Associations and organizations

• Alliance for Arts and Culture: Monitors public policy in B.C. and represents the interests of artists across the disciplines. Offers a range of services that allow artists to publicize their event and access professional development opportunities.
• American Society for Theatre Research
• Association for Canadian Theatre Research
• Canadian Actors' Equity Association.
• Conference of Drama Schools
• International Federation for Theatre Research

Government information

• British Columbia Arts Council: Provides support "for the arts and cultural community to achieve its creative, social and economic potential."
• The Canada Council for the Arts: Awards grants and provides support to the performing arts. Includes a performing arts directory, with current information on presenters, festivals, contacts.
• Canadian Heritage: Performing Arts: Government-wide programs, services and funding for the Performing Arts field.
• Guide to Canadian arts grants: Guide to government and private sources of financial assistance. [print]

Directories

Print

• Directory of the arts -- Directory of the Arts in Canada [print]
• The actor's handbook. 3rd ed -- Annotated listing of British schools, theatres, festivals and organizations [print]
• The arts resource book [print]
• The Directors directory -- Catalogue of equity directors & choreographers from across Canada [print]
• Directory of doctoral programs in theatre studies, performance studies, and dance [print]
• Facilities directory. 4 vol -- Lists performing facilities throughout Canada [print]
• Money for performing artists [print]
• Now what? the guide to post-secondary theatre training in Canada [print]
• Theatre directory: A guide to over 400 not-for-profit professional theatres and arts organizations across the US [print]
• The theatre listing -- A directory of professional theatre in Canada [print]
• Vancouver arts directory [print]

Online

• American Theater Web -- ​Includes a directory of American theatres and current productions.
• A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies -- by Ken McCoy,
  Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida.
• The Costume Site
• Resources of Scholarly Societies - Drama
• SIBMAS: International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions -- "Lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts."
• Theatre Canada ​-- Directory of theatres and companies across Canada.
• Theatre History Sites on the WWW
• Theatre sources dot com: a complete guide to online theatre and dance resources. [print]
• Theatrecrafts.com -- From the University of Exeter School of Performance Arts: "The aim of theatrecrafts.com is to eventually be the best resource for practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level."
• UK Drama Schools
• WWW Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama

General websites

• CBC Archives: Over 5,000 radio and TV clips, updated weekly.
• Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Explore the Library of Congress's collections of films, scores, sheet music, and audio recordings.

Playscripts

• Asian American Drama: Over 250 plays documenting the Asian American experience as dramatized in works by writers from the 18th century to the present. Includes biographies, a performance database, production details, and associated visual resources, including photos, playbills, and manuscript images.
• The best American short plays [print]
• The best plays of… [print]
• Black Drama: Over 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 150 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries, almost a quarter of which are previously unpublished.
• CBCA Fulltext Reference: Search the Subject Plays to find playscripts published in magazines.
• Canadian periodical index: Search by the subject Dramas to find playscripts published in magazines [print]
• Drury's guide to best plays [print]
• The English Server Drama Collection: "This site contains a collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theatre. It publishes both classic and contemporary works."
• North American Women's Drama: 1,500 plays by women from the United States and Canada written from colonial times to the present.
• Ottemiller's index to plays in collections [print]
• Twentieth Century North American Drama: Contains 834 plays by 124 playwrights, together with detailed, information on related productions, theatres, production companies, and more.
• The ultimate scene and monologue sourcebook : an actor's guide to over 1,000 monologues and scenes from more than 300 contemporary plays [print]