(We included some links but there are many more other great resources & theaters)

Resources from The Other Art: Theater Skills to Help Every Child. Purchase our book for the password.

Associations

• Salem Art Association Salem, OR. Among many other things they do, they have first rate artists on their Art-In-Education roster. Residencies are the focus of their artists, who spend 40 hours, more or less, teaching their crafts.
• ArtCentric Corvallis, OR. This is the Linn-Benton Art Council and they, like the Salem Art Assoc., have an Art-In-Education roster.
• United States Center for the International Association of Theater for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ/USA) ASSITEJ/USA is the national service organization promoting the power of professional theatre for young audiences through excellence, collaboration and innovation across cultural and international boundaries.

Children's Theater & Other Art

• Children's Educational Theatre. Teaching the performing arts to children since 1974. Salem, Oregon.
• Resource Guide for Young Artists. A marvelous page of links to all sorts of things to do with art--articles, grants, how-to's, museums, glossaries and more. (Thank you, students of Colonial Academy for sharing)
• Dragon Theater Puppets Portland, OR. Founded in 1994, this traveling puppet theater delights its audiences with fascinating puppets and great shows.
• Oregon Children’s Theatre Portland, OR. Children’s plays on a big stage.
• Northwest Children’s Theatre and School Portland, OR. Formed in 1993, NWCT is a healthy nonprofit and one of the largest children’s theater companies on the West Coast.
• School Shows.com. This site has a nationwide directory of school assemblies, school assembly programs, and school shows.

Theaters

• Capitol City Theatre. Improv Shows and classes.
• Pentacle Theatre. Bringing classics, musicals and new plays to the Salem area since 1954.
• The Historic Elsinore Theatre. Big events in a great building.
  
• Northern Lights Theatre Pub. Yes, it's "only" movies but we love seeing movies for only $3.

Scripts

• Scripts by Marian
• Toksvig-Perkins Musicals Wonderful musicals. Their Pandemonium, for instance, is great fun.
• Samuel French Big time script publishers & leasing agent, been around for a long time.
  
• Baker’s Plays. An imprint of Samuel French.
  
• Eldridge Plays and Musicals Since 1906. More plays and books...
• Pioneer Drama Service...and more wonderful plays
• Plays Drama Magazine. Plays has numerous short scripts for elementary, middle school and high school ages that are perfect for classroom settings. With a subscription, you have the rights to perform any play from any of their current or past issues.
• Learning Links has Shakespeare scripts for Young People, for grades 4-8, and Shakespeare On Stage, for grades 8-12.They're also sold in class packs.