Research Guides: #Drama & Theater: Home

About this Guide

First published: 2020

Created by: Blaire Hiebsch

Current owner: Elaine Patton

Get started with basic terms and concepts.

For scholarly analysis and context.

Resources by aspect of stage production.

Collections to help you quickly locate scripts or monologue for practice and auditions.

A how-to on different careers in theater.

Local theaters and news around Houston.

Citation is essential to give credit and protect yourself from plagiarism.

Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.
Search all Gale databases at once with Gale PowerSearch.
New Play Exchange This link opens in a new window
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Digital library of play scripts by living authors. Does not include performance rights. Search and filter by audience level, narrative attributes and playwright demographics, length, and genre.
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
Go behind the scenes of theater productions worldwide with additional commentary, interviews, and production notes linked to full-length videos of plays, opera, dance, and other performances.