The following resources may be found in the PCC Library's catalog. For best results in both the catalog and our periodical databases, we recommend that you combine terms, i.e. "theater AND performances" or "drama AND acting".
Highlights of our collection are:
Online Database
Grove Art Online, available in the library's catalog and databases
Reference Collection
Coming to Terms with Acting. PN2061 .M916 C7
Guide to Great Plays. PN6112.5 .S557 G9
Modern World Drama. PN1851 .M432 M6
The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. PN2035 .H333 O9
Restoration Drama: An Annotated Bibliography. PR691 .T246 R4
Theatre Backstage from A to Z. PN2091 .M3 L889
Circulating Collection
British Theatre Design. PN2091 .S8 B675
Directors' Theatre. PN2053 .B62 D598
Drafting Scenery for Theater, Film, and Television. PN2091 .S8 R795
Hispanic Theater in the United States and Puerto Rico. PN2270 .H57 P865
A History of the Hispanic Theatre in the United States. PN2270 .H57 K16
Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers' Theater. GR75 .S572 M9
Shakespeare in the Theatre. PR3091 .P744 S5
Theater in America. PN2221 .H497 T3
Periodicals will provide the most current information from professional publications on theater, the arts, drama, acting, and related subjects. Many items may be found in EBSCO Academic Source Complete.
Microfiche
The Library has an excellent collection of drama on microfiche, and machines to read and copy from the fiche. Ask a staff member to help you find CoreFiche: Drama in the Reference section at PN1621 .C797. This set contains 851 plays, 100 genre topics, 13,000 characters indexed and over 50,000 microfiche pages of plays from ancient Greece to the 20th century.
Web Resources
The National Endowment for the Arts offers information and links for theatre and the performing arts.
ArtLynx is an excellent non-profit site for theatre, dance, and other performing-arts resources.
Theatre History on the Web is maintained by Jack Wolcott on the University of Washington Drama Department website.
Musical Theatre Resources - for those interested in musicals.
February 2010
Pueblo Community College, Library Services