Links We Like

Throughout this site, we have included links to other sites we think might be helpful or interesting to people interested in the University, the performing arts in the area, and more. Here we've compiled these sites and a few more we like.

Links within the University:

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts - www.umass.edu/hfa
The Department of Theater is part of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. This site includes information about all the other programs that are part of the college.

Financial Aid - www.umass.edu/umfa
This is the financial aid office homepage, which from you can find out about financial aid opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.

The Fine Arts Center - www.umass.edu/fac
The Fine Arts Center is one of the largest and most recognizable buildings on the University of Massachusetts campus. Aside from housing the Departments of Theater and Music and Dance, it is a performing arts venue that brings in world-renowned orchestras, dance and theater performances. You can also buy tickets for our performances as well as other events here.

The Graduate School - www.umass.edu/gradschool
This site offers information about the graduate school at UMass Amherst.

New WORLD Theater - www.umass.edu/fac/nwt
Information on the theater, which presents and produces six to eight works by playwrights of color each academic year, featuring student, community and professional artists. There is a long-standing tradition of co-productions between New WORLD Theater and the Department of Theater.

The UMass Theatre Guild- www.umass.edu/rso/guild/mainpage.html
The Theatre Guild is a student-run organization on campus that puts on plays and musicals. Many of the students involved are also members of the Department of Theater, but the group's membership is not limited to theater majors and it functions completely independently of the department.

The University of Massachusetts - www.umass.edu
Learn about all aspects of the University, including information about applying to the University, academic offerings, helpful hints about dorm life, on-going events, and more.

Fine Arts Center Educational Access - http://www.umass.edu/fac/education
A site that offers a variety of resources to on-campus arts organizations, including the Event Planning Tools Site, the Guide to Art Spaces on Campus, the Funding Resources Web Site,and the new Teaching Resources section of the site that faculty and TA's might be interested in viewing. 

Five College Links:

Amherst College - www.amherst.edu

Five Colleges Inc. - www.fivecolleges.edu/theater/
The University of Massachusetts is located only a few miles away from Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and Hampshire College, four highly regarded liberal arts schools. There is a rich tradition of cultural and academic exchange between the schools.

Hampshire College - www.hampshire.edu

Mount Holyoke College - www.mtholyoke.edu

Smith College - www.smith.edu

Links to theater companies, online resources, and other materials:

The American Theater Web - www.americantheaterweb.com
This site provides links to the Web pages of 2300 theater companies in all 50 states. It also includes daily clippings of theater stories and news features from major newspapers around the country.

Barrington Stage - www.barringtonstageco.org
A company located in southern Berkshire county.

Berkshire Theatre Festival - www.berkshiretheatre.org
Another of the area's many theater events.

Berkshire Opera - www.berkop.org
Offering opera amid the rolling hills of the Berkshires.

Broadway.com - www.broadway.com
Provides listings, reviews, blind items, as well as an upcoming show tune search engine, streaming video and boutique.

Enchanted Circle Theatre - www.enchanted circletheater.com
This site is for one of the area's educational theater organizations that performs for children in schools and other settings.

The Fund for Women Artists - www.womenarts.org
A Northampton-based group that seeks to support women in the arts through a variety of services including grant-writing, financial assistance, and management.

Gazettenet - www.Gazettenet.com
The site of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, featuring local and national news, and an extensive arts calendar.

Hampshire Shakespeare Company - www.hampshireshakespeare.org
A local group that performs Shakespeare during the summer; our graduates have worked with this group.

The Ko Festival of Performance- www.kofest.com
A summer festival of groundbreaking theater, multi-media and other performances, as well as workshops, hosted at Amherst College. Artistic Director Sabrina Hamilton is a UMass Theater alumna.

The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts - www.mifa-net.org
This festival brings in an international slate of performers, everything from cutting edge British theater to tango dancers.

MassLive - www.masslive.com
This site, affiliated with the Springfield Republican, features news and goings-on across all of western Massachusetts.

New Century Theatre - www.smith.edu/theatre/nct/
Schedule and information about the Northampton-based company's summer performance series.

New York Theatre Experience - www.nytheatre.com
Run by a nonprofit organization, this site provides listings with good coverage of downtown and Off Off Broadway productions.

New York Theatre Wire - www.nytheatre-wire.com
One of the oldest theatre web sites, this focuses on alternative, downtown, out-of-town and way-out-of-town offerings.

Shakespeare & Co. - www.shakespeare.org
World-renowned company led by award-winning director, playwright and actress Tina Packer.

Williamstown Theatre Festival - www.wtfestival.org
The well-known summer festival an hour's drive away.