Resources for Theatre & Dance
Check out the blog for students and faculty in the Theatre Department.
For some answers to common questions about library research at UMD, see the Research FAQ.
List of plays in all formats
List of plays in print (paper)
List of plays on DVD and videocassette
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Subscription Databases for Theatre & Dance
Electronic indexes, full text databases and high-quality reference sources provided by the UMD library and especially useful to Theatre students and faculty.
Search DVDs and Videocassettes in the UMD Library
DVDs and Videos of Musical Theatre, both Movies and Stage Productions
Scholarly Journals for Theatre Studies at the UMD Library, in print and electronic format
Web Directories for Thespians and Dancers
Voice of the Shuttle - Drama, Theater & Performance Art Studies
This is an excellent directory for Theatre studies, weighted toward the literary side of things.
McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
This is another excellent directory, with more information on practical resources - the Theater side of things (stagecraft, technique, arts management).
Artslynx International Dance Resources
A good directory of websites relating to dance.
New York Public Library Dance Collection
Search the NYPL dance collection, which is the most extensive collection of materials and recordings on dance. These items are often available through interlibrary loan, especially if requested by faculty.
"The official database of Broadway theatre information."
The Costumer's Manifesto
Tons of great information about fashion and costume - the largest and most comprehensive site on the subject.
Resources
for Period Styles in Set Design
A Course Guide created for Karen Hoffman's TH 3381 class
Where to go in the library if you want to browse
The books in the UMD library are all shelved according to the Library of Congress Classification System.
Here is an outline of the locations for books that may be useful in studying theatre and dance:
In this system, most of the books on theatre are shelved between PN1600 and PN4400, all on the fourth floor. Books on dance are shelved between GV1590 and GV1799, on the third floor. Other areas of the classification have other subjects that are useful for theatre.
D-DZ, E-EZ, F-FZ: History.
GT500-2730: Costume, dress and fashion.
GV 1590-GV 1600: General works on dance.
GV 1601-GV 1728: Dance history.
GV1729-GV 1799: Folk dances, social dancing, theatrical dance (e.g. modern, ballet), "special" dances, and children's dance.
GV1781-GV1795: Theatrical dance (e.g. modern, ballet, jazz, etc.)
ML1711: Musical Theatre
MT955-956: Musical theatre performance
NA2695-2793: Architectural drawing and design (rendering)
ND2885: Scene painting
PN1600-2000: Drama as literature (plays)
PN2000-4400: Acting, stagecraft, theater production, management, auditioning, etc. (theater).
PN1600's: General works and works on the technique of writing plays.
PN1707: Criticism.
PN1720-1730: Theatre literary history.
PN1730-1861: Drama by period: ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, etc.
PN1865: One-act plays.
PN1872-1879: Historical plays.
PN1892: Tragedy.
PN1922: Comedy.
PN1950: Science Fiction Plays.
PN1962: Vaudeville.
PN1972-1982: Puppet Theater.
PN1985-1988: Pantomimes.
PN2039: Philosophy of Theater.
PN2053: Management, administration, and production.
PN2055-2073: Acting.
PN2074: Theater as a profession.
PN2080: Monologues and audition scenes.
PN2085-2091: The Stage and accessories.
PN2098: Theater posters.
PN2100-2193: History of theater (by period).
PN2219-3030: has Theater by region or country.
PN3151-3171: Amateur theatricals.
PN3175-3191: College and school theatricals.
PN3203-3299: Tableaux, pageants, "happenings", etc.
PN4305: Audition scenes and monologues.
PN6110.5-6120: Collections of plays.
TK 4399: Stage Lighting
TK 7800: Sound for Theatre
TR: Photography
TS: Crafts and manufacture (including working with wood, textiles, leather, stone, metal, fur, etc.)
TT: Handicrafts and fashion (including textiles, woodworking and wood finishing, leatherwork, painting, furniture making, clothing manufacture and sewing, hairdressing, makeup, etc.)
Browsing the stacks is a great way to make unexpected discoveries in the subjects you love.
Theatre & Dance at UMD
UMD Catalog - Theatre (details, majors and minors, etc.)
UMD Theatre - 2004-2005 Season
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Your Librarian for Theatre & Dance is...
Rory Litwin
Library Rm. 268
218-726-7896
Email: rlitwin@d.umn.edu
Contact him with any questions that you may have about information resources in Theatre & Dance.
Faculty members in the Dept. of Theatre have their own resource page.
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Page updated 3/17/2006
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