LibGuides: Theatre: Resources for Performance

Keywords for Acting

Try a variety of synonyms and related terms to find the most results:

Acting

Monologues

Dialogues

Drama

Performing Arts

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Books for Acting

The Actor and the Character by Vladimir Mirodan
ISBN: 9781315723433
Publication Date: 2018-11-12
Mythic Imagination and the Actor by Marissa Chibás
ISBN: 9781003152552
Publication Date: 2021-08-02
The Physical Actor by Annie Loui
ISBN: 9781315222844
Publication Date: 2018-10-25

Keywords for Staging

Try a variety of synonyms and related terms to find the most results:

Theatre OR Theater OR Stage

Production OR Direction OR Management

Lighting

Setting OR Set Design OR Scenery

Costume Design

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Books for Staging

Innovating the Design Process: a Theatre Design Journey by David E. Smith
ISBN: 9781003223160
Publication Date: 2022-04-25
Stage Management Basics by Emily Roth; Jonathan Allender-Zivic; Katy McGlaughlin
ISBN: 9781003133049
Publication Date: 2021-12-30
Directions for Directing by Avra Sidiropoulou
ISBN: 9781315222905
Publication Date: 2018-09-04

Video Resources

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
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The most comprehensive video database covering more than 70,000 titles on anthropology, business, counseling, film health, history, music, and more curated for the educational experience of all types of library patrons.
Films on Demand (Coverage varies) This link opens in a new window
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Provides streaming videos from the Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational and many others and includes a comprehensive coverage of major fields of knowledge.
Kanopy Streaming Media Collection This link opens in a new window
Kanopy provides a collection with over 26,000 films from 800 producers, including Criterion Collection, New Day Films, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, First Run Features, Media Education Foundation, The Great Courses, and many more.

Online Resources

Actors' Equity
Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members.
Theatre Communications Group
TCG's mission is to strengthen, nurture and promote the professional not-for-profit American theatre. TCG publishes the American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source for a career in the arts.
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TCG offers its members networking and knowledge-building opportunities through conferences, events, research and communications; grants approximately $2 million per year to theatre companies and individual artists; advocates on the federal level and serves as the U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the global theatre community. In all of its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and celebrate the artistic talent and achievements of the field and promote a larger public understanding of, and appreciation for, the theatre.
International Dialects of English Archive
Created in 1997 as the internet’s first archive of primary-source recordings of English-language dialects and accents as heard around the world.
Speech Accent Archive
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed.
USITT
The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) connects performing arts design and technology communities to ensure a vibrant dialog among practitioners, educators, and students.