Basic Drama Projects | GRADES 9–12

Theatre/Drama Web Sites

General Resources

• http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/—National Standards for Theatre Education—includes lesson plans and other teaching tools

• http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/thed.htm—Theatre Education

• http://dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Theatre/—A search engine to locate a wide variety of information related to the theatre

• http://vl-theatre.com/—A virtual library on theatre and drama
  http://www.broadwayarchive.com/—Broadway Theatre Archive

• http://www.creativedrama.com/—Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site

• http://www.tcg.org/—The Theatre Group—a resource on all aspects of the theatre

• http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/—The Kennedy Center's education information site

• http://www.stageplays.com/index.htm—Play catalogues

• http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/—Artslynx International Theatre Resources

• http://theatrejobs.com/—Theatre Jobs—information on employment opportunities in theatre

• http://www.dramaturgy.net/index/—The Internet Theatre Index

• http://upstagereview.org—A variety of theatre resources

Technical Theatre

• http://www.theatrefx.com/—Theatre special effects

• http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/glossary.shtml—A glossary of technical theatre terms

• http://www.etcconnect.com/default.asp—Electronic Theatre Controls--tech equipment information

Theatre History

• http://www.theaterseatstore.com/theater-history-guide—Guide to the History of Theatre provides information on the origin of
  theatre including Ancient, Medieval, Italian, British, Spanish, French,
  Asian, American and Modern

• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html —The New Deal Stage: Collections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

• http://www.ebicom.net/~tct/oftheatre.htm—A theatre history Web site from the Tupelo Community Theatre

• http://www.theatredb.com/—A site that calls itself "the unofficial history of the theatre site

• http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/—Information on the Globe Theatre

• http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/jack.html—Theatre history on the Web

• http://www.theatrehistory.com/—Theatre History.com

• http://www.historictheatres.org/—Theatre Historical Society of America, Elmhurst, IL

• http://www.citz.co.uk/default.asp—Citizens Theatre--history and information on current productions

• http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/—Scottish theatre history

Production Information and Play Scripts

• http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm—Readers Theatre production information

• http://www.samuelfrench.com/—Samuel French play scripts

• http://loiswalker.com/catalog/—scripts for schools

Major Theatres Around the World

• http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/ —The Abbey Theatre—the National Theatre of Ireland

• http://www.ntd.org/—The National Theatre of the Deaf, Hartford, CT

• http://www.kennedy-center.org/ —The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC

• http://www.goodman-theatre.org/ —The Goodman in Chicago, IL

• http://www.shakespearedc.org/ —The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC

• http://www.canadiantheatre.com/ —The Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre

• http://www.canadiantheatre.com/ —The Alley Theatre, Houston, TX

• http://www.theatrela.org/—Theatre activity in the Los Angeles, CA area

• http://www.amrep.org/ —American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA

• http://www.theatreontario.org/ —Ontario, Canada central site for information on Ontario theatre

• http://www.guthrietheater.org/ —The Guthrie Theatre—Minneapolis, MN

• http://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/ —Theatre Royal Bath

• http://www.theatre.asn.au/ —Theatre Australia—theatre across Australia

• http://www.theatre.ru/emain.html —Moscow theatre

Theatre Journals

• http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_topics/ —A journal on issues related to theatre

• http://www.utexas.edu/students/ti/ —The Journal of Theatre and Performance Studies

• http://www-theatre.ucsd.edu/TF/ —Theatre Forum Journal

Theatre Organizations/Associations

• http://www.aate.com/ —American Alliance for Theatre and Education

• http://www.aact.org/ —American Association of Community Theatre

• http://www.edta.org/ —Educational Theatre Association

• http://www.inform.umd.edu/ASTR/ —American Society for Theatre Research

• http://www.indigenoustheatre.com/ —Centre for Indigenous Theatre

• http://iti.unesco.org/ —International Theatre Institute

• http://tla.library.unt.edu/default.asp —Theatre Library Association

• http://www.ntwh.org/ —The National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped