Recent TLA News
TLA Now Accepting 2018 Book Award Nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2018 Theatre Library Association Book Awards! Presented annually, the Theatre Library Association Book Awards recognize works of performing arts scholarship published during the 2018 calendar year that demonstrate exemplary use and interpretation of library and archival collections. Collections and anthologies consisting mainly of previously published materials; and memoirs/autobiographies without […]
Join us for the General Membership Meeting October 12 via Facebook Live
The General Business Meeting of the Theatre Library Association is open to all members in good standing and is scheduled for 5:00PM EST October 12, 2018 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Screening Room. Members may also join via Facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/theatrelibraryassociation. We encourage everyone to join us at 7:00PM […]
Join Us for the 2017 TLA Book Awards Ceremony
The Theatre Library Association is thrilled to invite you to the annual presentation of the TLA Book Awards, honoring English language works of scholarship on theatre, film, and broadcasting, published in 2017. The TLA Book Awards Ceremony will include remarks from some of this year’s winners and a pop-up exhibition of materials from the holdings of the New York Public Library for the […]
Theatre Library Association Announces 2017 Book Award Winners
The Theatre Library Association is proud to announce the TLA Book Award winners for English language works of scholarship on theatre, film, and broadcasting, published in 2017. The 2017 George Freedley Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the field of live theatre or performance will be awarded to by Sarah E. Chinn for Spectacular Men: […]
Book Review: Script Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production
Script Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production Dr. Robert Knopf London: Methuen Drama, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1408184301 Dr. Robert Knopf’s Script Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production provides an insightful and adept guide to a practice that has proven elusive to both theatre students and practitioners. As the author […]
ACRL WGSS/TLA Discussion Forum: Social Justice at the Intersection of the Arts and Librarianship
The Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) of ACRL will host its discussion forum, Social Justice at the Intersection of the Arts and Librarianship, co-sponsored with the Theatre Library Association (TLA) on Monday June 25 at 8:30-10:00 a.m. in Morial Convention Center, room 298. The section’s awards ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will […]
2018 ASTR/TLA Plenary Call for Proposals
American Society for Theatre Research/Theatre Library Association ASTR/TLA 2018 Annual Conference Arousal: Theatre, Performance, Embodiment Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, California, November 15–18, 2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: THEATRE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (TLA) PLENARY The Thrill of Performing Arts Research The Theatre Library Association seeks papers addressing the theme of the 2018 TLA Plenary […]
TLA President’s Remarks at ASTR/TLA Conference 2017
November 18, 2017 Good afternoon. It is my pleasure and privilege to serve as President of the Theatre Library Association and on behalf of TLA thank you to the ASTR Officers, Executive Committee, Conference Program Chairs, and Conference Program Committee. I begin with a report on the activities of the American Theatre Archive Project on […]
Book Review: 100 Greatest American Plays
100 Greatest American Plays Thomas S. Hischak Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1442256057 Over time, theatregoers and practitioners develop their own mental list of favorite plays, though they may never bother to commit their list to paper. We are, of course, each entitled to our own criteria for the selections we make of […]
Board Elections 2018-2020
Dear TLA membership, On behalf of the Theatre Library Association Board, I invite and encourage members interested in the opportunity of serving on the Board to submit a nomination form for our upcoming election. The Election will be for three open positions on the TLA Board for a 2018-2020 term, and we are currently recruiting […]