About Oral History as Data, Digital Dramaturgy

1. Try a Demo Shakespeare Play

Explore a pre-annotated Shakespeare play to see Digital Dramaturgy in action:

Want to use one of these plays for your own annotations? Visit our spreadsheet preparation guide to get started.

2. Use Your Google Sheet

Already have your play prepared in a Google Sheet? Publish it and paste the link here:

How to Publish Your Google Sheet

In your Google Sheet, click "File" > "Share" > "Publish to the Web"
Select "Entire Document" and "Comma-separated values (.csv)"
Click "Publish" and copy the link

A link will look like: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTR-PrLzlbvViHiBNVdkzUZ8iPjkw-LMmugCYpNYs0QWkvLmpi6hWXc9_edxYx5D7vAUoG369W4-5wo/pub?output=csv

Sharing tip: You can share your work by adding your Google Sheet link to the end of our URL like: https://digitaldramaturgy.github.io/?play={YOUR-GOOGLE-SHEET-LINK}

3. Upload CSV from Your Computer

Have a CSV file on your computer? Upload it directly:

How to Download from Google Sheets

In your Google Sheet, click "File" > "Download" > "Comma Separated Values (.csv)"
Upload the downloaded file using the form above

1. Try a Demo Shakespeare Play

Explore a pre-annotated Shakespeare play to see Digital Dramaturgy in action:

Want to use one of these plays for your own annotations? Visit our spreadsheet preparation guide to get started.

2. Use Your Google Sheet

Already have your play prepared in a Google Sheet? Publish it and paste the link here:

How to Publish Your Google Sheet

In your Google Sheet, click "File" > "Share" > "Publish to the Web"
Select "Entire Document" and "Comma-separated values (.csv)"
Click "Publish" and copy the link

A link will look like: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTR-PrLzlbvViHiBNVdkzUZ8iPjkw-LMmugCYpNYs0QWkvLmpi6hWXc9_edxYx5D7vAUoG369W4-5wo/pub?output=csv

Sharing tip: You can share your work by adding your Google Sheet link to the end of our URL like: https://digitaldramaturgy.github.io/?play={YOUR-GOOGLE-SHEET-LINK}

3. Upload CSV from Your Computer

Have a CSV file on your computer? Upload it directly:

How to Download from Google Sheets

In your Google Sheet, click "File" > "Download" > "Comma Separated Values (.csv)"
Upload the downloaded file using the form above

About This Template/Demo Site

This is the Digital Dramaturgy (OHD) template/demo site. It features several options for loading demo playscripts or loading your own!

If you’d like to copy an Digital Dramaturgy template and get started, go to this site’s repo–the OHD GitHub Template repository–and click the green “Use This Template” button at the right.

To create your own About page for your project, just delete everything here and use Markdown to write your content.

For more instruction, see our directions

About Digital Dramaturgy

The Digital Dramaturgy enables the publication of annotated and edited playscripts that can be used as collaborative educational activities in classrooms or as dramaturgical aids and preservation measures for dramatic presentations. The tool takes an annotated Playscript in CSV/Spreadsheet form and builds a website from the data recorded.

The project is directed by University of Idaho Theatre Professor Sarah Fogarty-Morrison and Center for Digital Inquiry & Learning Co-Director Devein Becker. Fogarty-Morrison originally developed the idea as part of a CDIL Fellowship via the University of Idaho Library. She then worked with Becker to design the tool and use it in her classroom.

Digital Dramaturgy was awarded an NEH grant to support its development in 2025, but then that grant, along with so many others, was terminated by DOGE.

Documentation

Instructions - Our documentation is currently fairly short but helpful. As the project grows, we will build more!
CollectionBuilder Documentation - Digital Dramaturgy is built on top of a CollectionBuilder-CSV template, so any options used in CSV can be used here.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. I’m happy to help. dbecker@uidaho.edu