Note: The Illinois Production Guide contains over 25 pages of production companies, production coordinators, production managers and production offices. The guide, produced by the Illinois Film Office, can be reviewed/downloaded at www.illinoisfilm.biz.

General Arts / Entertainment / Theatre / Miscellaneous

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - www.oscars.org

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - www.emmys.org

The Actors Fund - www.actorsfund.org

AFL-CIO "By Our Hands" - www.medium.com/by-our-hands

AFL-CIO NOW Blog - www.aflcio.org/Blog

American Film Institute - www.afi.com

Backstage Magazine - www.backstage.com

Broadway.com - www.broadway.com

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS - www.bcefa.org

The Broadway League - www.broadwayleague.com

Broadway World - www.broadwayworld.com

Chicago Film Archives - www.chicagofilmarchives.org

CWA (Communications Workers of America) News - http://www.cwa-union.org/

Daily Variety - www.variety.com

Hollywood Reporter - www.hollywoodreporter.com

Hottix - www.hottix.org

Illinois Arts Council - www.arts.illinois.gov

Internet Movie Database - www.imdb.com

League of Chicago Theatres - www.chicagoplays.com

Playbill - www.playbill.com

Season of Concern - www.seasonofconcern.com

Theatre in Chicago - www.theatreinchicago.com

Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com

Women in Film - www.wif.org

Women in Film / Chicago - www.wifchicago.org

Theatre / Film Jobs

Backstage*- www.backstage.com

Below the Line Production Listings - www.findfilmwork.com

City of Chicago - Crew & Extras Casting Calls - www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_film_office.html

Chicago Artists Resource - www.chicagoartistsresource.org

League of Chicago Theatres - www.leagueofchicagotheatres.org

OffStage Jobs - www.offstagejobs.com

Production Notices - www.staffmeup.com

Theatre Jobs - www.theatrejobs.com

Note: There are also job lists in the links for Playbill, Broadway World, Broadway.com, Backstage, Actors Equity, Daily Variety, the Hollywood Reporter and many other of our related links.

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