Recent TLA News
Join Us for the 2018 TLA Book Awards 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 theatre, film, and broadcasting, published in 2018. The TLA Book Awards Ceremony will include remarks from some of this year’s winners, a pop-up exhibition of related special collections materials from the holdings of the New York Public […]
Book Review: A Life-Coaching Approach to Screen Acting
A Life-Coaching Approach to Screen Acting Daniel Dresner London: Methuen Drama, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1350039438 Daniel Dresner sets out to offer the student of film acting valuable support both as a fledgling artist and as a person in his book A Life-Coaching Approach to Screen Acting. I can report that he succeeds. A Life-Coaching Approach to […]
TLA in 2018!
2018 has been a promising year for the Theatre Library Association. This year we welcomed board members Matt DiCintio, Suzanne Lipkin, David Nochimson, Rachel Smiley, Dale Stinchcomb, Scott Stone, and Joseph Tally. TLA recognized Kenneth Schlesinger, this year’s recipient of the Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award. We awarded the Brooks McNamara […]
Join now for 2019!
Since 1937, the Theatre Library Association is the only North American organization devoted to supporting the needs and interests of librarians, archivists, scholars and practitioners affiliated with theatre, dance, performance studies, popular entertainment, motion picture and broadcasting collections. We need your support to continue our work in promoting professional best practices in the acquisition, organization, […]
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 […]