Recent TLA News
MLA / TLA 2021 Joint Meeting
Registration is now open for the Joint Meeting of the Music Library Association and the Theatre Library Association. This virtual conference will take place via Zoom and Remo from March 1-5, 2021. Join us for over fifty presentations about anti-racist performing arts librarianship, library outreach and instruction, print and digital preservation, digital scores, and much more. Discounted […]
TLA Discussion Forum: The August Wilson Archive at the University of Pittsburgh Library System
The Theatre Library Association is excited to launch a new Discussion Forum Series! For our first talk, we are honored to partner with the University of Pittsburgh Library System. The University of Pittsburgh Library System recently acquired the archive of the late American playwright August Wilson. Come hear from the Archives & Special Collections staff to […]
TLA Now Accepting 2020 Book Award Nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2020 Theatre Library Association Book Awards! Presented annually, the Theatre Library Association Book Awards recognize works of performing arts scholarship published in the 2020 calendar year that demonstrate exemplary use and interpretation of library and archival collections. Collections and anthologies consisting mainly of previously published materials, how-to guides or handbooks, […]
Join Us for the 2019 TLA Book Awards Virtual Ceremony
The Theatre Library Association is delighted to invite you to the annual presentation of the TLA Book Awards, honoring English language works of scholarship on live and recorded performance published in 2019. The virtual TLA Book Awards Ceremony will include remarks from this year’s winning authors, a memorial tribute to long-time Freedley Award juror and theatre historian Don Wilmeth, and […]
Theatre Library Association: Working Together Towards an Anti-racist and Anti-oppressive Society
Black Lives Matter, and we have to say the names of those who were senselessly killed by police brutality and anti-blackness: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Botham Jean, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and an almost endless list of others. Our heart goes out to the families, […]
Muriel Sharon Remembered, A News Item by Margaret Gruen
I have created a website to honor and remember Muriel Sharon, who was the seminal person in children’s theatre in America. Muriel was the Chairman of the Children’s Acting Department of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA from 1947 – 1974. She was the Artistic Director of the Junior Program at The Neighborhood Playhouse, taught child drama at […]
TLA Awards Ceremony – 2019 Recap
Unlike the Oscars, the Theatre Library Association’s (TLA) annual night of awards has no red carpet or fancy statues — but it does have lots of appreciation for the tremendous work that happens in libraries, archives, and museums that document live and recorded performing arts in all their glorious variety. Over 100 guests gathered for […]
Call for Submissions: ASTR 2020 – Theatre & Performance After Repetition
New Orleans November 5 – 8, 2020 Repetition Repeats Itself The American Society for Theatre Research submission process is now open for the 2020 Conference: Theatre and Performance After Repetition. How do we examine theatre from different theories, methodologies and practices of repetition? How have new media technologies changed how we think of repetition and […]
TLA Now Accepting 2019 Book Awards Nominations
Nominations are now open for the 2019 Theatre Library Association Book Awards! Presented annually, the Theatre Library Association Book Awards recognize works of performing arts scholarship published during the previous calendar year that demonstrate exemplary use and interpretation of library and archival collections. Collections and anthologies consisting mainly of previously published materials, how-to guides and handbooks, […]
Theatre Library Association 2019 Elections – Cast your Vote!
An online ballot was sent to TLA personal and institutional members in good standing to vote in the 2019 Elections. Voting is open now, and will continue until 5:00 PM ET on Friday, October 18, 2019. If you are a TLA member and have not received a ballot or are experiencing difficulties voting, contact: theatrelibraryassociation@gmail.com. […]