Educator & Admin Resources

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Acting Resources

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• BYU Theatre Education - Acting
• Theatrefolk
• Drama Notebook
• PBS Learning Media - Acting
• ​Improv Encyclopedia​
• Super Summary - Drama and Theater Resources
• Beginners' Broadway Terminology

Design Resources

• Victoria & Albert Museum - design a wig!​
  
• USITT Costume Archive
• ​Major Design Project:  Template
  
• Super Summary - Drama and Theater Resources
  
• ​Historical Clothing Guides for Theater Costumes
• Sewing Patterns and Guides for Historical Clothing and Costumes
• Walk Through History
• Chiaroscuro - Draw Paint Academy
  
• ​Art Glossary - Draw Paint Academy

Directing Resources

• ​​Stage Milk - How to Direct a Play
• PBS Learning Media on Directing 
• ​​Super Summary - Drama and Theater Resources
• Distance Learning: Tips for Directing a Virtual Play

Dramaturgy Resources

• Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas 
• Dramaturgy 101
• Dramaturgy: Copyright Resources
  
• Dramaturg's Network
• University of Houston Dramaturgy Guide
• ​Actor's Checklist - Defining the Dramaturg
• ​University of Rochester International Theatre Program Dramaturgy Archives

Lighting Resources

• ​Lighting Design Online Resources
  Gels/Color Filter Catalogs
  • Lee Filters
  • Rosco 
  
  Gobo Catalogs
  • Rosco 
  
  Lighting Templates to purchase
• Tools for Stagecraft 
• Field Template 
• Amazon - Sells field templates

​Light Plot Reference

• How to Read a Light Plot 
• Theatrecrafts.com 
• Stage Lighting for Students 
• USITT Standards 
• Learn Stage Lighting 

 

• Light Labs
• Scenic and Lighting
• ​Mulvaney Studios

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New Teacher Resources

• ​2025 Texas Thespians Director's Guide
• EdTA Learning Center: Resources for the New Theatre Teacher
• Classroom Management, Breathing Techniques, Tongue Twisters, & Theatre Arts 1 Syllabus
• Beginners' Broadway Terminology​
• ​Theatrefolk: The Drama Teacher Toolkit
• Dramatists Guild: Resources for Theatre Educators
• ​Texas Gateway for Online Resources - Elementary Theatre
• ​​25 Theatre Skills Poster

Online Groups & Organizations

​Facebook Groups

• Texas Thespians Facebook Page 
• Texas Thespians Directors
• Junior Thespians Directors
• UIL OAP Directors
• Theatre Teacher Lesson Lending
• High School Theatre Directors and Teachers
• Costuming For Everyone​​
• ​Technical Theater Educators
• Theatre Education Distance Learning 
• Teaching Theatre Online Crowd Source​

Organization Websites

• ​Educational Theatre Association
• Texas Education Theatre Association​

Pedagogy Resources

• ​Texas Theater TEKS
  
• Theatre Educator Pro
  
• National Arts Standards
  
• Drama-Based Pedagogy
  
• Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
• Virtual Field Trips
  
• Movie to Musical Project
  
• ​Drama Project Options
  
• ​Major Design Project:  Template
  
• Musical Theater Social Media BINGO
  
• Keller ISD Fine Arts Learning Resources
  
• Teaching Theatre Online Resources To Use for Classes
  
• Beginners' Broadway Terminology

Podcast Resources

• Playing on the Air
• In 1: the podcast
• Minor Wisdom - Blake Minor's interviews with fellow Texas theatre educators
• The Ultimate List of Movie Podcasts

Script Resources

ArtsReach Children's Theatre Plays 
Beat by Beat Press 
Brooklyn Publishers 
Broadway Licensing
CenterStage Press 
​​Concord Theatricals
Dramatic Publishing Co. 
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 
Eldridge Plays and Musicals 
Heuer Publishing/Hit Plays

Music Theatre International 
Pioneer Drama Service 
Playscripts, Inc. 
Stage Rights
The Generic Radio Workshop - Vintage Radio Script Library
Theaterfolk 
Theatrical Rights Worldwide 
YouthPlays 
​Your Stage Partners

Tech Theatre Resources

• BYU Theatre Education - Technical Theatre
• PBS Learning Media - Technical Theatre
• ​ETC Online Courses
• Broadway Educators 
• USITT Teaching Archive
• scenicandlighting.com
• ​11 Dramatic Virtual Tours of Theaters Around the World
• Teaching Theatre ​
• ​Super Summary - Drama and Theater Resources
• ​Mighty With All Trades - Foam Capital PDF

Ticketing Platforms

• ​ShowTix4U/Cur8
• Ludus 
  
• ​Seat Yourself Online Ticketing

Texas Teacher Evaluation & Support System - TTESS

• ​Understanding TTESS Presentation 
  
• TTESS Goals - Word Document
  
• ​Texas Thespians TTESS Goals

UIL One Act Play Resources

• ​UIL One Act Play Resources
• UIL One Act Play Handbook - High School
• Junior High One Act Play
• UIL Theatrical Design
• Theatre Resources & Forms
• Film

Video Resources

• ​Teaching Performing Arts Online 
• Broadway HD
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• Standby Cue 101​
• National Theatre
• American Theatre Wing 
• PBS: Broadway The American Musical Series
• Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences 
• Crash Course Theatre & Drama
• Projections 101 INTRO | Theatre Avenue 
• ​The Ultimate List of Movie Podcasts 

Writing Resources

• ​Dramatists Guild​
  
• ​National New Play Exchange
• Playwrights' Center 
  
• ​National New Play Network
  
• ​PBS Learning Media - Writing Scripts
• ​NNPN - National New Play Network
• ​The Playwrights Center
  
• ​How to Write a 10 Minute Play