Over the short span of years that it has been online, the AITG has received thousands of visits from Internet users all over the world. In the Fall of 1997 Joel Plotkin drafted some thoughts about Interactive Theater into an article published here in January 1998, rather than in an academic journal. In September 1998 Joel Plotkin left the United States for a year and passed on the site to Toni Sant . Links 2 Go Key Resource Theater Topic On Friday 12th March 1999, the Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide was honored with the CyberTeddy People's Choice Top 500 WebSite Award. On Monday 24th April 2000, after the ongoing large-scale reduction, the Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide was selected as most representative for several directories in the Online Subject Catalog of Academic Resources .
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