The Encyclopedia collects and disseminates information on plays, playwrights and theatre practitioners.
A comprehensive site dedicated to the history of American musical theatre.
A great collection of drama games, scripts, lesson plans as well as drama activities for teens and kids. We have a selection of stage play scripts from drama to comedy, for kids and adults, with an extensive selection from skits to full length plays.
Yes, this is actual free stuff. No strings, no signups, just good scripts and monologues for you to use in class!
FREE monologues for auditions.
Monologue Blogger publishes monologues for teenage girls and boys on a regular basis.
SUGGESTED WEBSITES
Stage and Screen Writing Tips
NT Discover's How to Write Dialogue
London UK's National Theatre playwrights talk about how to use dialogue.
NT Discover's How to Create Characters
Every Story Needs a Hero
Michael Hauge — Screenplay Consultant, on why every story needs a hero — and the five qualities that hero needs. (These qualities apply to characters in fiction, too!)
Playwriting
National Theatre — Playwrights talking about their craft
All About Theatre
A series of videos covering subjects such as: What is Theatre? Theatre Style, Set Design, Acting, and structural elements including: Point of Attack, Inciting Incident, etc.
Playwrights Guild of Canada
PGC is an organization that promotes and supports playwrights.
How to write a one-act play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTuslMz2Rw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWthwofpVs
Love to Write: The Playwright's Tips
Beginnings of Playwriting
In this clip about one of Canada's most celebrated and influential experimental theatre artist, Robert LePage, we get an image of how dialogue, and theatre, began — with larger than life figures made from shadow, and a story told aloud. LePage describes this starting about 50 seconds in.
Play Scripts Online
One-Act (10 minute) Play Scripts
http://www.one-act-plays.com/
http://www.10-minute-plays.com/
http://www.theatrehistory.com/plays/10minute.html
Simply Scripts — Plays, Radio plays
Formatting your Play
How to format a stage play (Note: there are many more examples of formatting a stage play online)
http://www.playwrightsmuse.com/standardformat/whatIsIt.html
http://nycp.blogspot.ca/p/playscript-formatting-template.html
Guide for writers
How to format a stage play in Microsoft Word
Stage play and screenplay formatting
Screenwriting
How to Write a Screenplay that Doesn't Suck
The Writer's Journey and Mythic Structure with Christopher Vogler
Screenwriter's Salon
Alan Denman — Writing, Director, Producer: Identification with your protagonist: (Starting around 1:10)
Stage and Screen Writing Tips
NT Discover's How to Write Dialogue
London UK's National Theatre playwrights talk about how to use dialogue.
NT Discover's How to Create Characters
Every Story Needs a Hero
Michael Hauge — Screenplay Consultant, on why every story needs a hero — and the five qualities that hero needs. (These qualities apply to characters in fiction, too!)
Playwriting
National Theatre — Playwrights talking about their craft
All About Theatre
A series of videos covering subjects such as: What is Theatre? Theatre Style, Set Design, Acting, and structural elements including: Point of Attack, Inciting Incident, etc.
Playwrights Guild of Canada
PGC is an organization that promotes and supports playwrights.
How to write a one-act play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTuslMz2Rw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWthwofpVs
Love to Write: The Playwright's Tips
Beginnings of Playwriting
In this clip about one of Canada's most celebrated and influential experimental theatre artist, Robert LePage, we get an image of how dialogue, and theatre, began — with larger than life figures made from shadow, and a story told aloud. LePage describes this starting about 50 seconds in.
Play Scripts Online
One-Act (10 minute) Play Scripts
http://www.one-act-plays.com/
http://www.10-minute-plays.com/
http://www.theatrehistory.com/plays/10minute.html
Simply Scripts — Plays, Radio plays
Formatting your Play
How to format a stage play (Note: there are many more examples of formatting a stage play online)
http://www.playwrightsmuse.com/standardformat/whatIsIt.html
http://nycp.blogspot.ca/p/playscript-formatting-template.html
Guide for writers
How to format a stage play in Microsoft Word
Stage play and screenplay formatting
Screenwriting
How to Write a Screenplay that Doesn't Suck
The Writer's Journey and Mythic Structure with Christopher Vogler
Screenwriter's Salon
Alan Denman — Writing, Director, Producer: Identification with your protagonist: (Starting around 1:10)