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The Theatre Central Web Page

About This Page

Welcome to Theatre Central, the 'hub' of theatre resources on the internet, brought to you by Arcadia Webworks, a division of Arcadia, Inc. This page contains links to theatre-related paes from all over the world. Unlike other theatre page compilations, this page is dedicated to Amateur, Scholastic, and Professional groups, services, and resources alike. It is updated weekly.

If you know of any links not contained in this page, or wish to make any comments, suggestions, or inquiries to the maintainer, Andrew Q. Kraft, feel free to do so through the Theatre Central Comment Gateway. If you wish to be put on the Theatre Central updates list, which will inform you any time there is a change in Theatre Central, as well as featuring new links and services, please ask to do so through this form as well.

Keys to Reading This Page

[ NEW ] will indicate new or recently 'overhauled' links. "New" status will last 2-3 weeks.
[ INDEX ] will indicate an index of other documents (such as this one).
[SERVICE] will indicate all 'services'.
o indicates a link that is not described by one of the above categories.

This page was last updated Sun Apr 23 15:48:43 EDT 1995 .
Next update scheduled for no later than Sun Apr 30 23:59:00 EDT 1995 .

Table of Contents

  1. Theatrical Contacts
  2. Resources (Lists, Sites, and Other Resources)
  3. Playwrights, Scripts, and Literature
  4. Current Theatre
  5. Companies and Calendars
  6. Regional Theatre
  7. Scholastic-Based Groups
  8. Other Theatre Groups
  9. Academic Programs
  10. Magazines
  11. Newsgroups
  12. About the Maintainer

1. Theatrical Contacts

[ NEW ] Internet Stage & Screen Resources
[SERVICE] The Directory of Theatre Professionals on the Net
[SERVICE] The Virtual Headbook
o Pancake Promotions Acting Agency

2. Resources (Lists, Sites, and Other Resources)

[ INDEX ] The HQE Theatre Resource List
[ INDEX ] Entertainment:Theater
[ INDEX ] The ArtsNet Theatre Sites Listings
o ArtsNet, Arts Management Information Service
o The Entertainment Technology Center
o The Improv Page, a resource for Improvisational Theatre
o The Listing of Theatre Resources on the Net
o The Rutgers Theatre Gopher,
o ZIPped AutoCAD Lighting Symbols
o AutoCAD Applied to Scenery

3. Playwrights, Scripts, and Literature

o The New Dramatists Web Page
o The Goldsmiths Playlist
o The Dramatic Exchange, an original script source for writers, directors, and producers.
o Shakespeare Online
o Another interesting page is the Screenwriters' and Playwrights' Homepage
o More New Plays and Shakespeare
o Writers Guild of America Schedule of Minimums

4. Current Theatre

o On Broadway, a directory of shows currently playing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and various other theatre-related information
o Broadway World-Wide, the on-line magazine of the New York theatre community
o The Headquarters Entertainment Corporation Listings (Canada)
o The London Stage Gazette
o ArtsNet's "Arts Events Around the World"
o The Call Board, an Atlanta area performing arts service.
The Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, CA)
[ NEW ] The Phoenix Theatre (Edmonton, Canada)
[ NEW ] The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) (Cambridge, MA)
[ NEW ] Bard on the Beach (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
[ NEW ] Torchlight Productions (Muncie, IN)
[ NEW ] Wilmslow Guild Players (United Kingdom)
[ NEW ] The San Jose Musical Theater (San Jose, NM)
[ NEW ] Theater Lac Brome (Quebec, Canada)
o The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery, AL)
o The Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR)
o The FAHRENHEIT Theatre Co. (Cincinnati, OH)
o The New Heart -- Company of Artists (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
o The George Coates Performance Works (San Francisco, CA)
o MW Repertory Theatre Company (Worcester, MA)
o Flat Four (Southern England)
o TheatreWorks (San Francisco, CA)
o Portland Center Stage (Portland, OR)

6. Regional Theatre

o New York's Capitol District Theatre Page

7. Scholastic-Based Groups

[ NEW ] The Production Workshop (at Brown University, RI)
[ NEW ] The Troupe (at Michigan Technological University, Michigan)
o The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (at Harvard University and Radcliffe College, Massachusetts)
o Intuiton (at the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania)
o Masque (at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts)
o The MIT Dramashop (at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts)
o The MIT Musical Theatre Guild (MTG) (at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts)
o The Summer Production Artistic Repertory Company (SPARC) (at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts)
o The Princeton Triangle Club (at Princeton University, New Jersey)
o The Rice Players (at Rice University, Texas)
o The Barnstormers (at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland)
o Monash University Theatre Activities (at Monash University, Australia)
o The Ram's Head Theatrical Society (at Stanford University, California)
o RPI Players (at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

8. Other Theatre Groups

o The Offstage Theatre Co. (Charlottesville, VA)
o The MSSD Performing Arts Program

9. Academic Programs

[ NEW ] The Furman University Drama Department
[ NEW ] The University of South Florida Theatre Department
[ NEW ] The University of Virginia Drama Department
o Drew University Department of Theater Arts
o Portland State University Department of Theater Arts
o The MIT Theater Arts Department unofficial course listings

10. Magazines

o Theatre Crafts International Magazine
o Stage Directions Magazine
o Theater Week Magazine
o Drama Review Magazine
o Toronto Eye Magazine

11. Newsgroups

o The alt.stagecraft Newsgroup
o The rec.arts.theatre.plays Newsgroup
o The rec.arts.theatre.musicals Newsgroup
o The rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft Newsgroup
o The rec.arts.theatre.misc Newsgroup

12. About the Maintainer

Finally, some information about the maintainer of this page. Andrew Quixote Kraft is a Theatre Major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in Directing and the application of Technology to the Arts. He will be graduating in January of 1996, and hopes to move to the New York City area, where he will pursue both technological and artistic interests and hopefully work with a group that combines them both.

o Coursework and Training
o Theatre-Related Experience
o Interests, Goals and Current Work
--- Andrew Quixote Kraft (quijote@mit.edu)