The Modern Asian Theatre Archive (MATA) is a source for new information about Asian theatre artists, productions, scripts, and scholarship. This site will continually be updated with the latest news on Asian theatre from around the world. If you visit the site often be sure to press 'refresh' on you web browser to make certain you are seeing the latest update.

News items, reviews, and new links are always welcome, so please contact Robert S. Petersen at cfrp1@eiu.edu with any information you wish to contribute.

Contents:

  • News and Reviews ~ Asian theatre events reported in the world's news organizations.
  • Performance Notices ~ Listings for upcoming Asian theatre productions.
  • Biographies ~ Web pages on Asian theatre artists.
  • Theatre Companies and Organizations ~ Web pages on companies and organizations that produce or offer training in Asian Theatre.
  • Issues, Theory, and History ~ A bibliography of recent publications on Asian theatre.
  • Links ~ Other web pages on Asian theatre.
  • Conference Papers and Theatre Reviews~ Scholarship on Asian theatre.
  • Plays ~ A list of Asian theatre Play anthologies.

    • Latest Updates:

    I have begun at long last to remove the dead links. I hope that I will have time in the next few week to keep updating the news. There is a very funny article on the remains of a cargo cult in the South Pacific. not exactly theatre, but a very interesting performance all the same.

    This web site is maintained by
    Robert S. Petersen
    and housed at Eastern Illinois University.
    Please contact me about any news, events, or corrections to the archive.

    cfrp1@eiu.edu

    The site was last updated on 4/16/2002.

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