Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
THEATER RESOURCES

The producers of Sweet Tornado compiled this list of links to theaters' and related organizations' websites. These lists are not intended to be comprehensive listings of all available theater resources. Inclusion on this list does not constitute KERA's or the producers' endorsement of any organization. KERA and the producers cannot guarantee the functionality of these links, as website addresses may change.

Public Broadcasting Resources

A Streetcar Named Desire (NPR)
From NPR's Present at the Creation series

American Masters: Group Theatre (PBS)
Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg established this organization in 1931 to mount original American plays to mirror - even change - their troubled times.

American Masters: Tennessee Williams (PBS)
Lesson plan (high school)

American Stages (NPR)
An eight-part series on the rise of American regional theatre

Black Theatre Summit Coverage (NPR)
July 16, 1998
March 9, 1998
March 2, 1998

Broadway: The American Musical (PBS)
From Page to Stage (lesson plan)
"Hey, Mr. Producer!" (lesson plan)

Changing Stages: A View of the Theatre of the Twentieth Century (PBS)

Egg: The Arts Show (PBS)
Experiments in Theatre
Theatre Resources

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization (PBS)
The Origins of Theatre from Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization

The Evolution of Acting (NPR)
A three part series

Great Performances: Bill Irwin, Clown Prince (PBS)
Interview with James Houghton, founding director of the Signature Theatre Company, the first
not-for-profit theatre company in the United States to devote each season of production to the work of a
single living playwright

Hispanic Theater (NPR)

New York's Public Theater marks 50 years (NPR)

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
The Denver Center Theatre Company: Off-Broadway Hit (June 3, 1998)

PBS Drama & Theater Programs

Theatre (NPR)
An interview by Susan Stamberg with playwrights Wendy Wasserstein, Alfred Uhry, Edward Albee and Eric Bogosian

Who's Dancin' Now? (PBS)
The Great Shakespeare Experiment (lesson plan for grades 10-12)
Making a Scene with Norman Rockwell (lesson plan for grades 5-6)
The "Producing Edgar Allan Poe" Challenge (lesson plan for grades 7-8)