Research Guides: Theater: Find Streaming Theater

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Find streaming theater at KSL

You can watch theater productions from KSL's subscriptions to Drama Online and Digital Theatre Plus.
Access requires a CWRU network ID and password.

Drama Online This link opens in a new window
We have the Core Collection Nick Hern Books Modern Plays, RSC Live Collection, Shakespeare's Globe on Screen (2008-2015), Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018), and National Theatre Collections 1, 2, and 3
Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
View hundreds of classic and contemporary productions in live-capture and audio formats
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Find streaming theater online

In addition to library databases, you can also check these options:

The Public Theater
"Free for All" digital programming
All Arts - Theater
A free, multi-platform portal for the arts. The theater module includes contemporary works.
LaMaMa
“A multicultural hive of avant-garde drama and performance art”
R18 Collective
Re-activating Restoration & 18th century theatre for the 21st century.
MIT's Global Shakespeares
Over 300 productions from around the world.

Find Video

Kelvin Smith Library has over 5,000 DVDs, which include staged productions of plays, film adaptations of plays, and many feature lengths films and collections of televisions shows. The Kulas Music Collection contains an additional 500 titles. Search the online catalog by production title, or names of playwrights, directors, actors and actresses.