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	Playwrights Guild of Canada - http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/ Service organization for Canadian playwrights (formerly the Playwrights Union of Canada). Searchable online catalogue.
	Playwrights' Center - http://www.pwcenter.org/ Minneapolis-based, The Playwrights' Center fuels the theater by providing services to support playwrights and playwriting.
	Dramatic Exchange - http://www.dramex.org/ Web resource for playwrights, producers, and anybody interested in plays.
	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.
	Australian Script Centre - http://www.ozscript.org Collects, catalogues, promotes and distributes unpublished Australian plays and now holds hundreds of scripts.

	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.
	Playwrighting Resources - http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/playwright.htm Directory of links, from Artslynx International Theatre Resources.
	La Ronde - http://www.pipeline.com/~jude/AboutLaRonde.htm Playwright's webring; presenting the work of an individual playwright or groups of playwrights.
	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.
	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.

	NY Play Development Lab - http://nyplaydevelopment.home.pipeline.com/ Serves and supports member playwrights in the creation of new stage works. Offers script labs, readings, and promotion.
	Playwriting 101 - http://www.playwriting101.com/ A playwriting tutorial written by playwright and screenwriter Jon Dorf.
	Moondance International Film Festival - http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/ To promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers, and women who make independent films.
	Toscan's Online Playwriting Seminar - http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/ An overview of the craft of playwriting, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
	Playwrights Foundation - http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org West Coast Center for new play development - resources for playwrights and annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

	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.
	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.
	Charles Deemer: Playwriting Basics - http://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Play.htm Tips for playwrights.
	Lazy Bee Scripts - http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/ Online publisher of pantomimes and plays. Guidelines for authors and playwrights.

	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.
	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."
	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.
	New Theatre Publications - http://www.plays4theatre.com Over 500 stage plays. Free catalogues, free evaluation copies. New members & submissions welcome.
	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.

	ArtWork Enterprises Playwrights Festivals - http://www.ashlandnewplays.org/index.html Produces three annual festivals in support of playwrights and the development of new plays for the American stage.
	The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco - http://playwrightscentersf.org/ A service for playwrights, showing the schedule of staged readings of new plays.
	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.
	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.
	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.

	Wrightofplay - http://wrightofplay.com A rest-stop for aspiring playwrights. Tips, tricks, and techniques. Articles, activism, and a few links.
	Project Writers Unite - http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/projectwritersunite/ Bay Area writers club. Welcomes writers from all creative writing mediums, including playwrights.
	Ohio University MFA Playwriting - http://ohioplaywriting.org Information about the Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Playwriting at Ohio University.
	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.
	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.

	Playwriting at Suite101.com - http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/playwriting Articles (archived) to assist playwrights.
	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.
	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.
	The Brick Playhouse - http://thebrickplayhouse.org/mission.htm Dedicated exclusively to the creation, development, and production of new theatre works.
	Playmarket - http://www.playmarket.org.nz/about_home.php Agency and script advisory service for New Zealand 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.
	Swan Playwrights - http://www.swanplaywrights.co.uk/ The theatre writers' group at Worcester Swan Theatre, UK.
	Stage Plays by Ian Hornby - http://www.ianhornby.co.uk Plays available for production. Free evaluation copy on request.
	Resources for Teaching Playwriting Compiled by Adam Russell - http://kcac.kennesaw.edu/honorsclass/pdf_files/deer_bib.pdf Annotated bibliography of recommended texts.
	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.

	International Centre for Women Playwrights - http://www.internationalwomenplaywrights.org/ To support women playwrights around the world.
	The Original Workshops - http://www.originalworksonline.com/workshops/ Hands on programs in Los Angeles for beginning and advanced stage and screen writers
	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.
	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 Playwright's Noticeboard - http://www.stageplays.com/markets.htm Notices of playwriting opportunities, updated regularly.

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