Holly L. Derr

Director of new plays and gender-expansive Shakespeare, professor of theater, and feminist media critic.

[Tina Landau @TinaLandau]

Humbled and honored to have had this conversation with my treasured collaborator. I learn from her, daily. Thank you @VogelPaula!! #motherplaybway Paula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made 'Mother Play' https://t.co/bRGZaXEtVA via @AmericanTheatre

[HowlRound Theatre Commons @HowlRound]

In a new essay out today, Holly L. Derr (@hld6oddblend) talks with Larissa FastHorse about Indigeneity and misogyny in The Thanksgiving Play, using satire to create change, and rewriting Peter Pan.

https://t.co/DtfYM1YqKE

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

I loved talking to Larissa FastHorse about Broadway reception of The Thanksgiving Play for @HowlRound. Check it out! https://t.co/riysk3lrGT

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

The University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance is commissioning an adaptation of Dr. Faustus/Faust set in the South, to be developed with BFA actors during Fall 2022, via zoom ... https://t.co/gvBjzcQmuv

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

I am so proud to be featured among these brilliant artists in @howlround’s first anthology #HowlRoundAnthology Preorder it here: https://t.co/f2nYblV1Cj

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

@LalaTellsAStory https://t.co/3ulyhtvm2Q

[Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism @j_dtc]

In her essay, "Recognition and Reversal in the Plays of Lauren Gunderson: A Dialogue with the Playwright," @hLd6oddblend writes about the oeuvre of Lauren Gunderson and has transcribed her interview with the prolific playwright.

[Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism @j_dtc]

In her essay, "Recognition and Reversal in the Plays of Lauren Gunderson: A Dialogue with the Playwright," @hLd6oddblend writes about the oeuvre of Lauren Gunderson and has transcribed her interview with the prolific playwright.

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Performing the Peace https://t.co/R1HrFH4CfS

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Performing the Peace Police and Former Prisoners Use Playback Theatre to Build Trust in their Community. Originally published by Southern Theatre Magazine Fall 2021. At a time when George Floyd has become a household name and police-community... https://t.co/cRMypWaQKv

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Using Critical Fabulation in History-Based Playwriting https://t.co/pAd0RoPfpn

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Using Critical Fabulation in History-Based Playwriting Using Critical Fabulation in History-Based Playwriting Originally published by HowlRound on March 3, 2021 When the pandemic hit last March, the University of Memphis, as with most theatres... https://t.co/Z9dcMCz3uG

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Forget the Times: Stream This Feminist Playwright’s New Work Now https://t.co/Iy5siAewl1

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

Forget the Times: Stream This Feminist Playwright’s New Work Now Forget the Times: Stream This Feminist Playwright’s New Work Now Gathering us together virtually through her play, The Catastrophist, Lauren Gunderson invites us to celebrate and... https://t.co/Pzl5Nrk7uF

[ANPF @ashlandnewplays]

Meghan’s ANPF winning play WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HERO WAS DEAD, directed by @hld6oddblend, will have a live virtual reading followed by a talkback with the artists on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 6 pm PT. An encore on-demand presentation of the reading will be available Oct. 26-31.

[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

The Catastrophist—a play by @LalaTellsAStory—"beautifully layer[s] themes of faith, health, family and performance," writes @hld6oddblend in her review.
https://t.co/2kHf0ACpgC

[Ari Afsar @ariannaafsar]

Check this article out about @LalaTellsAStory incredible piece “The Catastrophists” streaming through @MarinTheatreCo. Beautifully written by @hld6oddblend Forget the Times—Stream This Feminist Playwright's Newest Work Now https://t.co/hvEeDSlkAR via @msmagazine

[Holly L. Derr @hld6oddblend]

I loved working on this project with @calley_ands!

[HowlRound Theatre Commons @HowlRound]

"It would be easy to make the past racist, but it is much harder to grapple with what racism and white supremacy look like in a contemporary rehearsal room in this moment." @calley_ands @hld6oddblend

https://t.co/OkPhTzM9cL

[HowlRound Theatre Commons @HowlRound]

"It would be easy to make the past racist, but it is much harder to grapple with what racism and white supremacy look like in a contemporary rehearsal room in this moment." @calley_ands @hld6oddblend

https://t.co/OkPhTzM9cL

[HowlRound Theatre Commons @HowlRound]

"That became the point of me telling the story—that I’m a Black woman in 2020, looking back on my own city’s history, and I can’t find anything." — @calley_ands with @hld6oddblend

https://t.co/OkPhTA3KBl