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Library Databases

New Play Exchange
New Play Exchange is a digital library of scripts by living writers that serves students, professors, fans of theater, writers, producers, directors, artistic directors, literary managers, dramaturgs, publishers, agents, and actors.
Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Contains plays, information on playwrights and practitioners, genres, periods, context and criticism, and theatre craft.
Includes a subscription to Nick Hern Books.
How to search Drama Online
North American Indian Drama
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Collection of 244 plays by 48 playwrights representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the twentieth century. More than half of the works are previously unpublished, representing groups such as Cherokee, Métis, Creek, Choctaw, Pembina Chippewa, Ojibway, Lenape, Comanche, Cree, Navajo, Rappahannock, Hawaiian/Samoan, and others.
Nineteenth Century American Drama: Popular Culture and Entertainment, 1820-1900
Collection of dramatic works from the early 19th century to its close. It includes historical plays, melodramas, political satires, minstrel shows, comic operas, musical extravaganzas, parlor entertainments, adaptations of novels, and more.

Actors' Equity Association
Learn more about the diversity and inclusion initiatives of the AEA including reports on theatre hiring bias.

Information about Indigenous Theatre:

Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company
Website of the Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company including information for arts education and the Native American New Play Festival.
Indigenous Theater and Performance of North America
A resource guide for researching indigenous theater and performance in North and Central America
Indigenous Body of Work
The Indigenous Body of Work is a living document presented by the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance that highlights the incredible breadth of work – published play scripts and live productions of dance, music, and theatre – created by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists across Turtle Island.
Blak Stage
A collection of contemporary Australian first nations playwriting including playscripts and other resources.

Information about Black and African American Theatre:

National Black Theatre
The website of the National Black Theatre in New York.
Black Theatre Matters
A program of Plowshares Theatre Company, this website explores matters related to Black Theatre. It also includes a list of Black Theatre Companies in the US.

Information about Asian American Theatre:

East West Players
Information regarding America's longest-running Asian American theatre.
National Asian American Theatre Company
Website for NAATCO including productions, awards, and more for the all-Asian theatre.

Information about LGBTQ+ Theatre:

LGBTQ+ Theatre Timeline
A timeline of influential and groundbreaking LBGTQ+ plays and musicals presented by Concord Theatricals.

Information about Disability Theatre:

National Disability Theatre
Website of the National Disability Theatre including their history and mission, vision, and values.

General information about Broadway, Theatre, and Plays:

Internet Broadway Database
An open-access platform for searching Broadway shows, theatres, organizations, people, awards, and more.
The Tony Awards
Website for the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards.
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A list of the Pulitzer Prize winners in Drama with brief descriptions plus other finalists in the category.