Research Guides: Theater &amp; Performance Studies: Finding Plays

Finding Full Text Plays

Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
Find critical analysis of novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers, as well as biographies, bibliographies, and full text of some poems, stories, essays, plays, and speeches.
LitFinder This link opens in a new window
Find the full text of 125,000 poems, 5000+ short stories, 2000+ essays, 1000+ plays, and nearly 2000 speeches. Citations or excerpts are available for 850,000 poems.
New Play Exchange This link opens in a new window
The New Play Exchange ® is a streamlined script discovery and recommendation engine for the new play sector. NNPN is an alliance of non-profit theaters dedicated to the development, production, and continued life of new plays.
Twentieth Century North American Drama This link opens in a new window
This database contains 2,059 plays by 434 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. It also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive video subscription with titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

Broadway HD
This streaming service has a 7 day free trial and after that is an individual subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

Internet Broadway Database
IBDB provides a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production. IBDB also offers historical information about theatres and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway. Information found in IBDB is derived primarily from theatre programs (in most cases from a production's opening night). Supplemental information was taken from newspaper and magazine reports, theatrical text books, interviews with theatre professionals, and League archives.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)
Search and browse descriptions of more than 235 music, theater and dance resources by subject, title, or name.
Global Performing Arts Database
GloPAD (Global Performing Arts Database) records include authoritative, detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.