
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The Harvard Gazette: After America reopens, a healthy roadmap for theater
A.R.T.’s Paulus and Chan School’s Allen collaborate on a dynamic, evolving plan to ensure public safety and the life of performing art. More…
Livestreaming REAL TALK! A guided response to Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance, a tentatively-titled, living document-in-progress
Livestreaming REAL TALK!, a guided response to Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance, a tentatively-titled, living document-in-progress, livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 14 May 2020 at 12 p.m. HST (Hawaii, UTC-10) / 2 p.m. AKDT (Juneau, UTC-8) / 3 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 5 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 6 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4). Produced by Abrons Arts Center and The Creating New Futures Working Group. More…
Dance Magazine: Has Anyone Asked Artists What They Need?
By Raja Feather Kelly | May 11, 2020
It’s Monday, May 4, 2020 at 6:20 pm and I start a text chain with 10 artists I find in my phone. I’m at home, I am bored, and I am in this sort of limbo with myself. Dusty Springfield has been on repeat. In my head. My love-letter-slash-sad-love-song to New York City right now: I just don’t know what to do with myself. More…
The Arts Respond to COVID-19
Boston University’s Arts Administration program has compiling media items related to the pandemic, aiming to highlight the creativity of our field in these listings of streaming performances, virtual exhibitions, and media reports of the ways in which the crisis is affecting the arts community – and the ways in which artists and arts organizations are responding. We are also tracking community resources to support artists and arts organizations in these difficult times. More…
Podcast: Revolutionizing the Way You Hear Theatre with Iyvon Edebiri of The Parsnip Ship and Playwright Andrew Rincón
From HowlRound’s Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast: The first half of this episode features Iyvon Edebiri (Baruch MA Arts Administration ’17), the Artistic Director and host of The Parsnip Ship, a series of new plays and new music performed live each month in Brooklyn and then released as a free podcast. The second half of this episode features Andrew Rincón, a playwright who was featured on The Parsnip Ship and whose play, I Wanna F**k like Romeo and Juliet is one of their most downloaded episodes. I Wanna F**k Like Romeo and Juliet will be produced on stage at New Light Theatre Project in New York City this May. More…
Making Art During a Pandemic: Theaters Seek and Share Mini-Plays
Nonprofits around the country plan to commission works of no longer than 10 minutes that can be read or performed by people sheltering in place. More…
American Theatre: Theatre by Any Other Name
Beyond simply streaming filmed stage productions, artists are getting creative in connecting with audiences and each other in a quarantined world. More…
American Theatre Wing Establishes COVID-19 Response Effort For Off Broadway & Regional Theater; Obie Awards Go Virtual
The American Theatre Wing has announced the first phase of its National COVID-19 Response Effort, including rapid funding mechanisms to support Off and Off Off Broadway as well as the nation’s regional theater community. More…
While we isolate, let’s innovate: How Broadway (and theatre) can come back after this
While we remain in this forced intermission, maybe we could rethink a few things. More…