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Web ResourcesTheatre Arts Web Resources for Students Note to students and teachers: the list of links provided below is not exhaustive. Instead, this list highlights a few areas of interest within the Theatre Arts, and points to other sites that provide more comprehensive coverage. General InformationAmerican Masters Performing Arts Database This site, hosted by PBS, provides brief background information on important people and places involved in the performing arts. Some video clips are interspersed. Artslynx International Theatre Resources Run by a professor of Theatre Design, this directory is designed for students and educators using the Internet to conduct research in or explorations into Theatre Arts. Lists of links, some annotated, are arranged by topic and include: costuming, fight direction, history, makeup, puppetry, and drama therapy. Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre Feature Library Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre Web site, hosted by PBS, provides an online bookshelf that includes: biographies, essays, interviews, image galleries, interactive games, production notes, timelines, Who’s Who, and teacher guides. Of note on this site is the information about film adaptations, both Novel to film and Drama to film. The Goodman Theatre: Education This site, run by the prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago , Illinois , includes study guides, a glossary of theatre terms, and a guide for writing play reviews. Separate study guides for several plays are available for students and teachers. High School Theatre See what other schools are working on nationwide. This site is a directory of High School Theatre programs with Web sites. Inclusion on the site is voluntary. Links are arranged by state, and each is annotated to indicate the type of information available: photographs, club activities/officers, current productions, archives/history, and academic programs. Musicals 101 “Musicals 101” tells you how to put on a musical, provides the history of the musical, and gives you important information about finding show rights. The site also includes reviews and essays for various productions, a Musical Who’s Who, and sample lyrics and scenes. “Musicals 101” also provides introductions to important figures and topics in musicals including: Gilbert and Sullivan, Dance in Musicals, and A Chorus Line. This site is indexed and searchable. The Online Medieval and Classical Library The Online Medieval and Classical Library, hosted by the University of California Berkeley , provides full texts online, including plays. The site focuses on Western literature, is searchable, and arranged by title, author, genre, and language. ActingActing Resources A general directory of Web resources geared toward actors and about acting. Actingbiz Online Actors Resource Actingbiz provides advice for new actors including information about the casting process, how to find an agent, and coping with audition news. You can also post your resume online and find casting notices. Actorpoint.com This site includes information on casting calls, provides monologues and scripts, and has several feature articles related to acting. You can subscribe to a free newsletter called The Point or join or start a discussion on their message boards. Kabuki for Everyone This English language site is all about Kabuki theatre and includes videos of recent plays performed in Japan , audio of the instruments used in Kabuki, and information about the history of Kabuki. The World of Mime Theatre This site includes an encyclopedia of mime and articles on miming, in addition to information about mime artists, troupes, and festivals. The World of Mime is searchable and provides links to other Theatre sites. Stage Source Although this site is geared toward the Greater Boston/New England area, it contains helpful advice articles, under their Resources section. The site is created and maintained by an alliance of Theatre artists and producers. Voice Performance: Exercises As the title indicates, this site lists a few vocal exercises, some are geared specifically to consonant or vowel practice. Directing & ProducingDirecting Online guide to directing, geared toward film, this site include information about camera angles and storyboards. Also includes information about cinema acting, writing, and producing. Directing Theatre This page contains a brief article about directing Theatre productions Film Underground This site contains articles related to directing as well as information about pre-production, production, and post production. The Producer’s Guide A guide for producers created by MIT students, last updated in 2002, but still relevant information. Technical TheatreBackstage Jobs.com This site is a free job listing service for all behind-the-scenes jobs in live entertainment. The site was formerly known as the Theatre Design & Technical Jobs page. The Costume Society of America This is the Web site of the national not-for-profit organization, The Costume Society of America. In addition to links about Society events, membership, and publications, the site also provides information about grants and awards, study tours, and links to costume exhibitions around the world. Many of these exhibitions include photographs. High School Tech Production Created by a high school theatre teacher, this site includes very specific how-to instructions for the technical aspects of theatre, and includes plenty of links to real high school projects. The Institute for the Exploration of Virtual Realities, i.e. VR This institute is part of the University Theatre and the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of Kansas . Their goal is to explore the applications of virtual reality and related technologies to theatre production and performance. So you want to be a Technical Director… Written as a companion guide to “The Producer’s Guide,” by an MIT student in 2002, this document relates information in a timeline format. Technical Theatre This site is maintained by a professor of Theatre and includes links to associations and organizations and other organizations or companies relevant to technical theatre arts. Theatrecrafts.com This site contains practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for students and professionals. Information is arranged alphabetically by topic. Some of the topics include diagrams. Topics often include links to manufacturers and suppliers, as well as safety information. Theatre Safety At this site, you can download a 25 minute video about Theatre Safety using either Quicktime or the RealPlayer. PlaywrightsBeckettThe Samuel Beckett End Page "The Samuel Beckett Endpage is intended as a multiple resource site for all those interested in the life and works of Samuel Beckett. It also houses the official page of the The Samuel Beckett Society." ChekhovThe Anton Chekhov Page This page contains links to information related to Anton Chekhov and his works, including: biographical information, translations of his works in English, and essays and articles about the writer and his works. MolièreMolière in English This site provides translations of Molière’s plays in English and a video introduction to Molière. Theatre Database: Molière This site provides biographical information and links to other relevant sites. ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare Like the name indicates, nearly the complete works of Shakespeare can be found at this site (his poetry is not accessible via this site). Works are arranged by Comedy, History, Tragedy, and Poetry, and plays can be viewed on one page or broken down by scenes. Folger Shakespeare Library The Folger Shakespeare Library’s site provides information about Shakespeare and Elizabethan life geared towards kids. The teacher site provides links, lesson plans, selected primary resources, and an online forum called the “Teacher’s Lounge. ”The Teacher’s Lounge requires registration. Shakespeare’s Globe Online This site is dedicated to providing background information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions. Centered on the construction of a replica of the Globe playhouse in London , it includes pages devoted to the original Globe, reports and photographic documentaries on reconstruction and performances at the New Globe. August Wilsonhttp://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/pro.awilson.html This site includes an article about Wilson written by actor James Earl Jones, biographical information about Wilson , links to other related sites and TIME articles. Careers & TheatreTheatre Support Organizations Part of Artslynx, this is an extensive list of organizations related to all Theatre Arts. Theatre Jobs Part of Artslynx, this is an extensive list of job search sites for all Theatre Arts. Theatre HistoryThis site is part of the Library of Congress’s American Memory project. According to the site, this “is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. ”The site also features audio recordings available in RealAudio or WAV formats. Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress This site includes “over 13,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for approximately 70 productions. The Federal Theatre Project was one of five arts-related projects established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). TheatreHistory.com This site covers the history of drama, with an emphasis on Western drama, reprinting articles from books and journals. The front page includes a “today in theatre history” feature, and a “Featured Topic ”that links to a topic or an article found on the site. The site is searchable and incorporates a limited “Script Archive ”arranged by Full Length Plays, One Act Plays, Ten Minute Plays, and Monologues. Theatre History on the Web This comprehensive site, created by a retired professor of Drama, provides links to other theatre arts research sites throughout the world. Links are arranged by chronologically, geographically, and by topic. Log InThe resource you requested requires you to enter a username and password below: | ||
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