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	Australian Script Centre - http://www.ozscript.org Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts.
	Playwrights Guild of Canada - http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/ Service organization for Canadian playwrights (formerly the Playwrights Union of Canada). Searchable online catalogue.
	The Dramatists Guild of America - http://www.dramatistsguild.org/ Professional association of American playwrights. The Guild protects the rights of dramatists in relation to producers and more recently Directors.
	Jassin Office - Publishing and Theatre Law - http://copylaw.com/aboutus.html Advice for writers and theatre workers on copyright, trademark, libel and contract law. Includes free "Helpful Articles" section.
	International Centre for Women Playwrights - http://www.womenplaywrights.org To support women playwrights around the world.

	Dramatic Exchange - http://www.dramex.org/ Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays.
	Playwrights' Center - http://www.pwcenter.org/ Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting.
	Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar - http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/ An overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
	Playwrighting Resources - http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources.
	http://www.singlelane.com/proplay - http://www.singlelane.com/proplay Online publisher of professionally-produced stage plays. Full or partial scripts may be read free-of-charge at the site.

	Playwriting 101 - http://www.playwriting101.com/ A playwriting tutorial written by playwright and screenwriter Jon Dorf.
	Playwrights Foundation - http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org West Coast Center for new play development - resources for playwrights and annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
	Moondance International Film Festival - http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/ To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films.
	The Playwright's Noticeboard - http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly.
	New Theatre Publications - http://www.plays4theatre.com Over 500 stage plays. Free catalogues, free evaluation copies. New members & submissions welcome.

	Philadelphia Young Playwrights - http://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/ Philadelphia Young Playwrights is an intensive arts- education program that pairs a professional teaching artist with a classroom teacher. The two work together as an artistic team, guiding and supporting students in the process of writing a play.
	Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Writer - http://www.playwritingopportunities.com Free listing of playwriting opportunities: retreats, workshops, contests, ongoing submissions, links and resources.
	New Writing South - http://www.newwritingsouth.com/ Creative writing organisation in the South East of UK for writers, and agencies. Includes playwrights network, directory of writers and competitions, workshop and education programmes, and members area.
	The Playwrights Forum - http://users.erols.com/pforum/welcome.htm The Playwrights Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic development of talented playwrights from the Washington D.C. area.
	Will Dunne Dramatic Writing Workshops - http://www.willdunne.com Offers support for playwrights and screenwriters, including private consultations for dramatic writers anywhere in the world and an ongoing quarterly workshop program for dramatic writers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

	Lazy Bee Scripts - http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/ Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Guidelines for authors and playwrights.
	Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights - http://www.laplaywrights.org/ Support and service organization dedicated to addressing the professional needs of the Los Angeles playwriting community.
	NYCPlaywrights - http://www.nycplaywrights.org NYCPlaywrights is a nonprofit organization for writers. Meets Wednesdays in NYC for play readings as an aid to development. New writers welcome.
	Performing and Writing Musical Theatre - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/musical_theatre A resource for professional and aspiring performers/ composers/ writers. Tips and tricks on the craft of writing and composing.
	Playwriting Links and Resources for E-Merging Playwrights and other Writers (home of Playwriting Opportunities for the E-Merging Playwright) - http://www.playwritingopportunities.com/Playwriting_Theatre_Resources.htm Playwriting contests and competitions listed by deadline date and other handy tools to help playwrights get their work out into the theatre world.

	Ohio University MFA Playwriting - http://ohioplaywriting.org Information about the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Playwriting at Ohio University.
	Linda Eisenstein: Practical Playwriting - http://my.en.com/~herone/Practical_Playwriting.html Excerpts from advice book for playwrights, including "17 Surefire Ways to Get Your Scripts Rejected."
	Boston Playwrights' Theatre - Professional Theatre and Graduate Playwriting Program - http://www.bu.edu/bpt/ Award-winning professional theatre, founded in 1981 to promote new plays. Home to the Boston University Graduate Playwriting Program, and producers of the Boston Theater Marathon.
	Working Man’s Clothes Productions - http://www.workingmansclothes.com Multiple award winning NYC theatre company focuses on developing and staging new works and plays. Accepting submissions year-round.
	The Playwrights' Co-Operative - http://plays4theatre.site-street.net/ Promoting and publishing the works of new and established playrights. Full online or paper catalogue of acting scripts.

	Playwriting at Suite101.com - http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/playwriting Articles (archived) to assist playwrights.
	Limelight Scripts - http://www.limelightscripts.co.uk Online publishers of mainly English pantomimes, but also plays and musicals. Includes submission guidelines and a tutorial on how to write pantomimes.
	Ashland New Plays Festival - http://www.ashlandnewplays.org An international playwright competition; with submission guidelines, application form and news.
	Greensboro Playwrights' Forum - http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Parks/programs/cityarts/drama/GPF.htm A gathering of North Carolina playwrights, meeting once a month to discuss works-in-progress and aid one another in getting produced or published.
	PDC: The Philadelphia Dramatists Center - http://www.pdc1.org PDC is a community of playwrights, collaborating artists, and audience members dedicated to the creation and nurture of new works for live performance.

	Stage Plays by Ian Hornby - http://www.ianhornby.co.uk Plays available for production. Free evaluation copy on request.
	Project Writers Unite - http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/projectwritersunite/ Bay Area writers club. Welcomes writers from all creative writing mediums, including playwrights.
	The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco - http://playwrightscentersf.org/ A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays.
	Young Playwrights 101 - http://youngplaywrights101.com A free resource site for young playwrights and those who teach them. Also, information about Young Playwrights 101, a complete playwriting curriculum in an e-book.
	Write Angle Productions - http://www.writeangle.org/ Devoted to supporting work of member playwrights and developing new scripts for production. Includes ongoing Ten Minute Play contest.

	Swan Playwrights - http://www.swanplaywrights.co.uk/ The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK.
	The Brick Playhouse - http://thebrickplayhouse.org/mission.htm Dedicated exclusively to the creation, development, and production of new theatre works.
	Hidden River Arts - http://www.hiddenriverarts.org A non-profit literary arts organization in Philadelphia, PA offering playwrighting and fiction competitions yearly, as well as residencies, workshops, and educational outreach programs.
	The Original Workshops - http://www.originalworksonline.com/workshops/ Hands on programs in Los Angeles for beginning and advanced stage and screen writers
	Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell - http://kcac.kennesaw.edu/honorsclass/pdf_files/deer_bib.pdf Annotated bibliography of recommended texts.

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