Kristin Marting will be interviewed by Taylor Mac as part of TORCHES: 30+ Years of Downtown Performance. The conversation streams on HowlRound TV with scheduled times across U.S. and European time zones.
Kristin Marting leads the TORCHES series and will appear in conversation with Taylor Mac on 19 October 2026.
Marting’s institutional roles include founding artistic director emeritus of HERE, co-founder and longtime co-curator of PROTOTYPE festival, and founder of TORCHES.
The event is produced for and streamed on HowlRound TV, with listed local start times for North America and Europe.
On Monday, 19 October 2026, TORCHES: 30+ Years of Downtown Performance presents "A Conversation with Kristin Marting," with Taylor Mac conducting the interview. The session is produced by Kristin Marting and will be livestreamed on HowlRound TV, the open-access streaming and video archive project run by the nonprofit HowlRound.
Kristin Marting is presented in the event announcement as an award-winning director, writer, and creative producer. The listing highlights three institutional roles: she is founding artistic director emeritus of HERE, a co-founder of the PROTOTYPE festival and a co-curator of twelve editions of that festival, and the founder of TORCHES. Those positions frame her as a central figure in downtown performance programming and festival curation over multiple decades.
What this conversation covers (expectations based on context)
The event is part of a TORCHES series that collects conversations with notable artists and producers connected to downtown performance. While the announcement does not provide a detailed agenda, the placement in TORCHES and Marting's described roles suggest topics likely to surface include festival curation, producing across disciplines, institutional leadership at HERE, and reflections on downtown performance over thirty-plus years.
The conversation will be livestreamed on HowlRound TV and available through HowlRound's event page. The announcement lists start times across several time zones to accommodate international audiences:
Watch the livestream on HowlRound TV at the listed local start time. The event page offers calendar options and an iCal download. HowlRound also encourages community participation through its contributor pages for those who want to produce or co-produce future content.
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