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La Ronde Playwright's webring; presenting the work of an individual playwright or groups of playwrights. http://www.pipeline.com/%7Ejude/AboutLaRonde.htm Moondance International Film Festival To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films. http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/ Linda Eisenstein: Practical Playwriting Excerpts from advice book for playwrights, including "17 Surefire Ways to Get Your Scripts Rejected." http://my.en.com/~herone/Practical_Playwriting.html The Playwrights' Co-Operative Promoting and publishing the works of new and established playrights. Full online or paper catalogue of acting scripts. http://plays4theatre.site-street.net/ Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights Support and service organization dedicated to addressing the professional needs of the Los Angeles playwriting community. http://www.laplaywrights.org/ Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar Comprehensive overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/ The Playwright's Noticeboard Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly. http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm Lazy Bee Scripts Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Site includes guidelines for authors and playwrights. http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/ Sheriffs Performance Writers' Group Based at the Riverhouse Barn in Elmbridge, Surrey, U.K, the Sheriffs Performance Writers' Group aims to develop and write professional theatre for the stage and screen. http://www.writersgroup.co.uk/ Playwrighting Resources Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources. http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm TheatreUSA.com Playwriting Links Education, organizations, support, and assistance for playwrights. http://www.theatreusa.com/dcd/Create_in_Writing_/ ScriptSeeker.com Makes synopses of plays (and screenplays) available online, for a fee. Site includes "Script Tips," with advice for dramatic writers. http://www.scriptseeker.com/ Playwrights Guild of Canada Service organization for Canadian playwrights (formerly the Playwrights Union of Canada). Site includes searchable online catalogue. http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/ Dramatic Exchange Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays. http://www.dramex.org/ Swan Playwrights The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK. http://www.swanplaywrights.org.uk Performingwrites.com Library of online play synopses and scripts. http://www.performingwrites.com/index.htm Pier Playwrights - From Page to Stage For playwrights run by playwrights. Membership is open to writers in dramatic all forms, resident in the South East of England. http://www.pierplaywrights.co.uk NYCPlaywrights NYCPlaywrights is a nonprofit organization for writers. Meets Wednesdays in NYC for play readings as an aid to development. New writers welcome. http://www.nycplaywrights.org The Playwrights Forum The Playwrights Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic development of talented playwrights from the Washington D.C. area. http://users.erols.com/pforum/welcome.htm Playwrights' Center Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting. http://www.pwcenter.org/ Playmarket Agency and script advisory service for New Zealand playwrights. http://www.playmarket.org.nz/ Greensboro Playwrights' Forum A gathering of North Carolina playwrights, meeting once a month to discuss each other's work-in-progress and aid each other in getting produced or published. http://www.ci.greensboro.nc.us/leisure/drama/gpforum.htm The Dramatists Guild of America Professional association of American playwrights. The Guild protects the rights of dramatists in relation to producers and more recently Directors. http://www.dramaguild.com/ Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell Annotated bibliography of recommended texts. http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/kmwp/Bridges/PlaywrightResources.htm International Centre for Women Playwrights To support women playwrights around the world. http://www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org/ The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays. http://playwrightscentersf.org/ Dinger's Playwriting Forum A forum to discuss all aspects of playwriting. http://dinger.atwebhosting.com/phpBB2 Northwest Playwrights Guild Forum for the exchange of information and ideas about playwriting for playwrights living in the Northwest. http://www.nwpg.org Write Angle Productions Devoted to supporting work of member playwrights and developing new scripts for production. Includes ongoing Ten Minute Play contest. http://www.writeangle.org/ Australian Script Centre Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts. http://www.ozscript.org Performing and Writing Musical Theatre A resource for professional and aspiring performers/ composers/ writers. Tips and tricks on the craft of writing and composing. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/musical_theatre Playwriting at Suite101.com To assist playwrights throughout the life cycle of creating a stage play, from initial ideas to formatting to getting plays read by producers and publishers. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/playwriting Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops Offers support for playwrights and screenwriters, including private consultations for dramatic writers anywhere in the world and an ongoing quarterly workshop program for dramatic writers in the San Francisco Bay Area. http://www.willdunne.com NY Play Development Lab Serves and supports member playwrights in the creation of new stage works. Offers script labs, readings, and promotion. http://nyplaydevelopment.home.pipeline.com/ Wrightofplay A rest-stop for aspiring playwrights. Tips, tricks, and techniques. Articles, activism, and a few links. http://wrightofplay.com Charles Deemer: Playwriting Basics Tips for playwrights. http://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Play.htm ProPlay Online publisher of professionally-produced stage plays. Full or partial scripts may be read free-of-charge at the site. http://www.singlelane.com/proplay Playwrights at Suite101.com Playwriting is one of the toughest fields to break into. The information in this topic, however, will help playwrights get better results and productions. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/playwrights Jassin Office - Publishing and Theatre Law Advice for writers and theatre workers on copyright, trademark, libel and contract law. Includes free "Helpful Articles" section. http://copylaw.com/aboutus.html

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