Theater Arts and Drama
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People & Organizations
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
(Wilson) Biography Reference Bank - Biography Reference Bank contains narrative profiles of over a half million people. Included are the original profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated (covering many print volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson and others, including all volumes of Current Biography), combined with periodicals coverage of Biography Index and full text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases. (Available only to UA Campus.)
Biography Resource Center - The Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who® is a comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. (Available only to UA Campus.)
Contemporary Authors
Available through Literature Resource Center Provides full-text information about authors who have published in this century.
Contemporary American dramatists. Detroit, MI : St. James Press, 1994. - PS 352 .C65 1994 Main Reference
Who Was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976 Detroit: Gale Research, 1978. 4 vol. - PN 2597 W52 Main Reference
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Directors, Playwrights and Producers of the English-Speaking Theatre.
THEATER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
American Society for Theatre Research The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), established in 1956, provides an organization and public voice for theatre scholars and promotes the cause of theatre as a field for serious scholarly study and research.
Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers: A national independent labor union representing members throught the United States and abroad.
Theatre Library Association Founded in 1937, the Theatre Library Association supports librarians and archivists affiliated with theatre, dance, performance studies, popular entertainment, motion picture and broadcasting collections.
DIRECTORIES ETC.
Associations-Encylopedia of Associations- Contains information for approximately 400,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state and local non-profit membership organizations in all fields. Search by location, subject or SIC code. (Available only to UA Campus.)
Theater Listings - A State by State directory of theatrical organizations in the U.S.
Arizona Commission on the Arts Resouces for Educators/Teachers. Provides links to resources such as assessment, listing of Arizona Libraries, evaluation, partnership, arts standards, links to other arts learning organizations, research, curriculum, teaching artists and more.
LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Theater in Tucson a listing of the various theater companies in and around the Tucson metropolitan area.