Theater Arts Subject Guide

Database of plays, no full text. Provides  full publication details needed to locate the play in the Cruzcat and Melvyl catalogs.  Searchable by title, author, subject, style, genre, and cast type.
Coverage dates: Plays written from Antiquity to present and published from 1949 to present
Database of citations, abstracts and some full-text for articles in peer-reviewed journals and other performing arts periodicals.  Subject Coverage: Dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, opera, performance art, entertainment industry, and more.
Coverage varies; Some titles begin mid-1990s; Some, early 1900s.
Works of contemporary playwrights, including new editions or translations.  Citations to some 31,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to the present. Over 600 monologues for auditions or course assignments  
1949-present
Full-text searchable, browsable collection of over 700 plays.
Covers: 1714-1911.
Full-text searchable and browsable database of plays written by Asian American authors. Contains character and bibliographic information for each play, plus production details for selected plays.
Covers: 1891 - current.
Full-text searchable and browsable database of plays written by African, Caribbean, and African American authors. Contains character and bibliographic information for each play, plus production details and images for selected plays.
Covers: 1850 - current.
Full-text searchable, browsable database of 4000 plays by 1200 authors.
Covers: 1280-1915.
Full-text of plays by Native American playwrights.
Full-text of plays by women playwrights.
Database of plays, no full text. Provides  full publication details needed to locate the play in the Cruzcat and Melvyl catalogs.  Searchable by title, author, subject, style, genre, and cast type.
Coverage dates: Plays written from Antiquity to present and published from 1949 to present
Searchable text of plays by authors from Britain, Ireland, and Australia, chiefly from the period of 1890 to 1920.  Includes supplementary matter such as dramatis personae and relevant illustrations.
North American Theatre Online is a comprehensive reference work covering all aspects of the Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials, together with records to approximately 30,000 plays, 57,000 people, 5,400 theatres, 22,000 productions, and 2,500 production companies. Each year we'll add more than 20,000 new records. The collection also includes approximately 10,500 images, playbills, postcards, scrapbooks and other resources.
Online streaming video of more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays and more than 100 film documentaries.