Research Guides: Theater: Get Started

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Welcome to the Subject Guide for Theater! Here you will find many resources for Theater, Drama, Acting, and more. A vast array of information in innumerable formats awaits you. If you are not finding what you need, please contact me. Happy exploring!

-Becca Fülöp

Academic Video Online (AVON)

AVON provides a single cross-searchable platform for searching and viewing all Alexander Street Press video titles to which Temple subscribes
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
Note: Access to Volume II is guaranteed through May 2027
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection contains dramatic works in streaming audio. The plays include dramatic literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries.
BroadwayHD
Broadway HD includes performances of 10 plays and musicals from writers, directors, and actors recognized by the Tony Awards® and the Pulitzer Prize®.
Drama Online
Drama Online is a digital library of plays from Aeschylus to the present day. It also includes analysis, contextual information, A-Z reference and practical texts.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database

Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly International Index) provides indexing, abstracts and full text journals on dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater and performance art.
Theatre in Video
Theatre in Video provides access to plays and documentaries in a streaming format. Users have the ability to bookmark scenes and create film clips along with the option of sharing them with other users of Theatre in Video.

Reference Librarian

Becca Fülöp

she/her/hers

Contact:

rebecca.fulop@temple.edu
Charles Library, Rm 375

Subjects: Dance, Music, Theater

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Playscripts Collections
The Playscripts Collections includes hundreds of playscripts as well as monologue books held by the Libraries. They are grouped into subcollections to make it easier for you to find the kind of play or playwright that you're interested in. You can browse or search by title or author within a subcollection. This resource is a work in progress, so you will see more plays and subcollections added to it over your time at Temple.