P. Carl is the director and editor of HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College. His work at HowlRound is focused on promoting practices for 21st-century theater-making based on the core principle that theater is for everyone. He also is part of the ArtsEmerson programming team at Emerson College and is currently developing new works for the stage in that context. With over 15 years in professional theater, he has focused on developing and producing new plays, working with dozens of playwrights and theater companies from around the country. He spent two years as director of artistic development at Steppenwolf Theatre and served 11 years at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, seven as producing artistic director. He regularly teaches, consults, and mentors. In addition to continuing to make theater, he now devotes significant energy to researching innovative practices for the theater and writing and publishing essays. He was a Center theater panelist in 2013.
