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Welcome to WikiProject Theatre! The goal of this project is to improve all articles relating totheatre, making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.

As it currently stands, the vast majority of these articles are in need of some serious attention. While many of the important topics do have existing articles, the quality of these can be quite poor. If you would like to participate in the project, please sign up below, look for jobs in theto-do list, and join in with project-related discussions at thetalk page.

WikiProject Theatre

Founded: 28 May 2005 byGanymead

Theatre Portal

Shortcuts:
WP:THEATRE •WP:THEATER
WP:THEATRES •WP:THEATERS

General (edit)

• Main Project Page
• Members
• Newsletter
• Article Alerts

Articles (edit)

• Article Assessment & Statistics
• Article Structure
• Articles Needing Creation
• Featured Theatre Articles

Infoboxes and Templates

• All Project Templates
• Template Sandbox
• Infobox person
• Infobox play
• Infobox venue
• Talk Page Banner
• Theatre stub
• Theatre Structure stub
• WPT Userbox

Things to do (edit)

Main List of Open Tasks

• Assess
• Contribute
• Critique
• Discuss
• Expand
• Join
• Add infoboxes:

1. Infobox play
2. Infobox person
3. Infobox venue
4. Infobox theatre group

Any and all articles related to theatre on Wikipedia, including, but not limited to:

• Drama (includingplays)
• Theatrical biographies (such asplaywrights,actors,theatre directors,theatrical producers and theatre companies)
• Theatre history (includingGreek theatre,Chinese theatre,Roman theatre,Commedia dell'arte,Kabuki,Renaissance theatre,Epic theatre etc.)
• Modern theatre (i.e.experimental theatre,Theatre of Cruelty,physical theatre etc.)
• Genres (comedy,tragedy, etc.)
• Theatres, i.e. theatre buildings, venues and structures
• Stagecraft topics

Theatre is a very broad topic! There are several descendant and related projects to help organise work on theatrical articles:

• WikiProject Musical Theatre coversmusicals and biographies relating solely to musical theatre.
• WikiProject New York City/Theatre covers theatre-related activities in the New York City area.
• WikiProject Shakespeare coversWilliam Shakespeare and his works.
• WikiProject Stagecraft covers the details ofstagecraft. (believed to be inactive)

Other related WikiProjects include

• WikiProject Dance (believed to be inactive)
  • WikiProject Ballet
• WikiProject Opera
  • WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan
  • WikiProject Richard Wagner
• WikiProject Literature
• WikiProject Circus

1. To improve the quality of articles on theatre, bringing articles on important topics up to featured article standard.
2. To create articles to cover the topic of theatre comprehensively, including articles on non-western theatre.
3. To make Wikipedia the finest, most comprehensive resource of theatre topics available online.
   

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in theOutline of theatre. It in turn is part ofWikipedia's outline system which is one ofWikipedia's main contents systems.

Please look it over and fill-in missing topics. If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outline, please consider the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

1. What's missing?
2. Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
3. Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what. It is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise theatre-related material. It is a hub from which to organize related topics. It was built as a "reverse outline", astructural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.

• Improvetop priority theatre articles (stubs |start-class |C-class |B-class)
• Create new articles – we have a list of plays and related articles identified by the project atarticles needing creation, or see the Theatre section ofWikipedia requested articles.
• Prioritise work on articles found inunknown-importance Theatre articles - seearticle assessment to help decide if an article is oftop,high,mid orlow importance to the project.
• Collaboration of the month –vote for the focus of next month's efforts.
• ...orwork towards our goals in any way you can!

To-do list forWikipedia:WikiProject Theatre:edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2008-08-15 Add {{Portal|Theatre}} to theSee also section of Theatre-related articles. Tag the talk pages of Theatre-related articles, categories and templates with{{WikiProject Theatre}} (needed to generatearticle alerts). JoinWikiProject Theatre and list yourself as aParticipant. Attention: A list ofarticles needing immediate attention is available. Rate theUnassessed Theatre articles inWikiProject Theatre. Notability:Articles with notability concerns, listed atWikiProject Notability. References: Add references toUnreferenced biographies of living people. Requested articles:Requested articles for Stage and theatre. Stubs: Help expandAmerican theatre stubs,European theatre stubs,Play stubs,Theatre (structure) stubs,Theatrical people stubs, andmore... A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See alsothe tool's wiki page andthe index of WikiProjects.

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Theatre articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	13	10	37		1	63
FL		1	4	36		1	42
FM					251		251
GA	3	10	19	131		8	171
B	17	70	162	596		77	922
C	37	131	460	2,782		258	3,668
Start	20	110	802	9,961		635	11,528
Stub	3	23	244	6,522	1	395	7,188
List	1	7	234	344		41	627
Category					11,007		11,007
Disambig					64		64
File					1,042		1,042
Portal					5		5
Project					31		31
Redirect	1	2	20	171	1,582		1,776
Template					603		603
NA					18		18
Other				3	205		208
Assessed	84	367	1,955	20,583	14,809	1,416	39,214
Unassessed			1	62		417	480
Total	84	367	1,956	20,645	14,809	1,833	39,694
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =118,548			Ω = 5.04

SeeWikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Featured Articles for a list of current and former featured articles.

SeePortal:Theatre/DYK for relatedWP:DYKs that appeared on theMain Page.

	Theatre
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{{WikiProject Theatre}}

• Category:Theatre
• Category:Drama
• Category:Musical theatre
• List of playwrights
• Movie palaces list
• List of musicals
• List of Canadian plays
• List of early-modern women playwrights (UK)
• Links to recent changes in theatre-related articles

• Internet Broadway Database
• Internet Movie Database - contains a surprising amount of information on live theatre.
• Playbill Magazine - information on current theatre.
• TheatreLinks - information on historic American theatres.
• Cinema Treasures - information about historic theatres that have served as cinemas.
• Internet Theatre Database
• de:Portal:Theater - the Theatre portal on the German Wikipedia
• AusStage - Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
• Global Performing Arts Database
• About The Artists - growing IMDb-style, crowd sourced database of theatrical productions in the United States and elsewhere

Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Popular pages shows the 1000 pages in this project that receive the most traffic. This gives an idea of which pages are popular and might need attention (if their quality level is not as high as we would wish).

1. Peripatetic
2. LordAmeth
3. Mkdw
4. Steven Walling
5. Dionysos Proteus
6. Robert Greer
7. Guybrush
8. Bobf
9. Larrybob
10. GentlemanGhost
11. Thomprod - stage manager, lighting designer, orchestra conductor, rehearsal pianist
12. Ecragg
13. Maxim Stoyalov
14. Mark E (talk)
15. Declan Clam
16. Mdukas - trained audience member
17. Phaeton23
18. Mfs1013 wants to program moving lights for theatre
19. DoctorJoeE
20. Matthewrbowker - High School Thespian, Lighting Designer
21. Aaron Booth - Actor
22. Blethering Scot
23. ArtifexMayhem - Professional.
24. Beth Phillips - Ph.D English/Theatre History. Doctoral dissertation on Clifford Odets; currently writing biography of Odets.
25. Tito Dutta (talk)
26. JustDerek
27. Sirkablaam Just did some theatre in high school and college.
28. RL0919
29. Jburlinson Restoration theatre and American theater.
30. Maxim Stoyalov
31. Saslos Theatre designers
32. Alexandru M. (talk ·contribs)
33. Abishe (talk ·contribs)
34. Andrew Hendo (talk ·contribs)
35. Bardoleg (talk ·contribs)
36. ClarityKTMpls (talk ·contribs)
37. Menmsha Actor, musician. Primarily interested in Los Angeles theatre.
38. PhantomRed Actor, singer.
39. Riskyishwar
40. Karmadog1500$
41. Elizabeth Tavares Renaissance/English theatre history
42. Paelias
43. 50DFF Interested in Irish Theatre
44. Taranet (talk ·contribs)
45. Codecinderblock Lighting Designer
46. Wale18 Actor
47. BessieMaelstrom Playwright, theatre maker
48. Mónica Morgantown
49. Babegriev (talk ·contribs) Theatre enthusiast
50. Robin1007
51. ThirdEchelon (talk)12:46, 15 September 2020 (UTC) - music director, rehearsal pianist, orchestrator, actress[reply]
52. Ninedragonspot American aficionado of traditional theater in the Sinosphere.
53. Brucehs (talk ·contribs) Lighting Designer and Theater Aninmal.
54. Pakoire
55. Favour Oko
56. InEventOf
57. Chongkian - Taiwan theaters
58. Ceciliapetrush
59. Nice-Ring
60. Allyox (talk) primarily interested in Oxford-based theatre and theatre makers
61. User:Sukunasleftnut
62. User:KNY22
63. User:Pblu8425
64. User:Cedarholm
65. User:23impartial
66. User:AlphaLemur
67. Melchior2006
68. Cedarholm (talk)13:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
69. Itu17
70. Olag mainly interested in modern theatre projects
71. User:Sierkejd A student participant in the WikiEdu project for the Renaissance. My work centers uponChristopher Marlowe's playDoctor Faustus.
72. User:Starlighsky Articles that I had created on music and theaterUser:Starlighsky#Entertainment_Industry
73. BadNewsBear
74. BrechtBro
75. Hwyaden fach
76. Jaedenwalton Performing arts designer and academic scenographer, Canada

1. Ganymead
2. Springboard08
3. Quill
4. Filiocht
5. Kevin M Marshall
6. Swiftblade21
7. 5300abc
8. Schoeler
9. Struds
10. PythiaMcThespia
11. Sydneysaurus
12. ironman5247
13. Kyoko
14. Girl-razor, primarily interested in European theatre
15. Fewster
16. Dozenthey
17. Duckie for broadway
18. Canadian Scouter
19. Msdressup
20. Rustythejester
21. Yossarian
22. Xinoph
23. Danyoung
24. TheSwami
25. UnderPressure
26. Kiwiboy121
27. Steven J. Anderson
28. Theolimeister
29. Dereksmootz
30. Carole Higgins
31. John Thaxter
32. callumsmith1234
33. Sebbi - primarily interested in contemporary theatre practices.
34. KlickingKarl - interest in UK theatre buildings.
35. Danwalk
36. Brettstout Interest inmovie palaces
37. DramaticImpulse
38. Jezhotwells
39. TheatreAuthority
40. Lordknave
41. CPolo Interested inamateur theater
42. Thatguykalem - Trained actor.
43. Sean - HS Thespian and techie
44. 15lsoucy - Plays of Racine
45. LaNaranja
46. waltjohnson - BA and MFA in Technical Theatre w/pro exp. ad Tech Dir, Asst Tech Dir, and Production Mgr
47. OperaticNun - Interested in Irish and Shakespearean/classical theatre
48. Diggindeeper
49. TheFlyingWallaby
50. NortonFord
51. QHereKidSF
52. Sum (talk)10:13, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
53. Act Class 1742
54. walt828
55. Truelight234
56. ÇaCestCharabia - PhD Candidate in Theatre History
57. Jwyllie - primary interest in improvisational theatre - co-founder of Canadian Improv Games - studied under David Shepherd
58. JoyceJoyce1 - Professional.
59. Alexroller - Professional actor doing mostly amateur productions, intend to pursue as a career.
60. James Fahringer
61. Entertainer91
62. Alla Breve
63. Leigh C. Tyler
64. User:Nightenbelle - Minor in theater, Former High school Thespian, High School Theater Teacher, Active in the Twin Lakes Playhouse Community Theater.
65. Dental plan (Lisa needs braces)
66. User:Purrform
67. Mturcott
68. Emholz
69. StevenAmendolaII
70. Rosario Berganza
71. Voltaire&Leibniz Enlightenment France and ancient Greek plays.
72. Ninquelosse Oscar Wilde's plays
73. Parasitaster - Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre; musical theatre; opera.
74. Bd1896 - Ph.D. in Theatre/English Professor. 19c/early 20c US theatre.
75. sixteennote
76. Preschooler.at.heart
77. Amadscientist
78. Cailil
79. Chickeninapram - Deputy technical mgr RSC 1998-2003
80. Sabiona
81. User:KunFooKoala
82. tomnnnn PhD Student. Interested in contemporary British theatre.
83. Solness (talk ·contribs)
84. jwvarner Confused peasant looking for guidance.
85. Paracosms (talk ·contribs)
86. User:aka bekka Modern Theater , Performance, live art
87. Neddyseagoon
88. Caleb Bond - Actor
89. tm1000
90. poisonborz Hungarian theatres and actors
91. Gonzalo84
92. Cazo3788
93. User:Cyberseatbelt Director

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