Student Blogs

Lala Babin (Rabbit Hole)
http://shsudamaturgybabin2009.blogspot.com/

Angela Bell (Proof)
http://shsudramaturgybell2009.blogspot.com/

Anna Brooks (The Phantom of the Opera)
http://shsudramaturgybrooks2009.blogspot.com/

Kent Coppock (J.B.)
http://shsudramaturgycoppock2009.blogspot.com/

Wade Dixon (G.R. Point)
http://wwwshsudramaturgydixon2009.blogspot.com/

Valorie Fudge (As It Is In Heaven)
http://shsudramaturgyfudge2009.blogspot.com/

Amanda Gutierrez (Eurydice)
http://wwwshsudramaturgygutierrez.blogspot.com/

Autumn Hill (Fences)
http://shsudramaturgyhill.blogspot.com/

Margaret Hoffman (Dream Girls)
http://shsudramaturgyhoffman.blogspot.com/

Rushone Johnican (The Quick-Change Room)
http://shsudramaturgyjohnican.blogspot.com/

Darel Johnson (Pillowman)
http://shsudramaturgyjohnson2009.blogspot.com/

Brandy Lee (Fuddy Meers)
http://shsudamaturgylee2009.blogspot.com/

Jacqueline Levett-Prinsep (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)
http://shsudramaturgylevett-prinsep2009.blogspot.com/

Zachary Lewis (The Machine Wreckers)
http://shsudramaturgylewis2009.blogspot.com/

Faith Looten (Tartuffe)
http://shshdramaturgylooten2009.blogspot.com/

Jordan Muller (Harvey)
http://shsudramaturgymuller2009.blogspot.com/

Jenna Myers (The Man Who Came to Dinner)
http://shsudramaturgymyers2009.blogspot.com/

Adena Nelson (On The Verge)
http://shsudramaturgynelson2009.blogspot.com/

Tori Pearman (To Kill A Mockingbird)
http://shsudramaturgypearman2009.blogspot.com/

Heather Selbe (The Importance of Being Earnest)
http://shsudramaturgyselbe2009.blogspot.com/

Ladawn Taylor (All Shook Up)
http://shsudramaturgladawn2009.blogspot.com/

Omar Torres Vazquez (Titanic)
http://shsudramaturgytorresvazquez2009.blogspot.com/

Jessica Walters (Venus)
http://shsudramaturgywalters.blogspot.com/

Brian Weeks (Noises Off)
http://shsudramaturgyweeks2009.blogspot.com/

Erin Williams (Talk Radio)
http://shsudramaturgywilliams2009.blogspot.com/

Joey Wooden (The Stonewater Rapture)
http://shsudramaturgywooden2009.blogspot.com/

Regional Theatres

TCG's "Theatre Profiles"
http://tcg.org/tools/profiles/member_profiles/main.cfm?CFID=15716497&CFTOKEN=10687556

League of Resident Theatres (LORT)
http://www.lort.org/

Graduate Programs in Dramaturgy

"A Sampler of Graduate Dramaturgy Programs in the U.S."
Posted by Theatre Communications Group (TCG): Publications: American Theatre
note: some information is outdated
http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/2001/programs.cfm

What Is Dramaturgy?

The following articles are offered by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) at their homepage in the section "Who We Are: About Dramaturgy":

"What is Dramaturgy? Some answers..." by M. Louise McKay
http://www.lmda.org/blog/WhoWeAre/AboutDramaturgy/_archives/2004/11/18/186623.html

"When You Use These Words, You're Using Dramaturgy" by Liz Engelman
http://www.lmda.org/blog/WhoWeAre/AboutDramaturgy/_archives/2004/12/28/217890.html

"The Role of the Dramaturg in the Creation of New Works" by Andrew Eggert
Originally published in Opera America (Spring 2008)
http://www.lmda.org/_attachments/3629932/The%20Role%20of%20Dramaturgy.pdf

"What Is A Dramaturg" by David McTier
Written for Region V KCACTF
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_TJegLiAIxpMmEzMTExMWEtYTg0Yy00MjkzLThiNTYtYWJmZjY3NmI2ZjU1&hl=en

Example of an Annotated Resource Link

Spring Awakening: The Study Guide
by Adam Freeman Pockross
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/theatre/Study%20Guides/SpringAwakening_StudyGuide.pdf

This is a 31-page, picture-free study guide written by Adam Pockross for the 2007 Cal State Long Beach production of Spring Awakening. Contents include: history of era and text, playwright's bio, themes, design statements, prompts (primary and advanced), director's notes, glossary, and a bibliography. Although no target audience is specified, the nature of the prompts (discussion questions) suggests high school or perhaps undergraduate students.

Production History: Professional Theatres

You can find the production histories of many plays listed at:

http://tcg.org/tools/profiles/member_profiles/main.cfm?CFID=15655201&CFTOKEN=98318324

Musical Videos

"The Guilty Ones" from Musical's Website

http://www.springawakening.com/spring_awakening_music_and_video.php


From A&E's Breakfast with the Arts

Educational Guides: Samples

Note: These are not necessarily all great examples. You should compare and contrast in determining how you will format your own Educational Guide for your play. Note also that almost all are in .pdf format.

Stage Notes: A Field Guide for Teachers: Spring Awakening (The Musical)
http://www.carolinatix.org/resources/pdfs/Spring_Awakening_Study_Guide.pdf

Cal State Long Beach's Spring Awakening (The Play)
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/theatre/Study%20Guides/SpringAwakening_StudyGuide.pdf

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre's Eurydice
http://www.milwaukeerep.com/education/documents/Euridyce_000.pdf

San Jose State University: Big Love
http://www.trft.org/TRFTPix/BigLoveStudyGuide.pdf

East Bay Children's Theatre: Rumplestiltskin
http://www.childrens-theatre.org/images/Rumpel%20Ed%20Packet.pdf

Blue Man Group
http://www.blueman.com/files/BM_EDPressKit.pdf

Deaf West Theatre: Big River
http://www.deafwest.org/productions/br_discoveryguide.pdf

Folger Shakespeare Library: Romeo & Juliet
http://www.simonsays.com/assets/series/859/CG17_859.pdf

SUNY Osego: A Doll's House
http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/theatre/performance/0708/Dolls%20House%20Ed%20Packet.html

Coterie Theatre: In Spite of Thunder: The Macbeth Project
http://www.coterietheatre.org/MCP%20Resource%20Guide.pdf

and lots, lots more at
http://www.patelconservatory.org/onschooltime/study_guides.htm

Medea

Translation Tools

No online, automatic language translator is going to provide an accurate translation that accommodates syntax, idiomatic language, archaisms, etc.; however, the "Bing" translator from Microsoft may help you with basic information.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/

Less effective, in my opinion, is Yahoo's online translator, Babelfish:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Production Reviews Online

Newton Gresham Library Databases Online

http://library.shsu.edu/research/databases/alphabetical.php

Journalistic Reviews

LexisNexis Academic
Provides access to the full-text of hundreds of newspapers, magazines, journals, law reviews, legal cases, and public laws.

New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
The Historical New York Times offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue published in 1851 through 2005. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Times of London Digital Archive (1785-1985)
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 delivers every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London). The Times is the "world's newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. For the first time users are able to search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising.

Academic Reviews

JSTOR
Search or browse for full-text articles in back issues of about 100 journals in the areas of African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Review dates and journals included by subject and alphabetically.

Reviews in Blogs
http://www.blogged.com/directory/entertainment/performing-arts/theatre

TheaterMania
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news_archive.cfm

Spring Awakening Video

Spring Awakening Production Stills

Finding the World of the Play

Here are some loaded resources that may help you with this week's assignments:

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

State & County Quick Facts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

International Data Base
http://photos.ltmcollection.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=ltm&search-form=main/home.html&submit-button=search

Association of Religion Data Archives
http://www.thearda.com/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/

Inflation Calculator
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

How Much Is That?
http://eh.net/hmit/

HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Performing Arts Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Performing%20Arts,%20Music

Federal Theatre Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Collection
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

New York Public Library Digital Collection
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Costume History at the Costumer’s Manifesto
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm

History of Private Life (U.S.)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/private_life.cfm

Classical Music
http://www.classical.com/listen/browser.php?sbid=13

Popular Music
http://www.mp3fiesta.com/

Sound Effects
http://www.sounddogs.com/

National Portrait Gallery (London)
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/

Old Bailey Online (London)
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/London-life18th.jsp

London Fire Brigade
http://www.lfbphotos.com/assetbank-lfb/action/viewHome

Royal Collection eGallery
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/

London’s Transport Museum: Photographic Collection
http://photos.ltmcollection.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=ltm&search-form=main/home.html&submit-button=search

Photograph London
http://www.photograph-london.com/

Fable vs. Plot Summary

The fable is your retelling of the story of your play in 30 minutes or less. (If you missed class today, then allow yourself 20-30 minutes of computer time to retell your story in your own words.)

Chances are that your fable will not be accurate: you will remember some things but not others, and some things you will remember out of order or simply wrong.

The fable exists to point out what you think is important as well as where there are errors and omissions in your memory, which you should be able to determine when you compare your fable with your plot summary.

For the plot summary, you may cut and paste as long as you cite. If a plot summary doesn't exist, or you don't like what you find online, then you will have to write/create your own summary.

AEA's Document of Principle

We, Actors’ Equity Association, the Casting Society of America, the Dramatists Guild, the League of American Theatres and Producers, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, endorse the goals of diversity, inclusion, and the principles of equal opportunity for all who work in the theatre industry; and condemn racism, prejudice, discrimination and exclusion in the theatre.

To these ends, we encourage employment and production opportunities in all theatrical disciplines and areas of theatrical production to include persons of every race, color, culture, age, gender, physical disability and sexual orientation, thereby achieving a theatre industry, both on and off stage, that reflects the full diversity of American society.

While we recognize that there can be no interference with the artistic integrity or contractual rights of the author, director, or choreographer, we urge all members of the theatre community to challenge traditional stereotypes. We acknowledge that the growth and vitality of our industry is dependent upon the inclusion of diverse voices and impulses in writing, hiring, casting, directing and producing. This statement signifies our coming together around the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion. In so doing, we acknowledge our commitment to see that these principles are furthered for the betterment of the professional theatre.

Formally adopted Fall, 1995, by the respective boards and councils of the five participating unions, guilds, and trade associations.
http://www.actorsequity.org/Benefits/DocOfPrinciple.asp

Non-Traditional Casting

Applying Equity's definition: "Non-traditional casting is defined as the casting of ethnic minority and female actors in roles where race, ethnicity, or sex is not germane."
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/23/theater/l-nontraditional-casting-when-race-and-sex-don-t-matter-486788.html

In your statement , you should share your ideas about race, ethnicity, and gender as they affect or might affect the casting of the play's characters. Must certain characters be a certain race, ethnicity, or gender? According to the playwright? to tradition? to you?

As dramaturg, you wouldn't end up casting any play; however, you might recommend ways in which a director/production might think more flexibly about casting, particularly in a setting (like SHSU) where there are a great many talented women and minority actors.

Length: 500-750 words.

Online Play Publishers

To Purchase Scripts & License Productions

You can find most scripts for purchase through http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/, etc. For “acting editions” and licenses, though, you probably will have to deal with one of the publishers listed below:

Dramatists Play Service
http://dramatists.com/

Samuel French
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/index.php

Playscripts, Inc.
http://www.playscripts.com/

For MUSICALS, you may find the information you need at:
http://www.musicals101.com/alphinde.htm

Music Theatre International
http://www.mtishows.com/

Tams-Witmark Music Library
http://www.tams-witmark.com/

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
http://www.rnh.com/show_home.asp

Note: There are many other publishers and independent agencies that may control the title you are looking for.

Online Plays

Contemporary American Plays

American Theatre publishes as many as 10 new, cutting edge plays each year. Plays from 1995 on are available to you free through the library's electronic subscription. You may indentify play titles with the following links:

Play Index: American Theatre
http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/playindex.cfm
To access these titles, you must be signed into the SHSU network. Go to http://library.shsu.edu/ and then to "Find a Journal Title" and then "American Theatre."

Plays in Anthologies and Collections

Individual plays often will be published in collections or anthologies. Inter-Play is an index that may provide the name of the collection or anthology. (Then look up that name in the library's online catalog.)

Inter-Play
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay//

Public Domain Plays

The Internet Classics Archive (MIT)
For public domain translations of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, & Aristophanes.
http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html

Project Gutenberg
Hundreds of public domain plays are available at Project Gutenberg. A particularly good place to find plays written in English before 1900.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
MIT has one of the best sites for reading (and downloading/copying) Shakespeare:
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

Bibliomania
Another good but limited site, particularly for plays in English.
http://www.bibliomania.com/bibliomania-static/index.html