Theater and Dance Research Guide 

What's Here

For the most part the resources that playwrights and dramaturgs need pertain to the specific topic or play they're working on.  However, there are materials on the theory and practice of these professions, and a few useful websites.

Selected Subject Headings for Searching Orbis

• Playwriting
• Playwriting--History
• Drama--Technique
• Drama--Social aspects
• Drama--History and criticism--Theory, etc..
• Theater--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
• Dramatists [this is the term used for playwrights]
  
• Dramaturges [yes, you read that right]
  

SEE ALSO the subject headings and other information on the History, Theory and Criticism page.

Useful Websites

Dramaturgy Northwest

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas