Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre
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Welcome to WikiProject Theatre! The goal of this project is to improve all articles relating to theatre, making Wikipedia one of the best online resources on the subject.
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WikiProject Theatre
As it currently stands, the vast majority of these articles are in need of some serious attention. While many of the important topics do have existing articles, the quality of these can be quite poor. If you would like to participate in the project, please sign up below, look for jobs in the to-do list, and join in with project-related discussions at the talk page.
Shortcuts:
WP:THEATRE • WP:THEATER
WP:THEATRES • WP:THEATERS
Project scope
Any and all articles related to theatre on Wikipedia, including, but not limited to:
- Drama (including plays)
- Theatrical biographies (such as playwrights, actors, theatre directors, theatrical producers and theatre companies)
- Theatre history (including Greek theatre, Chinese theatre, Roman theatre, Commedia dell'arte, Kabuki, Renaissance theatre, Epic theatre etc.)
- Modern theatre (i.e. experimental theatre, Theatre of Cruelty, physical theatre etc.)
- Genres (comedy, tragedy, etc.)
- Theatres, i.e. theatre buildings, venues and structures
- Stagecraft topics
Related projects
Theatre is a very broad topic! There are several descendant and related projects to help organise work on theatrical articles:
- WikiProject Musical Theatre covers musicals and biographies relating solely to musical theatre.
- WikiProject New York City/Theatre covers theatre-related activities in the New York City area.
- WikiProject Shakespeare covers William Shakespeare and his works.
- WikiProject Stagecraft covers the details of stagecraft. (believed to be inactive)
- Other related WikiProjects include
Goals
- To improve the quality of articles on theatre, bringing articles on important topics up to featured article standard.
- To create articles to cover the topic of theatre comprehensively, including articles on non-western theatre.
- To make Wikipedia the finest, most comprehensive resource of theatre topics available online.
Tasks
Improve the bird's eye view
The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of theatre. It in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems.
Please look it over and fill-in missing topics. If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.
While analyzing the outline, please consider the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):
- What's missing?
- Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
- Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?
The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what. It is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.
It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise theatre-related material. It is a hub from which to organize related topics. It was built as a "reverse outline", a structural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.
Develop articles
- Improve top priority theatre articles (stubs | start-class | C-class | B-class)
- Create new articles – we have a list of plays and related articles identified by the project at articles needing creation, or see the Theatre section of Wikipedia requested articles.
- Prioritise work on articles found in unknown-importance Theatre articles - see article assessment to help decide if an article is of top, high, mid or low importance to the project.
- Collaboration of the month – vote for the focus of next month's efforts.
- ...or work towards our goals in any way you can!
Ongoing tasks
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. |
News
Did you know
- 14 Mar 2026 – Helene Pons (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 4meter4 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Mar 2026 – Vinson Cunningham (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dizzycheekchewer (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2026 – Moi Renée (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RosePickfair (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Feb 2026 – Alice in Wonderland (Le Gallienne and Friebus) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 4meter4 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2026 – Sharifa Yazmeen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Lajmmoore (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 17 Mar 2026 – Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Quxyz (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 17 Mar 2026 – Amy Leach (theatre director) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Leonstojka (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 07 Mar 2026 – Shakespeare at Home (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by MightyRanger (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 17 Mar 2026; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 24 Feb 2026 – Mitch and Murray Productions (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c) was closed as no consensus by RL0919 (t · c) on 18 Mar 2026; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 11 Mar 2026 – Aikuiset ja lapset kasvatuksen pyörteissä (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c) was deproded by 4meter4 (t · c) on 13 Mar 2026
Categories for discussion
- 15 Mar 2026 – Category:Sierra Leonean male actors by medium (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Mar 2026 – Category:Radio plays based on Doctor Who (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pokelego999 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Mar 2026 – Category:Argentine musical theatre creative directors (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 14 Mar 2026 – Walden (play) (talk · edit · hist) →Whitney White was RfDed by BrechtBro (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 18 Mar 2026 – Althea Hunt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pbritti (t · c); start discussion
- 15 Feb 2026 – George Roy Hill filmography (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RobertFord II (t · c); start discussion
- 01 Feb 2026 – New York City Center (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion
- 18 Jan 2026 – Tsuneari Fukuda (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RGloucester (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Sep 2025 – Kitamura Sae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Saimmx (t · c); start discussion
Good article reassessments
- 12 Mar 2026 – 5th Avenue Theatre (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 12 Mar 2026 – Twelve Angry Men (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by Ladtrack (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 01 Mar 2026 – Marquee (structure) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Marquee (overhang) by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 05 Mar 2026 – Wicked (2024 film) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hurricanemaster089 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2026 – Twelve Angry Men (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrechtBro (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2022 – Olympia Theatre (New York City) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Oknazevad (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 18 Mar 2026 – Draft:Nigel Boyle (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-11842-35 (t · c)
- 18 Mar 2026 – Draft:Ross Ragland Theater (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gishikaz (t · c)
- 18 Mar 2026 – Draft:Ascension (play) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 18 Mar 2026 – Draft:Danny Calvert (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zmajor42 (t · c)
- 17 Mar 2026 – Draft:Paul Outlaw (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Raybusmann (t · c)
- 14 Mar 2026 – Draft:Tom McKay (actor) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Danielley01 (t · c)
- 13 Mar 2026 – Draft:Brian and Dayna Lee (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 12 Mar 2026 – Draft:Luke McClounan (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Impartial Pariah (t · c)
- 08 Mar 2026 – Draft:Kelsey Grammer on screen and stage (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-14399-28 (t · c)
- 01 Mar 2026 – Draft:Marie Glassl (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by PeSagan (t · c)
- (22 more...)
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Article assessment
Current statistics
| Theatre articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| 2 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 63 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 42 | |||
| 251 | 251 | ||||||
| 3 | 10 | 19 | 132 | 8 | 172 | ||
| B | 17 | 69 | 163 | 603 | 80 | 932 | |
| C | 37 | 132 | 460 | 2,793 | 265 | 3,687 | |
| Start | 21 | 111 | 803 | 9,977 | 662 | 11,574 | |
| Stub | 3 | 22 | 244 | 6,522 | 1 | 412 | 7,204 |
| List | 1 | 7 | 234 | 347 | 41 | 630 | |
| Category | 11,020 | 11,020 | |||||
| Disambig | 65 | 65 | |||||
| File | 1,383 | 1,383 | |||||
| Portal | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Project | 31 | 31 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 2 | 20 | 171 | 1,585 | 1,779 | |
| Template | 601 | 601 | |||||
| NA | 18 | 18 | |||||
| Other | 2 | 208 | 210 | ||||
| Assessed | 85 | 367 | 1,957 | 20,620 | 15,168 | 1,470 | 39,667 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 63 | 452 | 516 | |||
| Total | 85 | 367 | 1,958 | 20,683 | 15,168 | 1,922 | 40,183 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 118,982 | Ω = 5.03 | |||||
| Articles assessed for quality: 97.9% complete | ||
Former Featured Articles
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Featured Articles for a list of current and former featured articles.
Did you know (DYK)s
- See Portal:Theatre/DYK for related WP:DYKs that appeared on the Main Page.
Project templates
Main template
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Wikipedia resources
External resources
- Internet Broadway Database
- Internet Movie Database - contains a surprising amount of information on live theatre.
- Playbill Magazine - information on current theatre.
- TheatreLinks - information on historic American theatres.
- Cinema Treasures - information about historic theatres that have served as cinemas.
- Internet Theatre Database
- de:Portal:Theater - the Theatre portal on the German Wikipedia
- AusStage - Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts
- Global Performing Arts Database
- About The Artists - growing IMDb-style, crowd sourced database of theatrical productions in the United States and elsewhere
Popular pages: page view statistics
Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre/Popular pages shows the 1000 pages in this project that receive the most traffic. This gives an idea of which pages are popular and might need attention (if their quality level is not as high as we would wish).
Participants
Members
- Peripatetic
- LordAmeth
- Mkdw
- Steven Walling
- Dionysos Proteus
- Robert Greer
- Guybrush
- Bobf
- Larrybob
- GentlemanGhost
- Thomprod - stage manager, lighting designer, orchestra conductor, rehearsal pianist
- Ecragg
- Maxim Stoyalov
- Mark E (talk)
- Declan Clam
- Mdukas - trained audience member
- Phaeton23
- Mfs1013 wants to program moving lights for theatre
- DoctorJoeE
- Matthewrbowker - High School Thespian, Lighting Designer
- Aaron Booth - Actor
- Blethering Scot
- ArtifexMayhem - Professional.
- Beth Phillips - Ph.D English/Theatre History. Doctoral dissertation on Clifford Odets; currently writing biography of Odets.
- Tito Dutta (talk)
- JustDerek
- Sirkablaam Just did some theatre in high school and college.
- RL0919
- Jburlinson Restoration theatre and American theater.
- Maxim Stoyalov
- Saslos Theatre designers
- Alexandru M. (talk · contribs)
- Abishe (talk · contribs)
- Andrew Hendo (talk · contribs)
- Bardoleg (talk · contribs)
- ClarityKTMpls (talk · contribs)
- Menmsha Actor, musician. Primarily interested in Los Angeles theatre.
- PhantomRed Actor, singer.
- Riskyishwar
- Karmadog1500$
- Elizabeth Tavares Renaissance/English theatre history
- Paelias
- 50DFF Interested in Irish Theatre
- Taranet (talk · contribs)
- Codecinderblock Lighting Designer
- Wale18 Actor
- BessieMaelstrom Playwright, theatre maker
- Mónica Morgantown
- Babegriev (talk · contribs) Theatre enthusiast
- Robin1007
- ThirdEchelon (talk) 12:46, 15 September 2020 (UTC) - music director, rehearsal pianist, orchestrator, actress
- Ninedragonspot American aficionado of traditional theater in the Sinosphere.
- Brucehs (talk · contribs) Lighting Designer and Theater Aninmal.
- Pakoire
- Favour Oko
- InEventOf
- Chongkian - Taiwan theaters
- Ceciliapetrush
- Nice-Ring
- Allyox (talk) primarily interested in Oxford-based theatre and theatre makers
- User:Sukunasleftnut
- User:KNY22
- User:Pblu8425
- User:Cedarholm
- User:23impartial
- User:AlphaLemur
- Melchior2006
- Cedarholm (talk) 13:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Itu17
- Olag mainly interested in modern theatre projects
- User:Sierkejd A student participant in the WikiEdu project for the Renaissance. My work centers upon Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus.
- User:Starlighsky Articles that I had created on music and theater User:Starlighsky#Entertainment_Industry
- BadNewsBear
- BrechtBro
- Hwyaden fach
- Jaedenwalton Performing arts designer and academic scenographer, Canada
- User:Sorenzs
Inactive members
- Ganymead
- Springboard08
- Quill
- Filiocht
- Kevin M Marshall
- Swiftblade21
- 5300abc
- Schoeler
- Struds
- PythiaMcThespia
- Sydneysaurus
- ironman5247
- Kyoko
- Girl-razor, primarily interested in European theatre
- Fewster
- Dozenthey
- Duckie for broadway
- Canadian Scouter
- Msdressup
- Rustythejester
- Yossarian
- Xinoph
- Danyoung
- TheSwami
- UnderPressure
- Kiwiboy121
- Steven J. Anderson
- Theolimeister
- Dereksmootz
- Carole Higgins
- John Thaxter
- callumsmith1234
- Sebbi - primarily interested in contemporary theatre practices.
- KlickingKarl - interest in UK theatre buildings.
- Danwalk
- Brettstout Interest in movie palaces
- DramaticImpulse
- Jezhotwells
- TheatreAuthority
- Lordknave
- CPolo Interested in amateur theater
- Thatguykalem - Trained actor.
- Sean - HS Thespian and techie
- 15lsoucy - Plays of Racine
- LaNaranja
- waltjohnson - BA and MFA in Technical Theatre w/pro exp. ad Tech Dir, Asst Tech Dir, and Production Mgr
- OperaticNun - Interested in Irish and Shakespearean/classical theatre
- Diggindeeper
- TheFlyingWallaby
- NortonFord
- QHereKidSF
- Sum (talk) 10:13, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- Act Class 1742
- walt828
- Truelight234
- ÇaCestCharabia - PhD Candidate in Theatre History
- Jwyllie - primary interest in improvisational theatre - co-founder of Canadian Improv Games - studied under David Shepherd
- JoyceJoyce1 - Professional.
- Alexroller - Professional actor doing mostly amateur productions, intend to pursue as a career.
- James Fahringer
- Entertainer91
- Alla Breve
- Leigh C. Tyler
- User:Nightenbelle - Minor in theater, Former High school Thespian, High School Theater Teacher, Active in the Twin Lakes Playhouse Community Theater.
- Dental plan (Lisa needs braces)
- User:Purrform
- Mturcott
- Emholz
- StevenAmendolaII
- Rosario Berganza
- Voltaire&Leibniz Enlightenment France and ancient Greek plays.
- Ninquelosse Oscar Wilde's plays
- Parasitaster - Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre; musical theatre; opera.
- Bd1896 - Ph.D. in Theatre/English Professor. 19c/early 20c US theatre.
- sixteennote
- Preschooler.at.heart
- Amadscientist
- Cailil
- Chickeninapram - Deputy technical mgr RSC 1998-2003
- Sabiona
- User:KunFooKoala
- tomnnnn PhD Student. Interested in contemporary British theatre.
- Solness (talk · contribs)
- jwvarner Confused peasant looking for guidance.
- Paracosms (talk · contribs)
- User:aka bekka Modern Theater , Performance, live art
- Neddyseagoon
- Caleb Bond - Actor
- tm1000
- poisonborz Hungarian theatres and actors
- Gonzalo84
- Cazo3788
- User:Cyberseatbelt Director
