Theatre Arts/CAP21: The Search for Resources

Incredible collections for research on theatre, dance, and music performance and history. Anyone who lives, works, or studies in New York is eligible to get a New York Public Library card.

Theatre History sites on the web, sponsored by the International Federation for Theatre Research.

This site can help you find space for your rehearsals, workshops, performances, etc. throughout the 5 Boroughs.

How to go about obtaining rights to perform a play or musical, or use music in a live performance.

VLA provides pro bono arts-related legal representation and education to low-income artists and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. To do so, we offer legal counseling, educational programs, advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution.

he Actors Fund is a nonprofit, nationwide human services organization providing programs that support the unique, essential needs of all who work in entertainment and the performing arts. They offer a broad spectrum of programs including comprehensive social services, health care services, employment and training, and housing.

Site where you can post your resume, headshots, and reels for free, and apply for a wide variety of union and non-union open jobs.

Listings display productions and casting notices for NYC. You can further refine your search by using the filters on the right side of the page, and save your search to have new casting notices sent directly to your inbox.

Casting call site for movies and TV.

Trade union for dancers, concert musicians, and opera performers.

The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an AFL-CIO-affiliated labor union founded in 1939 to represent performing artists and stage managers for live performances in the variety field. The variety area of performance includes singers & dancers in touring shows and in theatrical revues (non-book shows...book revues may be under Actors’ Equity jurisdiction), theme park performers, skaters, circus performers, comedians & stand-up comics, cabaret & club artists,lecturers/poets/monologists/spokespersons, and variety performers working at private parties & special events.