The Harm of Teaching Commedia dell’arte to Contemporary Players
Observations on Acting with Stereotypes In my classroom, I found that my students played with less commitment when stereotypes of a character’s age, gender, intelligence,
How to Get Started Translating a Play
While the persistence and curiosity of a researcher is necessary for this step, serendipity also plays a part in this process. Translator and novelist Anton
Working in Circles from Translator to Kulturmittler
Translators Are Part of the Team Late last year, a literary theatre agency I have worked with a number of times wrote me that a
Why Don’t We Listen to Others? A Case for Theatrical Translation
Look at the credits for any Anglophone production of the musical juggernaut Les Misérables, and you may notice something curious: while Alain Boublil is credited
Troubling the Categories of “Adaptation” and “Translation” in Performance
Jean: Do you take roughly the same approach you’ve just described for each novel you’ve adapted for the stage? Caridad: Yes. House of Lagoon by
Translator, Traitor, Truth-Teller | HowlRound Theatre Commons
The playwright, Leslie Kaplan, was gracious enough not only to invite me to meet her in her home tucked up on a hill near the
Public Art for Public Good: Reimagining Community Investment
Join HowlRound and Company One for a roundtable conversation that will explore how Boston’s commitment to expanding public access to the arts has redefined what
Producing Performance in Youthful Ways
Deen Rawlins-Harris: The first question I have is, how did we create the festival during the summer of 2023 and spring 2024? Let’s start with
Art and Resistance | HowlRound Theatre Commons
In support of the upcoming performance of renowned theatre artist Milo Rau’s Antigone in the Amazon at the NYU Skirball Center (27-28 September), the Segal
Escalating Drama Department Cuts and Mergers Impact Us All
One of the first people we connected with was Dr. David Jortner (full professor of theatre and graduate program director, Baylor University), who has been