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Agencies | Education | Newsgroups & Listservs | Organizations |
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ACTING | NEWSGROUPS & LISTSERVS
- actor (listserv) Acting discussion
- perform (listserv) For people who perform in Medieval re-creations
- perform-l (listserv) Performance studies
- theatre-theory (listserv) Acting, movement and voice theory
- vastavox (listserv) Voice and Speech Trainers Association; devoted to voice training.
COSTUME & DESIGN -
Designers | Newsgroups & Listservs | References | Suppliers |
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DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHY -
Organizations | Programs |
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EDUCATION -
College | Commercial | Financial Aid | Internships |
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EMPLOYMENT -
Agencies | Internships | Job Listings | Training Programs |
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INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS -
E-Text Collections | Search Engines & Directories | Theatre Directories |
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NEWSGROUPS & LISTSERVS -
Listservs | Newsgroups |
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NEWSGROUPS & LISTSERVS | LISTSERVS
- actor (listserv) Acting discussion
- asianthea-l (listserv) Asian Theatre
- astr-l (listserv) Listserv for American Society for Theatre Research
- athe_rt-l (listserv) ATHE Religion and Theatre Focus Group
- candrama (listserv) Canadian Theatre Research
- collab-l (listserv) Collaborative online theatre
- comedias (listserv) Theatre of the Spanish Golden Age
- f-costume (listserv) Fantasy costume design
- h-costume (listserv) Historical costume
- icwp-l (listserv) International Center for Women Playwrights
- lathe (listserv) Latin American Theatre List
- perform-l (listserv) Performance studies
- queatres (listserv) Quebec Theatres; international theatre; in French
- reed (listserv) Records of Early English Drama
- shaksper (listserv) Shakespeare
- show-fire (listserv) Theatre and film special effects
- stagecraft (listserv) General stagecraft discussion
- theatre (listserv) General theatre discussion, Princeton University
- wtp-l (listserv) Women and Theatre Program discussion list at University of Hawaii.
ORGANIZATIONS -
Miscellaneous | Unions |
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ORGANIZATIONS | MISCELLANEOUS
- Actors Fund of America (web) National non-profit organization serving all entertainment professionals
- ESTA (web) Entertainment Services & Technology Association, non-profit trade association representing the entertainment technology industry
- European Theatre Convention (ETC) (web) A network of theatres European countries. The web site of ETC Communication Centre, based at the Arena del Sole Theatre in Bologna, Italy, contains information about the activities ot ETC itself as well as some of the member theatres, including texts, photos, short films, images, and technical data.
- National Arts and Education Organizations @ ArtsEdge (web) Useful index of arts and education organizations, part of the Kennedy Center site
- Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (web) National service foundation for directors and choreographers; offers grants, mentoring, networking, seminars and publications
ORGANIZATIONS | UNIONS
- AFTRA (web) American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- DGA/NY (web) Directors Guild of America/New York
- Dramatists Guild Professional association for playwrights. Membership information: The Dramatists Guild, Inc., 234 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, (212) 398-9366, FAX: (213) 944-0420
- Screen Actors Guild (New York) (web) Screen Actors Guild/New York
- Screen Actors Guild/LA Tel: (213) 954-1600
- USITT (web) U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology, a national association of design and production professionals, Pacific Northwest Section; includes the USITT callboard.
- United Scenic Artists Local 829 (web) Union of stage, film & TV design artists, Miami
- Writers Guild of America (WGA/New York) (web) Writers Guild of America
- Writers Guild of America West (WGAW/Los Angeles) (web) 7000 W. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048
PUBLICATIONS -
Internet | Print |
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PUPPETRY -
Newsgroups & Listservs | Programs |
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STAGECRAFT -
Newsgroups & Listservs | Organizations | Publications | Technology |
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STAGECRAFT | ORGANIZATIONS
- AFTRA (web) American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- ESTA (web) Entertainment Services & Technology Association, non-profit trade association representing the entertainment technology industry
- USITT (web) U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology, a national association of design and production professionals, Pacific Northwest Section; includes the USITT callboard.
- United Scenic Artists Local 829 (web) Union of stage, film & TV design artists, Miami
TEACHING -
Outreach | Resources |
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TEACHING | OUTREACH
- ACTER - Center for Theatre, Education & Research (web) Designed to teach Shakespeare to young people, ACTER sponsors touring productions of Shakespeare. Professional stage actors stage and discuss Shakespeare's plays in classrooms.
- American Alliance for Theatre & Education (web) Located at Arizona State University, the AATE offers resources, advocacy and national programs
- Chung Ying's Theatre-in-Education (TIE) (web) Educational outreach program by Hong Kong-based Chung Ying Theatre Company
- Creative Arts in Education (web) Educational program of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Institute
- YouthNet (web) A program of the Education Department of the Royal National Theatre, YouthNet is responsible for a range of activities and resources including stage productions for young people; mobile touring productions which visit schools, colleges and theatres throughout the UK; printed study packs and resource materials; weekend courses for students and teachers and cut-price ticket schemes.
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WRITING (ACADEMIC) -
References |
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WRITING (ACADEMIC) | REFERENCES
- Allan K. Smith Writing Center @ Trinity College (web) Useful site that includes under its "Writers Resources" section: Webster's Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Strunk's Elements of Style, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, a glossary of literary terms, and guides to academic writing
- Finding the Person to Interview (web) Offers many ways of looking up a specific person to interview, including college e-mail lists, non-Internet networks, and more.
- OWL (web) Online Writing Library at Purdue University; contains grammatical and other writing guides
WRITING (DRAMATIC) -
Agencies | Contests & Festivals | Copyright | Guides | Newsgroups & Listservs | Organizations | Programs | Publishers | Resources |
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WRITING (DRAMATIC) | AGENCIES
- WGA Agency List This list of motion picture and television literary agents can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 plus a self-addressed, stamped envelope (32 cents if in the USA) to: Writers Guild of America West, 7000 W. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Attention: Agency Dept. Make the check payable to the Writers Guild of America West.
WRITING (DRAMATIC) | CONTESTS & FESTIVALS
- American Theatre Magazine (web)
- Dramatist's Source Book (web) Extensive listing of programs, theaters, contests and festivals for dramatic writers.
- Moorpark College One-Act Festival (web) The Performing Arts Department at Moorpark College and the Moorpark College Performing Arts Center sponsor an original 1-act play festival each year. Selected plays receive a stipend and a mounted production. Approx. 4 scripts are selected. Submissons due date: Oct. 1, 1996 for consideration for the F'97 1-act play festival. Please submit scripts for consideration to:
Prof. Les Wieder, Chairman, Performing Arts Dept, Moorpark College, 7075 Campus Road,
Moorpark, CA 93021. If you want your script returned please enclose self-addressed stamped
envelope. E-mail address: wieder@pacificnet.net
WRITING (DRAMATIC) | GUIDES
- Dramatica (web) Software that analyzes or develops character, plot, theme and genre for movies, screenplays, novels, plays, short stories, interactive fiction
- E-Script (web) Internet scriptwriting workshop, currently accepting registrations for its summer '96 pilot workshops in playwriting and sceenwriting.
- Playwriting Seminars, The (web) Companion on the craft of playwrighting by Richard Toscan; offers good advice on both how to write plays and how to deal with the theatre business.
- Scriptware (web) Screenwriting software
- StoryCraft Writers' Page (web) Offers the StoryCraft story-generating software, correspondence courses, a newsletter and software for creative-writing classes.
WRITING (DRAMATIC) | PUBLISHERS
- Drama Book Publishers (web) Books and new media for the performing arts
- Dramatic Exchange (web) Good site at CalTech, devoted to archiving and distributing plays submitted by visitors
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (web) Publishes acting editions of plays and handles nonprofessional leasing rights for these plays
- ELAC Play & Monologue Collection (web) Online collection of plays and monologues, available for performance or audition.
- ELAC Theatre Arts Ongoing Play (ELAC) Playwriting exercise in which visitors to the site write scenes in a play, which is eventually produced
- ELAC Theatre Arts Writers' Workshop (ELAC) Collection of short plays and monologues submitted by visitors to this site and available to theatre companies and actors for performance or audition
- For the Show: A Guide to Small-Cast One-Act Plays (web) Guide to one-act small-cast plays of any era written by Lewis W. Heniford and published by Scarecrow Press (4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706. To submit citations for second edition or request more information, e-mail heniford@ix.netcom.com
- Hollywood Publishers Network, The (web) Resource for dramatic and prose writers
- Playwright's Forum, The (web) A non-profit organization devoted to the development of playwriting talents in the
Mid-Atlantic Region. Bi-monthly newsletter, links and catalogue of members' plays section.
- Samuel French Bookshops (web) Play publisher, and theatre and film book seller
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