Theatre Resources

Sandra Day O’Connor

High School

Introduction |  Curriculum| Opinions & Quotations | Images | Tools | References

Introduction:   WELCOME to our "gate" page.

 
 
 

 

 

 


We've got magic to do--just for you.

Discover Drama:  "To act or do" as defined in the Greek terms.  Let's do it!


Today you use the Internet sites "to do".  You will link below to find facts, images, sounds, and anything else you might come across that help you understand the history, process and production concepts--the magic of theatre.  .

     We have embarked on large subject area, but do not worry. We will help you to travel to the different areas individually, virtually, and with ease using the links below:

      Places for Teachers

 

               Performance

Monologues, Plays, Movies...

 

    Production

 

      Theatre History

 

       General Theatre Research

 

       Theatre Today

 

In case you're a little fuzzy on the topic, you might want to look again at Theatre.

 

Places for Teachers:

Places:

ESTA Links To Member Companies' Web Sites:  Listing of suppliers, and manufactures web sites.

The Educational Theatre Association:  International Thespians

TEA Theatre TEKS

 
Lesson Plan Links:
Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site,
Education World’s National Standards/Lesson Plans,
Drama Teachers Resource Room,
Northside ISD Curriculum Web Site for Theatre Arts
 

Performance

Monologues, Plays, Movies...

monologues

Shakespeare monologues

play and monologue collections from ELAC Writer’s Workshop

Greek plays

www.theatrehistory.com/plays/monologues.html

www.dramaticwriter.com/Monologues

http://members.aol.com/lockslett3/monol/m_clas.html

www.corky.net/mono/others.html

www.angelfire.com/realm/theatre/index.html

www.actorsource.com/mono.htm

www.actorpoint.com/monologue.html

http://members.tripod.com/litagothic/monologues.html

http://www.geocities.com/moonPrincessgrl1/

www.geocities.com/foxfire321/monologues-from-plays.html

www.artsonthemove.co.uk/resources/scripts/scriptsyoung.html

www.geocities.com/akatsavou/monologue_en.html#women

 

 

 

 

Production:

Technical Theatre

The Costume Source

Backstage Rules/Vocabulary Links: Theatre Glossary

Backstage world -guide to theatre equipment

the international design achieve

Stage Costume Links:  Yahoo Director

Scenery/Props Links:  Yahoo Director,  International Theatre Design Archieves,   DesignCAD

Stage Make-up Links:  Ben Nye, Stein, Maxfactor, Special Effects Make-up,   Rosco

Stage Lighting Links:  ETC,   MicroLux,   NSI/Colortran,   HighEnd,   Altman

Sound Links:  Stage Research,  SAW Studio

Internet sources for Foley unit:

IMDb Film Glossary: http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/

Audio Theatre Resources: www.audiotheater.com/foley.html

The Generic Radio Workshop: http://www.genericradio.com/

A Newton’s Apple Page:  www.ktca.org/newtons/12/movisnd.html

Harvest Moon Studios: www.harvestmoonstudios.com/HM_foley.htm

Film Sound: www.filmsound.org/terminology/foley.htm

Google Search: www.audiolicense.net  , www.audiolicense.net/sfx/subcats.asp?maincat_id=1320

BBC www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/makingof/sound/

Commercial sites: www.gefen.com/kvm/sfx/alphabetically.jsp, www.skymeister.com/studio.htm , www.hollywoodedge.com/libfiles/thelib_28.html, www.soundeffects.com/fofowi.html, www.home.sprynet.com/~palermo/mtr_radi.htm

 

 

 

 

Research:

Theatre History

Roman Theatre Links amazing modern pictures!

The History Channel

19th Century Theatre, Washington University

The History of Costume 1861-1880

Japanese Kabuki Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Theatre Research

Theatrepedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatre Curriculum Guide

National Standards for the Arts, The Kennedy Center 
               9-12 theatre standards

 

 

 

Theatre Arts Curriculum: Each course level introduces new topic areas while building on learned knowledge and skills of previous levels

Join Us and Discover the magic of Theatre.


Theatre Arts I:                           Theatre Arts II:
Physical Space                                       Stage Make-up
The Production Process                          Children's Theatre
Theatre Exercises                                   Auditioning Techniques
Stage Mechanics-Blocking                       Period Styles
                        The Voice                      Advance Techniques--Acting
Characterization                                      Voice & Diction/Accents
Solo Acting                                             Stage combat
Duet Acting
Acting for Video
Musical Theatre

Theatre Arts III:                            Theatre Arts IV:
Acting Styles                                            Directing Projects
Advance skills in Stage Make-up                Play Writing
Period Dance Movements                          Advance Acting styles & skills
Video Production                                      Resume/Scholarship Auditions
Classic Theatre Interpretation

Technical Theatre I:                       Technical Theatre II:
Theatre Hierarchy                                       Stage Lighting
The Theatre Physical Plant                          Stage Sound
Safety Properties                                         Special Effects
Costumes                                                   Scenic and Costume Design Projects
Scenery Construction
2D Construction
3D Construction
Work Drawings

 Technical Theatre III:          Technical Theatre IV:       Theatre Production I-IV:
Stage Management                                  Technical Direction                 by audition only
Design Projects                                       Theatre Production                 actors and technicians
Advanced Drafting                                   Design Projects                      create extra-curricular
                                                                                                           productions
  we are adding to the site continually--keep checking back with us--Have a GOOD SHOW!

 

Opinions & Quotations

  1. A student of theatre must be:  "A jack of all trades, but a master of one." --Karl C. Bruder

Images

  1. The World Wide Web Virtual Library--Theatre and Drama--Courtesy of Amazon.com reference guide

Tools

References

  1. Hypertext Thesarus lets you quickly get definitions to words. See if you can bookmark this as a favorite site so you can get to it easily.
  2. Roget's Internet Thesaurus allows you to find words that have similar meanings.
  3. Dictionary.com

 

 

 

References:
Foutz, Tristana .  National Standards for Theatre Education. (Online) Available http://www.byu.edu:80/tmcbucs/arts-ed/StanHome.html, June 8, 1999.
Kraft, Andrew Q. , Theatre Central, copyright 1995-99 Playbill Online. (Online) Available http.//www.playbill.com/cgi-gin/plb/central?cmd=start, June 8, 1999.
ThinkQuest Team 10502.  Shakey's Place:  The 3D Globe Theatre.  (Online) Available http://www.library.advanced.org/10502/index.html, June 8, 1999.
Baglin, Chris .  Theatre Zone.  (Online) Available http://www.theatrezone.com, June 8, 1999.
Comedy/Tragedy masks.  Nashbridges Cast, Inc. (Online Image) Available http://www.nashbridges.com/cast/art/theater.gif, June 8, 1999.
Northside Independent School District. (Online) Available. http://www.northside.isd.tenet.edu, June 8, 1999.
United States Institute for Theatre Technology. (Online) Available http://www.siue.edu/PROJECT2000/,June 8, 1999.
Primrose, Jon . Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms. (Online) Available http://www.bath.ac.uk/esu2bc/manuals/home.html , June 8, 1999.
Zetterbery, Julie . The Costume Page. (Online) Available http://users.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html , June 8, 1999.
Kris Nuhall. BTS Training. (Online) Available http://www.ex.ac.uk/drama/tech/glossary.html, June 8, 1999.
Carlsson, Lars . Special Make-up Effects. (Online) Available http://www.makeup-fx.com/ , June 8, 1999.
Janine Mover Buesgen. Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site. (Online) Available http://www.creativedrama.com/ , June 8, 1999.
Cartoon Stage Image.  Janine Mover Buesgen. Creative Drama & Theatre Education Resource Site. (Online Image) Available http://www.creativedrama.com/ , June 8, 1999.
Thorton Consulting. The Drama Teachers Resouce Room. (Online) Available http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/, June 8, 1999.
The International Thespian Society. The Educational Theatre Association. (Online) Avaliable http://www.etassoc.org/ ,

June 8, 1999.
Lathan, Peter D. . Teach Yourself Theatre-Speak. (Online) Available http://www.schoolshows.demon.co.uk/glossary.htm,June 8, 1999.
Unit Lesson Plans. (Online) Available http://www.byu.edu/tmcbucs/arts-ed/units/unithome.html,June 8, 1999.
Russell, Barry. The World Wide Web Virtual Library-Theatre and Drama. (Online) Available http://www.brookes.ac.uk/VL/theatre/index.htm,June 8, 1999.
Totally Cartoon Sound F/X (CD), June 8, 1999.
Highend lighting. (Online) Available http://www.highend.com , June 9, 1999.
ViaGrafix.  (Online) Available http://www.viagrafi.com , June 9, 1999.
Altman.  (Online) Available http://www.altmanltg.com , June 9, 1999.
Rosco.  (Online)  Available http://www.rosco.com , June 9, 1999.
Death of a Salesman playbill. (Online image) Avaliablehttp://www.playbill.com/cgi-bin/plb/art?cmd=show&type=cover&tcode=B14 , June 8, 1999.
Lion Kind playbill.  (Online image) Avaliable http://www.playbill.com/cgi-bin/plb/art?cmd=show&type=prod_photo&tcode=B103 , June 8, 1999.
The Fantasticks playbill.  (Online image) Available http://www.playbill.com/cgi-bin/plb/art?cmd=show&type=cover&tcode=F31 , June 8, 1999.
TEKS (Online) Available http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch117.html#s11764 , June 8, 1999.
ESTA. (Online) Available http://www.esta.org/memberlinks.html , June 10, 1999.
Metzger, Fred.  TheatreSet Design.  (Online) Available http://www.oznet/~fmetzger/examples_of_set_design.html, June 10, 1999.

Updated last: August 3, 2005