Some Internet Resources

...that we at Cal Stage would like to share with you.  We get a fairly diverse group of questions over a single day, and sometimes, the sources for the answers are equally diverse.

Some of the resources listed are easily utilized with your web browser, others require email, and some require a newsreading application.

The Web: The backbone of the Internet, the World Wide Web contains far too many resources to list here, but we'll offer a short list that you may find of interest.

www.ocartsource.org : A great resource for those in Orange County, CA.

www.realistatheatre.com : A new local Children's Theatre, the Realistas offer classes, productions, and good theatrical training for OC youth.

www.scr.org : Orange County's Tony Award Winning theatre company, in their renovated digs near South Coast Plaza.

(I've you've got a theatre company or similar organization you'd like to see here, give us a call at (714) 966 - 1852.  Ask for the webmaster.)

Stage Craft: A group of technicians of over 1000 strong (at the last count this webmaster heard of), with members ranging from students to folks who play in the big leagues of the theatre world, the Stage Craft mailing list is a terrific resource.  Posing questions from the simple "who knows how to find this thing," to "I need to construct a second story platform, or a pool...," the good people here can be of immense help.

There is an excellent FAQ and subscription page; we strongly suggest you read the Frequently Asked Questions page first! Click to take a look...

Newsgroups: For those of you who use or read USENET, the 'bulletin board' side of the Internet, we offer you four different groups to choose from.  (Please note:  your own ISP may not be subscribed to all of these, but you will probably get one or two, and if you are particularly interested in one, speak to your ISP about adding it; these are all fairly low bandwidth, no graphics, spam free groups.

rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft : many of the same people post/read here as in the stagecraft mailing list above.
alt.stagecraft : a smaller circulation (on my ISP, anyways) version of rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft.
rec.arts.theatre.plays : Dialogue about plays, questions about them, even tickets for sale, and generic directorially oriented questions.
rec.arts.theatre.misc : Pretty much just that.  A little bit of everything except tech.