Report on the National Playwright Residency Program at Emerson College in Boston—Tuesday 27 March 20
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2018-03-27

HowlRound Theatre Commons presented a conversation about the National Playwright Residency Program livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 27 March at 11:15 a.m. EST (Boston) / 10:15 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 8:15 a.m. PST (San Francisco).

Alexis Frasz reports on Helicon Collaborative's assessment of the first round of the National Playwright Residency Program. This program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and co-administered by HowlRound Theatre Commons, allowed fourteen playwrights to be in residence at fourteen different theatres around the US from 2013-2016. Alexis gives an overview of the program and summarizes Helicon's findings on the impact on the playwrights, theatres, and communities.