Playwriting Links on the Web

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'That we now find ourselves attacked as immoralists, anarchists, or PC apostles reflects the degree to which we have succeeded in articulating a vision for the future which threatens those who cling to nostalgia. Most important, art is attacked in its own time. We must be doing something right.'

-- David Henry Hwang

• Theatre Central: The link of all links about the theatre.

• Yahoo's Index: of Playwrights' Resources.

• New Dramatists: The best known playwrights' organization in the USA.
  [This is a great place to see what subjects are high on the list of interesting contemporary American playwrights.]

• Dramatists Guild of America: The equivalent of a union for US playwrights. The DG creates standard contracts and protections for playwrights including Broadway and regional theatres.

• Playwrights Union of Canada: The country's largest membership service organization.

• Playwright's Workshop Montréal: [Canada]

• Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre: [Canada]

• Playwrights' Center of San Francisco: [USA]

• International Centre for Women Playwrights: [USA]

• Northwest Playwrights Guild: [Oregon & Washington, USA]

• Alberta Playwrights' Network: [Canada]

• The Playwrights Forum: [Washington, D.C.]

• Playmarket: [New Zeland] Agency & Script Advisory Service.

• Writers Guild of America: Craft of Writing: An excellent source of tips and interviews on writing for film and television.

• Playwrights' and Screenwriters' Homepage: Helpful tips, advice, and leads from Charles Deemer.

• Muse of Fire Productions: A film production company that tells you what it's looking for in screenplays.

• Intuitions College Theatre Guide: The most comprehensive listing of academic theatre programs on the Web. Some offer playwriting courses.

• Inter-Play: A search tool for finding plays that may only be published in anthologies, magazines, and journals. Also gives Library of Congress catalogue numbers [for U.S.A. libraries].

• Dramatists Play Service, Inc.: An excellent source for ordering many of the plays by U.S. playwrights referred to in The Seminars.

• If you're no where near a decent bookstore with a substantial stock of plays -- and they're getting harder to find every year in the US -- Amazon.com, the Web bookstore, is probably your best source for the scripts recommended in The Playwriting Seminars.

• The Internet Theatre Bookshop: If you're outside of North America. And there's also the UK branch of Amazon.com.

• Stage & Screen: A book club offering modestly priced hard-back editions of new plays soon after they have been produced in New York. Given the market, the majority are by American playwrights. And they've added a few screenplays.

• Regional Theatres on the Web: A selection -- from the U.S., Canada, and England -- that are active in new play production.

• Tom Noonan, movie maker: A great site from a playwright who's figured out the independent film business -- and tells you how he does it.

• E-script: Workshops on playwriting and screenwriting.

• Charles Deemer's Screenwriting Courses: He was there first doing this on the Net.

• Writers on the Net: Courses in playwriting, screenwriting, and a wide range of other genres.

• Writer on Line Newsletter: A fine source of practical articles by the pros on writing plays, novels, and almost everything else. And software if you're in need of gentle prodding to write.

• Young Playwrights Inc.: YPI was founded by Stephen Sondheim to support playwrights under the age of 18. It runs national play competitions, workshops, and other services for high school students.