Performing Arts Links
CANADIAN ACTOR ONLINE www.canadianactor.com
CAO is the Canadian entertainment industry's most comprehensive site for online resources for actors and other entertainment industry professionals.
NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca
A free all-night contemporary art thing. 6:52 pm to sunrise.
SOLAR STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE www.solarstage.on.ca
Solar Stage presents plays for children ages 3 to 10, and their families. Audition notices posted regularly. These are paid roles for non-union performers.
STAGE DOOR www.stage-door.com
Stage Door on the Net is dedicated to promoting attendance at live professional and quality amateur theatre in Southwestern Ontario and Toronto. To this end, Stage Door provides all such theatres with one central internet location to post their playbills, contacts, and professional reviews of their productions.
TARRAGON THEATRE www.tarragontheatre.com
Toronto auditions in November each year. Check their site for more details.
THEATRECANADA.COM www.theatrecanada.com
Theatre Canada is Canada's online live theatre directory for the performing arts.
THEATRE ONTARIO www.theatreontario.org
Theatre Ontario is a central source of information on training, career opportunities, awards, publications, productions and resources focused on theatre in Ontario.
THEATRE RESOURCES www.about-arts.com
A directory of theatre related websites and discussion groups.
TORONTO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (TAPA) www.tapa.ca
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts is a professional arts service organization dedicated to advancing the arts in the City of Toronto by promoting and advocating on behalf of local theatre, dance and opera companies and providing services to enhance the artistic, technical and administrative development of its membership.
TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL fringe@fringetoronto.com
Play listings for the 2009 Fringe, July 1 - 12.
TORONTO IRISH PLAYERS www.torontoirishplayers.org
Established in 1975, the Toronto Irish Players is a community theatre company with a mandate to perform works from the broad repertoire of Irish theatre.
VILLAGE PLAYERS www.villageplayers.net
The Village Players strive to prove that you don't need to go downtown to enjoy great theatre. For thirty-six years The Village Players have offered a wide range of entertaining plays, from Comedies and Shakespearean dramas to modern tales of romance and suspense.
Playwrighting Links
PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA www.playwrightsguild.com
PGC represents over 300 members, distributes more than 1,500 Canadian plays,
and publishes up to ten new books annually. Formerly Playwrights Union of Canada.
ESCRIPT www.singlelane.com/escript
The Internet Scriptwrighting Workshop: On-line workshops, seminars, and topical Q & A's.
INSIGHT FOR PLAYWRIGHTS www.writersinsight.com
A monthly marketing newsletter for playwrights.
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org
An indispensible resource for women playwrights.
MUSICAL MAKERS www.musicalmakers.org
Musical Makers is an association that includes composers, lyricists, bookwriters, directors, musical directors, producers, marketers/promoters, educators, performers, critics, and others who have interest in contributing to the development of new musical theatre works.
PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS groups.yahoo.com/group/playsandplaywrights
Plays and Playwrights is a Yahoo Group for those interested in the craft of Playwriting. Plays may be analyzed and discussed for their writing, its relation production et cetera. Discussions about the nuts and bolts of playwrighting is also to be found here.
PLAYWRIGHTS ON THE WEB www.stageplays.com/writers.htm
Play submission opportunities and links to 100's of playwrights worldwide.
PLAYWRITING SEMINARS www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting
This site is updated regularly and has been around since 1995. The Playwriting Seminars is a treasure-trove of information, philosophy, and inspiration as well as the nuts-and-bolts of structure and analysis.
SMALL CAST ONE-ACT PLAYS GUIDE www.heniford.net/1234
Librarian Lewis Heniford's labor of love featuring 100's of one-act plays
including many suitable for students.
THEATREBOOKS www.theatrebooks.com
Established in 1975, TheatreBooks has become known across North America as
the first choice of theatre professionals.
WRITE WORDS - UK WRITERS' COMMUNITY
www.writewords.org.uk/articles/theatre1.asp
Here's a great article on producing your own play.
Arts Related Support & Resources
ARTBOOKS www.loosechange.ca/artbooks
Canada's first organization dedicated to financial management in the arts.
As well as Income Tax Preparation, Artbooks also offers Business
Management Consulting, Budgeting and Cash Flow Techniques for the
freelancer and people in the arts.
CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS www.ccarts.ca
The Voice of Canadian Arts and Culture. The Canadian Conference of the Arts
(CCA) is Canada's oldest and largest arts advocacy group and is concerned
with all the issues confronting artists and cultural workers.
DUAL AUDIO www.dualaudioservices.com
Dual Audio is a premier audio firm with two streams. In our first stream, we design and engineer shows and sound systems for any event. In our second stream, we provide low profile, high efficiency, professional audio equipment for rental or purchase.
INTERNET THEATRE BOOKSHOP www.stageplays.com
The most comprehensive catalogue of plays in the world. The Internet Bookshop
offers virtually every play currently published in the English language
arranged by genre.
ONTARIO PLACE HOTELS www.ontarioplacehotels.com
Ontario Place Hotels offers the best rates on hotels near the Ontario Place and Alumnae Theatre.
SKYDOME HOTELS www.skydome-hotels.com
SkyDome Hotels offers great rates on over 50 hotels near the SkyDome and Alumnae Theatre.
TELECHROME MEDIA SERVICES www.telechrome.com
Duncan McAllister of Telechrome shot the photos for Alumnae Theatre's
She Stoops to Conquer, New Ideas Festival 2005 and Problem
Child/Criminal Genius. Telechrome provides photography and media
services for the arts and specializes in headshot portraiture.
TICKING TIME BOMB PRODUCTIONS www.tickingtimebomb.ca
A joint venture of Alumnae Webmistress Suzanne Courtney & Alumnae member
Valerie Lemieux, Ticking Time Bomb offers a wide range of services
including graphic & web design, copywriting & editing, as well as print & video production.
TOP SPOT DIRECTORY www.topspotdirectory.com
The Top Spot Directory is an online resource with a database filed with links to the Web's best resources, for some of the most searched topics. All links are hand selected.
T O TIX www.totix.ca
Purchase discount tickets online. As well as offering same-day discount
tickets, you can now purchase full-price advance tickets for select shows.
WRIB (Women for Recreation, Information and Business) www.wrib.ca
WRIB has a membership of roughly 250 women and organizes theatre events,
arts & culture events, restaurant outings, hikes, dances, bowling, euchre etc. for
our members. WRIB also has a bookclub where upcoming plays can be read and promoted.
WORK IN CULTURE www.workinculture.ca
Presented by Cultural Careers Council Ontario, this site features an
excellent Job Board for people seeking employment in the arts.
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