| The Northland
Pioneer College Library System contains several resources for
performing arts. Click here to use the library's online catalog or data
bases (some data bases require you to get a password from library staff).
Use search terms such as "actors", "performing",
"theatre" etc. Click here to view
a list of suggested subject search terms
SPT 130:[Internet Course]
Introduction to Theatre
An introductory survey of theatre from its earliest known beginnings to present day, focusing on aesthetic and humanistic aspects within historical and contemporary context.
3 credits.
Dr. Michael Solomonson, Instructor. 1-800-266-7845 x6217 email: msolomonson@NPC.edu
SPT 140: [Internet
Course]
Principles of Drama
An introduction to a variety of dramatic literature to include how plays are
written, their historical significance and the dramatic theory that informed
their creation. 3 credit. Dr. Michael Solomonson, Instructor. 1-800-266-7845
x6217 email: msolomonson@NPC.edu
SPT 150: [Internet/telecourse]
Introduction to Film
An introduction to the history, ideology and aesthetics of film, film theory and
film criticism. A combined internet/telecourse. 3 credit.
Dr. Michael Solomonson, Instructor. 1-800-266-7845 x6217 email: msolomonson@NPC.edu
Arizona Theatre Alliance.
(ATA) is a statewide organization of professional, community
and educational theatre professionals.
American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
http://www.aate.com/
(AATE) is a National organization promoting excellence in theatre and theatre education
International Society for Performing Arts Foundation
http://www.ispa.org
A not-for-profit international organization (founded 1949) of over 600
executives and directors of concert and performance halls, festivals, performing companies, and artist competitions; government
cultural officials; artists' managers; and other interested parties with a professional involvement in the performing arts from more than 50 countries in every region of the
world, and in every arts discipline. The purpose of ISPA is to develop, nurture,
energize and educate an international network of arts leaders and professionals who are dedicated to advancing the field
of the performing arts.
The following links and descriptions are
from the Allen Library Theatre Arts Guide Web developed by the University
of Hartford Library. (http://libaxp.hartford.edu/)
A Brief Guide to Internet
Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies
Maintained by Prof. Ken McCoy of Stetson University, this is an extensive site of general
and theater resources.
ELAC TheatrePedia:
Internet Theatre Library
Developed by the East Los Angeles College, this is an "online theatre-research
library containing information about the history, aesthetics, and technique of
theatre." A subject index is available for those who are not sure which site
might contain the information they are seeking.
English Language and Literature Guide
Prepared by Mortensen Library staff, this site includes a broad array of useful links.
Theatre Central
Probably the best-maintained and most comprehensive single site on the subject of theater,
providing hundreds of links to theater-related resources. Available from this site are a
directory of theater resources on the Internet, a directory of theater professionals,
performance schedules from around the world, job and audition postings, and a monthly
electronic magazine, The Journal.
Theatre and Drama
From the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this site includes links to theatre companies and
festivals, image collections, studies and archival texts.
Theatre-link.com
The Index is a long, organized list of links to information about academic
programs, technical resources, shows and performances, theatres, groups, and other general
information.
Plays
& Scripts
The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare
The web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including internet
resources, a discussion area, quotations, and a glossary.
The Drama Book Shop
Script Inventory
Searchable database of scripts in stock at The Drama Book Shop.
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
This site is handy for identifying and purchasing specific plays. Users can apply
for licenses online. Search by cast size, gender, length, keyword, author,
title. Includes links to web sites on acting, costuming, and regional theater.
The Internet Classics Archive
This site is an award-winning, searchable collection of over 400 classical Greek and Latin
texts (in English translation) with user-provided commentary and trivia sections.
Inter-play
An on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals.
Samuel French, Inc.
Published scripts, ranging from Broadway and England's West End to unsolicited scripts
submitted by unpublished authors. Their sales catalogue includes monologues, audition
material, classroom guides, classic works and the latest plays from the professional
theater.
Specialized
Sites
Didaskalia: ancient theater
today
Contains a wealth of information about the roots and the modern uses of ancient drama and
theater, organized into easily accessible sections providing links to ancient production
techniques; digitalized reconstructions of ancient theaters; schedules, articles and
reviews of modern productions of classic texts; and conferences.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
A comprehensive site that provides links to online scholarly resources as well as new
Shakespeare materials, such as a genealogy, a time line, information about the Shakespeare
canon, and a biography quiz.
Music Theatre Resources
Allen Library site listing web sites, periodicals, literature, and databases for music
theatre studies.
The New Deal Stage:
Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
This online presentation includes over 3,000 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 productions of Macbeth and The
Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama
of the period. Additional documents from the collection will be added.
Search for Award
Available via Playbill Online, on this page you can search for Connecticut Critics Circle,
Drama Desk, Obie, Outer Critics, Olivier, Pulitzer, and Tony awards by production and
year.
UK Theatre Web
Although not an easy site to navigate, the UK Theatre Web has current and comprehensive
coverage of theatre in Britain. Includes links to ticketing, competitions,
festivals, agents, jobs, gossip, consultants, supplies, etc.
Village Voice Obie Awards
Includes current winners and searchable database of past awards.
Selected quotes
about acting. (taken from the Quotation Center) www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/
Please note:
Additional resources will be added to this list.
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