HELPFUL LINKS TO ACTING, THEATRE, THEATRE HISTORY,
AND TECHNICAL THEATRE and WHERE TO FIND OTHER COMMUNITY THEATRES.
If you know of other good links, please let us know, and please encourage people to link to our site.
In Our Area:
Oklahoma Community Theatre Association
Tulsa Area Community Theatre Alliance
Grove Area Chamber of Commerce
Theatre sites and organizations
American Association of Community Theatre
A very good site for all kinds of theatre informaiton.
Must be a member to get to some pages.
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
The Playwrights' Database of Modern Plays
Wallace Foundation
Lots of research on the arts & arts education
Technical Theatre
Playmaker's Light Board Manual
Go to "support" on the legend, then "LP 600 series" then
at bottom of screen, "LP612 & LP624 User Manual"
For many other sights, search for specific aspects of technical theatre such as theatre lighting, scene design, set design, sound technology, costume design, costume history, period costume, makeup,etc.
Sites for our In-school programs
For book bibliographies, leave a message at 918-786-8950, please.
A general search on 'Ancient Theatre' is useful on the four periods
of theatre history taught in Grove Public Schools by Playmaker
volunteers. Don't forget to look for 'lesson plans.' Here are some favorites.
Greek Theatre (Fifth grade students)
www.cumbavac.org/Ancient_Greeks_and_Romans.htm
Commedia dell'Arte (Sixth grade students)
www.delpiano.com
www.humanracetheatre.org/commedia__dell'arte___ ETC
www.commedia-dell-arte.com (timeline only)
shane-arts.com/commedia-dellcarte-history.htm
For extension of commedia into today's theatre
Its-Behind-You.com
American Realism (7th grade students)
ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm
Shakespeare (8th grade students)
Thousands of sites…do a general search.
Types of Theatre stages
Search: history theatre stage types
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_(theatre)
The Collaborative Aspects of Theatre
Search: theatre job types.
Good sites are from England, so some differences may be found in American theatre.
AACT (above): click on "Making Theatre" and then look for job descriptions.