Theatre Links

Links to more theatre links:

Shepperd Technical Production  from the UK
Theatre Resources at World Wide Arts Resources

Historical, Educational, or Informational Sites:

American Variety Stage  Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920, Library of Congress.
Artsedge Teaching Materials  A collection of theatre arts curricula sites.
Community Theatre Greenroom  Inspiring and practical information for community theatres.
Creative Drama & Theatre Education  Good resource, most comprehensive book list I've seen.
Drama West  Association of Drama Educators (Western Australia) The links page on this site is a gold mine; so are the curriculum resources.
Educational Theater Association   This Association serves high school theatre programs.
Federal Theater Project   A brief and shining moment when the government actually supported theater.
Green Room at the New Globe   This is "an electronic meetingplace for professional writers and those
preparing for careers in writing."  I can't vouch for it, having never participated, but it sounds interesting.
The Motley Collection   Fabulous costume and set renderings.
Crewbase.com A non-profit venture serving freelance backstage staff seeking work, in the professional theatre in Europe.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre  No explanation necessary....I hope.
USITT United States Institute of Theatre Technology
Virtual Theatre  Stanford University's Virtual Theatre project.

Sites that sell or rent theatre equipment:

Stage Equipment and Lighting
Musson Theatrical
Theatrical Hardware, Inc.

Designers and Scenery builders:

Bookmark, Printed Matter for the Performing Arts
E-script Bookstore
Moonstruck Drama Bookstore
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Theater and Drama

Reader's Theatre sites:

 Aaron Shepard's RT Page
 Gander Academy Readers Theater
 Suite101.com Reader's Theater article

Various  theatre company sites of companies I know and appreciate:

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR  (A very special place; see more outstanding theatre in a very short time than you ever thought possible)
Royal Shakespeare Company  (I saw "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" there, which is definately a peak theatre experience)
Royal National Theatre (ditto, "Peter Pan")
TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA   Happy 35th Anniversary!!
West Bay Opera, Palo Alto, CA
California Theatre Center, Sunnyvale, CA (excellent children's theatre done by adults)
Peninsula Youth Theatre, Mountain View, CA  (excellent theatre done by children and youths)
American Musical Theatre, San Jose, CA
San Jose Repertory Theatre, San Jose, CA

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