| Organizations | Information |
|---|---|
| Actors' Equity Association | National Headquarters 165 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036 telephone: 212-869-8530 fax: 212-719-9815 Western Region Museum Square 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite One Los Angeles, California 90036 telephone: 323-634-1750 fax: 323-634-1777 Actors' Equity Association is the labor union representing over 45,000 American actors and stage managers working in the professional theatre. |
| Alberta Playwrights Network: APN | 2633 Hochwald Avenue SW Calgary, AB T3E 7K2 telephone: 403-269-8564 / toll free anywhere in Canada: 1-800-268-8564 fax: 403-265-6773 APN is a non-profit, provincial arts service organization and registered charity dedicated to fostering playwriting in Alberta. |
| Allied Arts of Seattle | 216 First Avenue S, Ste. 253 Seattle, WA 98104 telephone: 206-624-0433 email: aarts@alliedarts-seattle.org The mission of Allied Arts is to enhance the cultural livability of Seattle and to create a social network of people who care about the Arts, Urban Design and Historic Preservation. |
| American Alliance for Theatre and Education: AATE | Theatre Department Arizona State University P.O. Box 872002 Tempe, AZ 85287-2002 telephone: 480-965-6064 email: aate.info@asu.edu The mission of American Alliance for Theatre and Education is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education |
| American Association of Community Theatre: AACT | 8402 BriarWood Cr Lago Vista, TX 78645 Toll Free: 866-687-2228 | voice: 512-267-0711 fax: 512-267-0712 email: info@aact.org 1000 member companies around the US |
| American Federation of Television & Radio Artists: AFTRA | John Sandifer, Executive Director 4000 Aurora Ave. #102 Seattle, WA 98103 telephone: 206-282-2506 email: seattle@aftra.com National union with regional chapters, including one in Seattle |
| American Society for Theatre Research | Scholarly association concentrating on theatre history, theory and criticism; publishes a journal and holds an annual conference in November |
| American Theatre Critics Association: ATCA | c/o THEatre SERVICE P.O. Box 15282 Evansville, IN 47716-0282 telephone: (812) 474-0549 email: ts@evansville.edu |
| American Theatre Organ Society: ATOS 1982 | Contact Michael Fellenzer, ATOS Executive Secretary P.O. Box 551081 Indianapolis, IN 46205-5581 telephone 317-251-6441 fax 317- 251-6443 email: fellenzer@atos.org |
| Americans for the Arts | 1000 Vermont Ave. NW 12th Floor Washington DC WA 20005 telephone: 202-371-2830 fax: 2062-371-0424 email: webmaster@artsusa.org A national organization that strives to make arts more accessible to every adult and child in America. Works with cultural organizations, arts and business leaders and individuals to provide leadership, education and information that will encourage support for the arts and culture in our nation. |
| ArtsEdWashington: Washington Alliance for Arts Education | 158 Thomas Street, Suite 16 Seattle, WA 98109 telephone: 206-441-4501 fax: 206-441-3042 email: artsedwashington.org ArtsEdWashington is a non-profit organization that networks statewide agencies, arts organizations, schools, businesses and individuals committed to providing quality arts education to all students in Washington State and wanting to remain informed about the developments and opportunities in arts education close to home. |
| Artsnet | Center for Arts Management and Technology H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 telephone: 412-268-3695 fax: 412-268-3590 camt-heinz@andrew.cmu.edu Provides a number of services to arts organizations from an artist registry to website hosting to an e-commerce system for managing donations and membership purchases. |
| ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN PERFORMANCE: AAP (site currently under construction) | Publishes Asian Theatre Journal and a newsletter; holds annual conference |
| Association for Canadian Theatre Research: ACTR/ARTC | Supports and encourages research in theatre and performance studies in Canada; publishes Theatre Research in Canada |
| The Association for Theatre in Higher Education | P.O. Box 69 Downers Grove, IL 60515 telephone: 1-888-284-3737 or 630-964-1940 fax: 630-964-1941 email: info@athe.org An organization of individuals and institutions in theatre education that supports scholarship through teaching, research and practice; publishes Theatre Journal and Theatre Topics; and holds an annual conference |
| Audio Engineering Society | An international professional organization devoted exclusively to audio technology |
| Bernard Shaw Society | P.O. Box 1159 Madison Square Station New York, N.Y. 10159-1159 |
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| BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union) | UK union for those working in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure and allied industries. |
| CITT: Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology | Canadian design and production professionals in the performing arts |
| Congress on Research in Dance: CORD | email: gcarlson@brockport.edu Publishes Dance Research Journal (DRJ), biannual; The CORD Newsletter(ISSN 0734-4856) twice yearly; and hold an annual conference |
| CSA: Costume Society of America | P.O. Box 73 Earleville, MD, USA 21919 telephone: 1-800-CSA-9447 fax: 410-275-8936 email: national.office@costumesocietyamerica.com The Costume Society of America is an organization whose members are vintage clothing dealers, theatrical costumers, re-enactors, designers, college professors, museum curators, costume collectors, conservators and other people who have an interest in dress. They preserve, study, research and design costume. They want to learn about specific costumes and promote costume study as a means of understanding the culture of a society. |
| Costume Society of Great Britain | The Membership Secretary 56 Wareham Road Lytchett Matravers Poole, Dorset BH16 6DS Publishes Costume and a biannual newsletter; conducts symposium, workshops, and visits to collections, exhibitions and archives |
| Directors Guild of America | Directors Guild of America Los Angeles Headquarters 7920 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90046 Main Number: 310-289-2000 The Guild seeks to protect directorial teams' legal and artistic rights, contend for their creative freedom, and strengthen their ability to develop meaningful and credible careers. |
| Dramatists Guild | 234 West 44th St New York, NY 10036 telephone: 212-398-9366 fax: 212-944-0420 The only professional association in America for dramatic writers, with over 6,000 members around the world; publishes The Dramatist |
| European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts: ENICPA | European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts c/o Vlaams Theater Instituut Sainctelettesquare 19, 1000 Brussel telephone: +32(0)2/201.09.06 fax: +32(0)2/203.02.05 The main goal of the network is to distribute and to make available a broad range of information about the professional performing arts to arts professionals world wide. |
| ESTA: Entertainment Services & Technology Association | 875 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1005 New York, NY 10001 USA telephone: 212-244-1505 fax: 212-244-1502 email: info@esta.org A non-profit trade association representing the North American entertainment technology industry; members include production companies, scenic houses, designers and consultants; focus on technical standards, insurance, education and information exchange. |
| Humanities Washington
Formerly the Washington Commission for the Humanities |
Humanities Washington
615 Second Avenue Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104-2200 telephone: 206-682-1770 fax: 206-682-4158 e-mail: info@humanities.org Humanities Washington is a non-profit organization and public foundation providing cultural and educational programs to the people of Washington State. |
| Institute for Historical Dance Practice (IHDP) | I.H.D.P. vzw, c/o Lieven Baert Scheldestraat 109, B - 9040 Gent. telephone: +32-9-228.01.55 email: IHDP.LB@village.uunet.be Its main objective is to research, preserve and perform social and theatrical dances of Western Europe between 1450 and 1920. |
| Institute of Outdoor Drama | 1700 Airport Road, CB #3240
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3240 telephone: 919-962-1328 fax: 919-962-4212 email: outdoor@unc.edu The Institute is the only organization in the U.S. providing national leadership in fostering artistic and managerial excellence and expansion of the outdoor drama movement through training, research and advisory programs, and it serves as a national clearinghouse for more than 120 constituent theatre companies across the nation. |
| Local
793 Pacific Northwest: I.A.T.S.E. (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture
Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada) |
Gary Kolano, Business Agent P.O. Box 94282 Seattle, WA 98124-6582 telephone: 253-209-5467 fax: 206-443-1772 or 253-841-1572 email: iatse793brep@aol.com or iatse793pres@hotmail.com |
| International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes: IATSE | IATSE General Office 1430 Broadway 20th Floor New York, NY 10018 Telephone: 212-730-1770 The IATSE is the labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion picture and television production, and trade shows. |
| International Amateur Theatre Association - Association Internationale du Theatre Amateur: ATA/AITA: | ATA/AITA General Secretariat Vene 6 10123 Tallinn - Estonia telephone: +372 6418 405 fax: +372 6418 406 email: secretariat@aitaiata.org The world body of amateur theatre includes: 80 countries on 5 continents. Network is actively involved in the organisation of several major international festivals, and provides patronage to hundreds of national festivals with international participation. |
| International Brecht Society: IBS | Membership Address: David W. Robinson, IBS Secretary/Treasurer Department of Literature and Philosophy P.O. Box 8023 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460-8023 telephone: 912-681-0155 fax: 912-681-0653 email: dwrob@gasou.edu The International Brecht Society Homepage is maintained as a service to scholars, critics, students, and theater people round the world who are interested in the works and thought of Brecht. |
| International Center for Women Playwrights: ICWP | c/o Alan Woods Director, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute The Ohio State University 1430 Lincoln Tower 1800 Cannon Drive Columbus, Ohio 43210-1230 telephone: 614-292-6614 fax: 614-688-8417 email: woods.l@osu.edu Dedicated to the support of women playwrights around the world. |
| International Council of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation: ICKL | email: secretary@ickl.org The aims of ICKL are to promote the use of the Labanotation system; to increase research for its development and applications; to act as a deciding body with regard to the orthography and principles of the system; to support experimental projects in related areas; to encourage information exchange among centres and individuals using the system. |
| International Federation for Theatre Research: IFTR | Prof. David WHITTON, Joint Secretary General Dean of Arts & Humanities Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YN email: d.whitton@lancaster.ac.uk The International Federation for Theatre Research exists to promote collaboration and the exchange of information between individuals and organisations concerned with theatre research. To this end the Federation supports conferences and publications and assists its members in all such activities and projects. |
| International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians: OISTAT (Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology - CITT) | Citt National Office 85 Montgomery Ave Toronto On M4R 1E1 telephone: 416-485-4435 / toll free: 1-888-271-3383 fax: 416-485-5228 email: citt@citt.org To stimulate the exchange of ideas and innovations, and to promote international collaboration in professions which support live performance; to promote the formation of national centres in each country in order to achieve these aims; to encourage life-long learning among live performance practitioners; and to respect the integrity of all cultures and celebrate the diversity as well as the similarities of those who work in support of live performance. |
| International Theatre Institute: ITI | US Center Theatre Communications Group 520 Eighth Avenue, 24th Floor 10018-4156 New York, NY telephone: 212-609-5900 fax: 212-609-5901 email: iti@tcg.org The International Theatre Institute (ITI), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) was founded in Prague in 1948 by UNESCO and the international theatre community. Its objectives are to promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in the domain of the performing arts; to stimulate creation and increase cooperation among theatre people; to increase public awareness of the need to take artistic creation into consideration in the domain of Development; to deepen mutual understanding and contribute to the consolidation of peace and friendship between peoples; to join in the defence of the ideals and aims of UNESCO; and to combat all forms of racism or social and political discrimination. |
| Internet Nonprofit Center Information for and about nonprofits |
The Evergreen State Society PO Box 20682 Seattle, WA 98102-0682 email: info@tess.org The Internet Nonprofit Center publishes the Nonprofit FAQ, a resource of information provided by partcipants in many online discussions about nonprofits and their work. |
| League of Historic American Theatres: LHAT | 34 Market Place, Suite 320 Baltimore, MD 21202-4041 telephone: 410-659-9533 / tollfree: 877-627-0833 fax: 410-837-9664 email: ceierman@lhat.org LHAT is a network of people who appreciate the cultural and architectural heritage of historic theatres and who work locally and nationally to rehabilitate them to serve communities throughout North America and abroad. |
| Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas: LMDA -- National organization | LMDA Main Office P.O. Box 728, Village Station New York, NY 10014 telephone: 212-561-0315 email: lmdanyc@hotmail.com Dramaturgy Northwest - Regional Office Geoff Proehl, Associate Prof. Theatre, U. of Puget Sound 1500 N. Warner Rd. Tacoma, WA 98416 telephone: 253-756-3101 fax: 253-756-3500 email: gproehl@ups.edu A national network to affirm the role of dramaturg, to expand the possibilities of the field to other media and institutions and to cultive, develop and promote the function of dramaturgy and literary management. |
| MLA: Modern Language Association | 26 Broadway 3rd floor New York, NY 10004-1789 telephone: 646-576-5000 fax: 646-458-0030 The Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature. |
| NADSA: National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts | NADSA P.O. Box 561 Grambling, LA 71245 telephone: 281-618-5548 fax: 281-618-5455 email: info@nadsa.com It is a professional affiliation of performers, administrators, educators, students, technicians, and craftsmen of theatre, communicative arts, and allied areas of interests |
| The National Art Education Association: NAEA | 1916 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1590 telephone: 703-860-8000 fax: 703-860-2960 To promote art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership. |
| National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts: NGCSA | 520 8th Avenue 3rd floor, suite 302 New York, NY 10018 telephone: 212-268-3337 fax: 212-268-3995 The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts is the national service organization for a diverse constituency of non-profit, non-degree-granting institutions located in urban, suburban and rural communities throughout the United States. |
| NEA: National Endowment for the Arts | 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20506 telephone: 202-682-5400 The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts--both new and established--bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. |
| Nineteenth Century Studies Association | Phylis Floyd, Associate Professor Department of Art and Art History Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1119 An interdisciplinary nineteenth-century studies association; members' disciplines include English and American literature, history (including art history and architectural history), music, philosophy, political science, foreign languages and literatures, and other fields. |
| Performance Studies international: PSi | Performance Studies International Performance and Live Art Research College of Art & Design & the Built Environment The Nottingham Trent University Burton Street Nottingham NG1 4BU UK telephone/fax: +44 (0)115 848 6831 email: psi.admin@ntu.ac.uk (PSi) is a professional association founded in 1997 to promote communication and exchange among scholars and practitioners working in the field of performance. We seek to create opportunities for dialogue among artists and academics in a variety of disciplines whose concerns converge in the still-evolving areas of live art and performance. |
| Playwrights' Center of San Francisco: PCSF | 588 Sutter Street #430 San Francisco, CA 94102 telephone: 415-820-3206 The mission of the Playwrights' Center of San Francisco is to encourage and develop local playwrights and promote script writing, audience development, and related arts. |
| Playwrights Guild of Canada | 54 Wolseley St. 2nd Floor Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5T 1A5 telephone: 416-703-0201 fax: 416-703-0059 email: info@playwrightsguild.ca Playwrights Guild of Canada (formerly Playwrights Union of Canada) is a national association of professional and emerging playwrights. |
| Popular Culture Association | A multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life. Among the many academic disciplines represented in the popular culture movement are American Studies, Anthropology, Communications, Art, English, History, Law, Political Science, and Sociology. |
| Professional Association of Canadian Theatres: PACT | 215 Spadina Ave Suite 210 Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7 telephone: 416-595-6455 fax: 416-595-6450 email: info@pact.ca PACT is a member-driven organization that serves as the collective voice of professional Canadian theatres. |
| Professional Lighting and Sound Association: PLASA | 38 St Leonards Road Eastbourne BN21 3UT United Kingdom telephone: +44 (0)1323 410335 fax: +44 (0)1323 646905 PLASA was established to provide commercial benefits to a business community, whilst improving working practices and advancing levels of safety and training within the entertainment, presentation, installation and communications industries. |
| Puppeteers of America | Puppeteers of America, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1937, provides information, encourages performances, and builds a community of people who love puppet theatre. |
| Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre | PO Box 3092 Saskatoon, SK Canada S7K 3S9 telephone: 306-665-7707 fax: 306-244-0255 email: sk.playwrights@sasktel.net The SPC is a unique playwright-driven organization that strives to foster the development of Saskatchewan plays and playwrights in a risk-friendly environment. |
| Screen Actors Guild Seattle Branch | Executive Director: Dena Beatty 4000 Aurora Ave N. #102 Seattle, WA 98103 telephone: 206-270-0493 fax: 206-282-7073 or 800-378-6741 Screen Actors Guild is the nation’s premier labor union representing actors. With 20 branches nationwide, SAG represents nearly 120,000 actors in film, television, industrials, commercials and music videos. The Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. SAG is a proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO. |
| Seattle Dramatists | 1634 Eleventh Ave Seattle, WA 98122 telephone: 206-720-0083 fax: 206-720-0080 email: info@seattledramatists.org Seattle Dramatists is a new playwrights support organization providing readings, workshops, classes, and library facilities for its member playwrights. |
| SIBMAS, the International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts | email: simbas@theatrelibrary.org Since 1954 SIBMAS has been the forum for colleagues from all over the world promoting research, practical and theoretical, in the documentation of the performing arts. Besides the organisation of biennial international congresses SIBMAS members are involved in three permanent projects The World Directory on Theatre Museums and Libraries, The International Bibliography of Theatre (IBT), and The World Encyclopedia of contemporary Theatre, 6 vol. (1994-2000) |
| Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers: SSDC | 1501 Broadway Suite 1701 New York, NY 10036-5653 telephone: 212-391-1070 / toll-free: 800-541-5204 fax: 212-302-6195 email: info@ssdc.org The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) is a national independent labor union representing members throughout the United States and abroad. |
| Textile Society of America: TSA | P.O. Box 70 Earleville, MD 21919-0070 telephone: 410-275-2329 fax: 410-275-8936 email: tsa@dol.net The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide, from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social, and technical perspectives. |
| Theatre Bay Area: TBA | The Flood Building 870 Market Street at Powell Suite 375 San Francisco, CA 94102 telephone: 415-430-1140 fax: 415-430-1145 Founded by theatre workers in 1976, TBA's mission is to unite, strengthen and promote theatre in the region. It does this by providing communication networks and opportunities and creating resources for theatre companies, theatre workers, and theatre lovers. TBA serves as a liaison between the theatre community and government, business and others who benefit from a healthy and thriving theatre community. |
| Theatre Communications Group: TCG | 520 Eighth Ave. 24th Fl New York, NY 10018-4156 telephone: 212-609-5900 fax: 212-609-5901 email: tcg@tcg.org TCG has more than 400 theatre members in 47 states, 17,000 individual members, 100 Trustee Leadership Network members and a growing number of University Affiliates. TCG represents a wide array of institutional sizes and structures. Its mission is to strengthen, nurture and promote the not-for-profit professional American theatre through various programs and through advocacy. |
| Theatre Historical Society of America: THSA | York Theatre Building 152 North York, 2nd floor Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-2806 telephone: 630-782-1800 fax: 630-782-1802 email: execdir@historictheatres.org For 35 years, The Theatre Historical Society of America has been dedicated to documenting the rich heritage of historic theatres in the United States -- from 19th century opera houses, early nickelodeons, small town and neighborhood theatres, to ornate movie palaces, drive-ins, and even early multiplexes. |
| Theatre Library Association: TLA | Shubert Archive 149 West 45th St. New York, New York 10036 The Theatre Library Association is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1937 to promote the collection, preservation, and use of theatrical and performing arts materials. Membership includes librarians, scholars, curators, archivists, performers, writers, designers, historians, collectors, and students. |
| Theatre Puget Sound | P.O. Box 19643 Seattle, WA 98109 telephone: 206-770-0370 fax: 206-441-7383 email: tps@tpsonline.org TPS is a consortium of theatres and individual artists in the Puget Sound region whose main goals are the nurturing of a healthy and vibrant theatre community, developing strong ties among the region's theatre professionals, raising the visibility of the region's theatre scene on national and international levels, and finding ways to develop new and diverse audiences. |
| United States Institute for Theatre Technology: USITT | 6443 Ridings Road Syracuse, NY 13206-1111 telephone: 800-938-7488 fax: 866-398-7488 email: info@office.usitt.org USITT is the association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry. Founded in 1960, USITT's mission is to actively promote the advancement of the knowledge and skills of its members. |
| VSA arts | 1300 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 telephone: 202-628-2800 / toll free 1-800-933-8721 fax: 202-737-0725 email: info@vsarts.org Designated by the United States Congress as the coordinating organization for arts programming for persons with disabilities, VSA arts is supported by its affiliate network in offering diverse programs and events and innovative lifelong learning opportunities at the international, national, and local levels ranging from training institutes and artist-in-residence projects to arts camps and emerging artist award programs. |
| Washington State Arts Alliance and Washington State Arts Foundation | 305 Harrison Seattle, WA 98109 telephone: 206-448-1909 fax: 206-441-3042 email: info@wsartsalliance.com The members of the Washington State Arts Alliance are artists, arts organizations, business people, arts educators, policy makers, parents, and people from all walks of life who are committed to keeping the arts strong and at the center of community life across Washington State. |
| Washington State Community Theatre Association | The overall goal of WSCTA is to assist, communicate and coordinate activities and resource programs and services that aid and foster the development, quality, education and growth of community theatres in Washington state. |
| Western States Arts Federation | email: staff@westaf.org WESTAF, the Western States Arts Federation, is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. Based in Denver, Colorado, WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational and policy infrastructure of the arts by providing innovative programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the West and nationwide. |
