Links
General Theatre
2500 Theatre Links: http://www.americantheaterweb.com/
Aislesay: The internet magazine of stage reviews and opinions. http://aislesay.com/
Backstage: complete on-line performing arts guide http://www.backstage.com/backstage/index.jsp
Curtain Call: A unique web design service specialising in official sites for actors in musical theatre, plus extensive links to external UK theatre sites. http://www.curtaincall.co.uk
ELAC Theatre Library: extensive web site listings for actors, education, costuming, directing and choreography, employment, internet search tools, organizations, etc. http://www.perspicacity.com/elactheatre/library/links.htm
The London Theatre On-line Guide http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/online/index.html
Playbill on Line: Theater listings for drama on Broadway, Off Broadway, regional theater, national theater tours, and selected international listings. Links to casting and job information, newsletters, books, recordings, theater art, video clips, awards, transcripts, biographical information, accomodations, and feature articles on recent productions. http://www.playbill.com/
Spotlight on American Theatre:an internet-based venue for new writings in American Drama:http://www.americandrama.org/
Talkin' Broadway : Theatre discussion, reviews, schedules, interviews, theatre history, and more. http://www.talkinbroadway.com
Walt Disney Theatre Productions: http://disney.go.com/disneytheatrical/index.html
The WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama, http://vl-theatre.com/
Acting
Actors Equity Association, the union of American actors and stage managers, http://www.actorsequity.org/home.html
The Actors Fund, http://www.actorsfund.org/
The Actors Studio, http://www.actors-studio.com/
Circle in the Square Theatre School, http://www.circlesquare.org/
The American College Theatre Festival, http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/
The Eric Morris System, http://ericmorris.com
The SDC Foundation, http://sdcfoundation.org/sdcfindex.html
The Gallery, http://www.singdanceact.com/
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, http://www.aftra.org/
Lee Strasberg: An American Original, http://www.leestrasberg.com/home.html
Blue Man Group, http://blueman.com
Sanford Meisner,http://www.pbs-org/wnet/americanmasters/database/meisner_s.html
Screen Actors Guild, http://www.sag.org/
Stella Adler Studio of Acting, New York, http://www.stellaadler.com
Stella Adler, http://www.pbs-org/wnet/americanmasters/database/adler_s.html
Directing
The Directors Guild of America, http://www.dga.org/
The Drama League Directors Project, http://www.dramaleague.org/
The Society of Stage Directors, http://ssdc.org/
Employment Opportunities
Theatre Service: JOBLIST, employment services, CAPLIST, http://www.theatre-service.com/
What are my professional options with a Theatre degree?: http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/theater.htm
Central Michigan University's employment page (excellent theatre employment sites included) http://www.careers.cmich.edu/
StagePro, http://www.stage-pro.com/ is a database containing information on theatres across the U.S., including jobs and auditions
Playwrighting
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights http://www.laplaywrights.org The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights is the service and support organization for playwrights in the greater Los Angeles area.
BroadwayUSA!, http://www.broadwayusa.org is National Music Theatre Network's (NMTN) multi-venue, seasonal, series of live, public concert (staged) readings of selected new musicals - professionally presented in New York City and in a network of affiliated venues located in communities here and abroad.
Brooklyn Publishers http://www.brookpub.com Offers a large selection of plays of all lengths, including a large quantity of material suited to contests.
Cedar Crest New Play Competition, http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/tsd/index.htm
Chicago Dramatists: The Playwrights Theatre, http://www.chicagodramatists.org a professional, not-for-profit theatre dedicated to the advancement of playwrights and new plays.
Coffee House for Writers - Drama Workshop, http://chdramaworkshop.homestead.com/home.html
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, http://www.catf.org Provides an opportunity for theatre artists and playwrights to collaborate on new works for the theatre.
Directplays.com, http://www.directplays.com/ An online script publishing company which allows a generous, but not absolute, glance at all scripts, and negotiates performance rights in consultation with the playwright.
Dramatists Guild of America, http://www.dramatistsguild.com/Dramatists Guild of America is the professional organization for playwrights, composers and lyricists.
Eastenders Repetory Company, http://www.eastenders.org/ A collaboration of artists who, "build theatre from the ground up," - writing, acting, designing, and directing productions as ensemble efforts. ERC is a non-profit theatre company composed of artists dedicated to providing a stimulating environment for theatre artists and accesible theatre for Bay Area communities.
Playwriting 101 http://www.playwriting101.com A major resource site for playwrights of all ages.
Playwrighting Resources, http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm
United States Copyright Office, http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Writers Guild of America, http://www.wga.org/
Young Playwrights 101 http://www.youngplaywrights101.com Young Playwrights 101 is a comprehensive resource and instruction site for young playwrights and those who teach them. It includes instruction, a suggested reading list, and a large listing of links to contests and other submission opportunities.
YouthPlays.com http://www.youthplays.comisa coalition of award-winning playwrights dedicated to expanding the vocabulary of theatre for young actors and audiences.
Technical Theatre
The American College Theatre Festival http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/
The Costume Society of America, http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
Entertainment Design Magazine, http://entertainmentdesignmag.com
ESTA is a non-profit trade association representing the North American entertainment technology industry. Our members include dealers, manufacturers, reps, service and production companies, scenic houses, designers and consultants. http://www.esta.org/
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, http://www.iatse.lm.com/
Theatre Costume and Set Design, Lighting and Sound Design, Performing Arts Links-- http://www.theatrelibrary.org/links/Technologies.html
The Production Managers' Forum, http://www.productionmanagers.org/
The Stage Manager's Association, http://www.stagemanagers.org/
Stage Specs Online, http://www.stagespecs.com/home.cfm
The United States Institute of Theatre Technologies, http://www.usitt.org/
United Scenic Artists, http://www.usa829.org/
Lighting manufacturers, associations, and regulations, http://www.lighting-association.com/links/index.html#Organisations
Theatre Companies - Orange County
Camino Real Playhouse, www.caminorealplayhouse.org
The Chance Theatre, Anaheim, www.chancetheatre.com
The Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse, http://www.costamesaplayhouse.org/
The Curtis Theatre, Brea, http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/section.cfm?id=227
Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Fullerton, http://www.fclo.com/
Garden Grove Playhouse, http://www.geocities.com/gardengroveplayhouse/
Grove Theatre Company, Garden Grove, www.gtc.org
Hunger Artists Theatre, Santa Ana, http://www.hungerartists.com/
Huntington Beach Playhouse, http://www.hbph.com/
Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine, http://www.thebarclay.org/
The La Habra Depot, La Habra, http://www.lahabrabiz.com/non_profit/depot/
Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, www.lagunaplayhouse.com 949-497-9244.
Orange County Performing Arts Center, www.ocpac.org 714-755-7477.
Orange County Playwrights Alliance, http://www.ocpaplaywrights.org/
Rogue Artists Ensemble, http://www.rogueartists.org
Rude Guerrilla Theatre Company, http://www.rudeguerrilla.org
Shakespeare Orange County, http://www.chapman.edu/comm/td/soc/
South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, www.scr.org 714-708-5555.
Stages, Fullerton, CA., http://www.stagesentertainment.com/
The Vanguard Theatre Ensemble, Fullerton, CA., http://www.vte.org/index.html (714) 526-8007
Theatre Companies - Los Angeles
The Actors Co-Op, Hollywood, http://www.actorsco-op.org/
The Actors Gang, Hollywood http://www.theactorsgang.com/
The Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, http://www.taperahmanson.com/ahmanson/ahmanson_home.asp
The Alex Theatre, Glendale: http://www.alextheatre.org/
The Attic Theatre Center, Los Angeles: http://www.attictheatre.org/
Bard in the Yard (Long Beach Shakespeare Company): http://www.bardintheyard.com/
Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Los Angeles http://www.bfatheatre.org
California Repertory Company at Edison Theatre, Long Beach http://www.calrep.org
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, www.cerritoscenter.com, 800-300-4345.
The Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles: (Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion) http://www.taperahmanson.com/
Circle X Theatre Company, Hollywood http://www.circlextheatre.org/
Deaf West Theatre, North Hollywood: http://www.deafwest.org/
East West Players, Downtown, Little Tokyo: http://www.eastwestplayers.org/
The Falcon Theater, Burbank, http://www.falcontheater.net/
The Fountain Theatre, Hollywood: http://www.fountaintheatre.com/
The Geffen Playhouse, Westwood: http://www.geffenplayhouse.com/
Great Leap-- Asian Pacific: http://www.greatleap.org/
Henry Fonda Theatre, Hollywood: http://www.nederlander.com/fonda.html
hereandnow Theatre Company-- Asian Pacific: http://www.blacklava.net/hereandnow/
Japanese American Community Center Performing Arts Events: http://www.jaccc.org/
John Anson Ford Theatre, Hollywood, http://lacountyarts.co.la.ca.us/ford.html
L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company, Santa Monica: http://www.lawsc.net/
The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, http://www.cityoflamirada.org/theahome2001.htm
Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach, Ca., http://www.longbeachplayhouse.com/
The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, http://www.taperahmanson.com/taper/taper_home.asp
A Noise Within, Glendale, http://www.anoisewithin.org/
The Pasadena Playhouse, http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/
Pasadena Shakespeare Company: http://www.pasadenashakespeare.com/
Shakespeare USA Los Angeles Shakespeare Company: http://www.shakespearefestivalla.org
Stage of the Arts - Matanzas in LA - Afro-cuban http://www.afrocubaweb.com/stageofthearts.htm
The Wilshire Theatre, Los Angeles, http://www.nederlander.com/wilshire.html
Theatre Companies - California
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, phttp://www.act-sfbay.org/
Asian American Theatre Company, San Francisco, http://www.asianamericantheater.org/
Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley, http://www.auroratheatre.org
The B Street Theatre, Sacramento, http://www.bstreettheatre.org
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, http://www.berkeleyrep.org/
Brava Theater Center, San Francisco, http://www.brava.org
California Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley, http://www.calshakes.org
La Jolla Playhouse, http://www.lajollaplayhouse.com/
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, Ca., http://www.magictheatre.org/
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, http://www.oldglobe.org/
The Pewter Plough Playhouse, Cambria, Ca., http://www.pewterploughplayhouse.com/
Theatre Companies - United States
ALABAMA
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery http://www.asf.net
ALASKA
Eccentric Theatre Company, Anchorage http://www.cyranos.org/default.html
Perserverance Theatre, Douglas http://www.perseverancetheatre.org
ARIZONA
Actors Theatre of Phoenix http://www.atphx.org
Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson and Phoenix http://www.arizonatheatre.com
Childsplay, Inc., Tempe http://www.childsplayaz.org
Borderlands Theatre, Tucson http://www.borderlandstheater.org
Invisible Theatre Company, Tucson http://www.invisibletheatre.com
Phoenix Theatre http://www.phxtheatre.org
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock http://www.therep.org/
COLORADO
Aspen Theatre in the Park http://www.aspentip.org
Creede Repertory Theatre (On Tour) http://www.creederep.org
Denver Center Theatre Company http://www.denvercenter.org
Shadow Theatre Company, Denver http://www.shadowtheatre.com
CONNECTICUT
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford http://www.oneilltheatercenter.org
Hartford Stage Company http://www.HartfordStage.org
Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, http://www.longwharf.org
Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury http://www.sevenangelstheatre.org
Stamford Theatre Works http://www.stamfordtheatreworks.org
Westport Country Playhouse http://www.westportplayhouse.org
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven http://www.yalerep.org
DELAWARE
Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington http://www.delawaretheatre.org
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
African Continuum Theatre Company http://www.africancontinuumtheatre.com
Arena Stage http://www.arenastage.org/
Ford's Theatre http://www.fordstheatre.org/
Gala Hispanic Theatre http://www.galatheatre.org
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts http://www.kennedy-center.org/
The Shakespeare Theatre http://www.shakespearetheatre.org
The Studio Theatre http://www.studiotheatre.org
Theater J http://www.dcjcc.org
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company http://www.woollymammoth.net
ILLINOIS
Goodman Theatre, Chicago http://www.goodman-theatre.org/
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago http://www.steppenwolf.org/index.asp
MICHIGAN
Boarshead Theater, Lansing http://www.boarsheard.org
Detroit Repertory Theatre, http://www.detroitreptheatre.com
Performance Network of Ann Arbor, http://www.performancenetwork.org
Riverlight and Company, Battle Creek http://www.willard.lib.mi.us/npa/rlight/index.html
MINNESOTA
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis http://www.guthrietheater.org/
NEVADA
Nevada Shakespeare Company, Reno http://www.nevada-shakespeare.org
Nevada Theatre Company, Las Vegas http://www.nevadatheatreco.org
NEW JERSEY
Broadway Theatre of Pitman, New Jersey http://www.TheBroadwayTheatre.org
George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick http://www.georgestplayhouse.org
McCarter Theatre, Princeton http://www.mccarter.org/welcome.cfm
Paper Mill: The State Theatre of New Jersey, Millburn http://www.papermill.org
Passage Theatre Company, Trenton http://www.passagetheatre.org
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Madison http://shakespearenj.org
NEW MEXICO
Theater Grottesco, Santa Fe http://www.theatergrottesco.org
Tricklock Company, Albuquerque http://www.tricklock.com
NEW YORK
The American Place Theatre http://www.americanplacetheatre.org/
Brooklyn Academy of Music http://www.bam.org/
The Cherry Lane Theatre http://www.cherrylanetheatre.com/
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts http://www.lincolncenter.org/index2.asp
Manhattan Theatre Clubhttp://www.mtc-nyc.org
The Pearl Theatre Company http://www.pearltheatre.org
Roundabout Theatre Company http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/
OREGON
Artists Repertory Theatre,Portland http://www.artistsrep.org
Miracle Theatre Group, Portland http://www.milagro.org
Oregon Children's Theatre, Portland http://www.octc.org
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland http://www.osfashland.org/
Portland Center Stage, http://www.pcs.org
Triangle Productions, Portland http://www.tripro.org
RHODE ISLAND
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown http://www.wtfestival.org/
VIRGINIA
The Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg http://www.thelyric.com/home.php3
WASHINGTON
ACT Theatre, Seattle http://acttheatre.org
Book-It Repertory, Seattle http://www.book-it.org
Intiman Theatre, Seattle http://www.intiman.org
Seattle Children's Theatre http://www.sct.org
Seattle Repertory Theatre http://www.seattlerep.org/
Seattle Shakespeare Company http://www.seattleshakes.org
Spokane Interplayers Ensemble, http://www.interplayers.com
Taproot Theatre Company, Seattle http://www.taproottheatre.org
Wing-It Productions, Seattle http://www.jetcityimprov.com
WWWVirtual Library: Theatre and Drama http://vl-theatre.com/
Theatre Companies - Worldwide
Cirque du Soleil, Toronto, Quebec, Canada http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/
La Scala, Milan, Italy http://lascala.milano.it/eng/homepage.htm
Paris Opera, France http://www.opera-de-paris.fr/
Royal National Theatre, London, UK http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Royal Shakespeare Company, London, UK http://www.rsc.org.uk/home/index.asp
Shakespeare's Globe, London, UK http://www.shakespeares-globe.org
Sydney Opera House, Australia http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/h/home.asp
Theatre Companies Worldwide from WWW Virtual Library http://vl-theatre.com/list13.shtml
Theatre History
Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html
Theatrehistory.com http://www.theatrehistory.com/
Theatre Organizations
Actors Equity Association, the union of American actors and stage managers, http://www.actorsequity.org/home.html
The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), http://www.athe.org/
The California Educational Theatre Association, http://www.cetaweb.org/
Casting Society of America http://www.castingsociety.com/
The Costume Society of America, http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
The Directors Guild of America, http://www.dga.org/index2.php3?chg
ESTA is a non-profit trade association representing the North American entertainment technology industry. Our members include dealers, manufacturers, reps, service and production companies, scenic houses, designers and consultants. http://www.esta.org/
The Production Managers' Forum, http://www.productionmanagers.org/
The Society of Stage Directors and Choregraphers, http://www.ssdc.org/
The Stage Manager's Association, http://www.stagemanagers.org/
The University/Resident Theatre Association is the country's oldest and largest consortium of professional theatre training graduate programs and associated professional theatre companies. Founded in 1969, U/RTA provides a variety of service, management and informational programs to its members, and to non-member students, theatre professionals and producing companies, while serving as the primary liaison between the professional and educational theatres. U/RTA encourages the professional training of artists, and of future teachers in the performing arts for all levels of education. http://www.urta.com/
The United States Institute of Theatre Technologies, http://www.usitt.org/
United Scenic Artists, http://www.usa829.org/
Theatre Schools
Educational Theatre Association, Publisher of Dramatics Magazine. The 2002 College Theatre Directory http://www.etassoc.org/publications/dramatics.asp
How to choose a college theatre program in which to study: http://www.edta.org/rehearsal_hall/choices.asp
CALIFORNIA COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES
Chapman University Theatre Department
San Francisco State Theatre Arts Department
CalState LA Theatre Arts Department
CSDominguez Hills Theatre Arts Department
CSSan Bernadino Theatre Arts Department
Cal State San Marcos Visual and Performing Arts Department
San Diego State Theatre Department
UC Davis Department of Theatre
Berkeley Theatre and Performance Studies
Chico State Theatre Arts Department
Cal State Hayward Theatre Arts Department
Humboldt State Theatre Department
Whittier College Theatre Department
Vanguard University Theatre Arts Department
Cal Poly San Louis Obispo Theatre Department
Cal Poly Pomona Theatre Department
Pomona College Theatre Department
University of Redlands Theatre Department
University of San Diego Theatre Arts Department
OUT OF STATE COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES
Arizona State University Department of Theatre
Boston College Theatre Department
Boston University School of Theatre Arts
Catholic University, Washington D.C.
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
Colgate University, NY, Theatre Department
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Department of Theatre
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Northwestern University, Chicago Theatre Department
Princeton University, NJ, Visual Arts Department
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Theatre Department
State University of New York at Purchase
Stephens College, Missouri Theatre Arts Department
Temple University, Philadelphia, School of Communications and Theater
University of Arizona School of Theatre Arts
Yale University, New Haven, CT Theater Studies Program