Resources

Freehold is honored to be part of a larger arts community. Here are some local resources in the arts community that we hope will be helpful for you.

Theater Resources

The Spolin Center
The Spolin Center offers classes, workshops, and articles on improvisational theater. The Spolin Center teaches the work of Viola Spolin, one of the most influential early practicioners of improvisation in the United States.
www.spolin.com

Theatre Puget Sound
Theatre Puget Sound is a consortium of theatres and individual artists in the Puget Sound region including over 100 member organizations. It offers classes about theater issues, resources to members, on-line message boards, and yearly holds general auditions open to all member organizations and artists.
www.tpsonline.org
 
Shunpike
Shunpike helps all kinds of small and mid-sized arts groups better manage the business aspects of art. In doing so, we aim to create a vibrant and diverse local arts community where arts groups of all sizes can thrive.
www.shunpike.org

Film Resources

Film Guide Seattle
Film Guide Seattle is a comprehensive listing of professional film and video people and film services offered in the Seattle area. Production, post production, production crews, rentals, and support services can all be found there. If you are in need of a Seattle film or video crew, the film guide that people use as a resource is Film Guide Seattle.
www.filmguideseattle.com

TheFilmSchool
TheFilmSchool offers classes and talks on screen writing, including classes for teens.
www.thefilmschool.com

Washington State Film Office
The Washington State Film Office is a resource for film production. They provide assistance with locations, crew lists, housing, filming contacts statewide, liaison work with business, government and communities, trouble shooting, permits information and weather research.
www.filmwashington.com/about/localfilm.html

Writing Resources

Seattle Poetry Slam
The Seattle Poetry Slam is a group of Spoken Word artists. They produce regular slam sessions throughout the year, and each year send a team of poets to the national Slam. The site has a calendar of events, audio and video of poetry performances, and links to similar organizations.
www.seattlepoetryslam.org

Hugo House
Richard Hugo House offers a wide variety of classes and other opportunities for writers of all ages and backgrounds, and promotes the creation of new work. They have open events, and performances by their two resident theater companies.
www.hugohouse.org

Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle Arts & Lectures offers talks and readings by distinguished writers and artists from around the world. The site has a list of their events, and resources around Seattle.
www.lectures.org

Northwest Playwrights Alliance
The Northwest Playwrights Alliance is a (501 c-3) non-profit organization dedicated to the production, growth, and fellowship of playwrights and other theatre artists in our region. http://www.northwestplaywrights.org