Books

Unit 1
  • Brennan, Kit. Ed. Things That Go Bump Volume 1: Plays for young people. Winnipeg: Signature Editions, 2009. ISBN 978-1-897109-36-6
  • Hill, Lynda. Acting Out: Scenes and Monologues from Theatre Direct Productions for Youth. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2007.  ISBN 978-0-88754-882-6
  • Lane, E., & Shengold, N. Under Thirty: Plays for a new generation. New York: Vintage Books, 2004.
    ISBN 978-1-4000-7616-1
  • Nolan, Y., Quan, B., Seremba, G. Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers & Writers of Colour.  Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996. ISBN 0-88754-542-4
  • Peterson, L., & O'Connor, D. Kids Take The Stage: Helping young people discover the creative outlet of theatre. USA: Back Stage Books, 1997. ISBN: 0-8230-7742-X
  • Theatre Ontario. Eight Short Plays Selected by Theatre Ontario. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008. ISBN 9780887548215
Unit 2
  • Campbell, Drew.  Technical Theatre for Non-Technical People. New York:  Allworth Press, 1999.  ISBN 978-1581153446.
  • Fredman, R. & Reade, I. Essential Guide to Making Theatre.  Hodder and Stoughton, 2003.  ISBN 9780340655146.
  • Gilette, J. Michael.  Theatrical Design and Production: An Introduction to Scene Design and Construction, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Makeup, 6th Ed.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 0-07-351419-5
  • Kaluta, J. The Perfect Stage Crew: The complete technical guide for high school, college, and community theater.  New York:  Allworth Press, 2003.  ISBN  978-1581153156.
  • Ionazzi, Daniel. The Stage Management Handbook. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1992. ISBN-13: 978-1-55870-235-6
  • Parker, W.O., Wolf, R.C., & Block, D. Scene Design and Stage Lighting.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2008.  ISBN 978-045-501909.
  • Reid, F. The Stage Lighting Handbook. New York: Routledge, 2001.  ISBN 9780878300648.
  • Rodgers, J.W., & Rodgers, W.C. Play Director's Survival Kit: A complete step by step guide to producing theatre in any school or community setting. New York: The Centre for Applied Research in Education, 1995.
    ISBN 0-87628-862-X
Unit 3
  • Bard, M., Messaline, P., & Newhouse, M. Ed. "And what are you going to do for us?" Audition Pieces form Canadian Plays. 2nd ed. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, 1984. ISBN 0-88924-144-9
  • Bloom, Michael. Thinking like a Director. NY: Faber and Faber Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-571-19994-1
  • Boal, Augusto. Theatre of the Oppressed. NY: Theatre Communications Group, 1985. ISBN 0-930452-49-6
  • Carra, Dean. Fundamentals of Play Directing. 5th Ed. USA: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1989. ISBN 003014843X
  • Clurman, Harold. On Directing. NY: Simon and Shuster, 1997. ISBN 0-684-82622-4
  • Earley, M., & Keil, P. Ed. The Modern Monologue. UK: Random House, 1993. ISBN 0-413-67220-4
  • Masters, Edgar Lee. Spoon River Anthology. NY: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1997. ISBN 0-684-8385-7
  • McCaffery, Michael. Directing a Play: A Phaidon Theatre Manual. London: Phaidon Press, 1993. ISBN 07414825131
  • Meisner, Sanford and Longwell, Dennis. Sanford Meisner on Acting. NY: Random House, 1987. ISBN 0-394-75059-4
  • Sears, Djanet. Ed. Tellin' It Like It Is: A compendium of African Canadian monologues for actors. Toronto: Playwrights Union of Canada, 2000. ISBN 1-55173-682-9
  • Shurtleff, Michael. Audition.Toronto: Bantam Books, 1978. ISBN 0-553-27295-0

Web Resources

Unit 2
Unit 4

Audio/Video Resources

Unit 2

Fowler, Bob and Marty. Practical Technical Theatre. Chesterfield, MO: Interactive Educational Video.

Unit 3

Shurtleff on Acting VHS Video ISBN 1-56552-129-3

Uta Hagen's Acting Class. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, HB Studio, 2002 ISBN 1-55783-511-X-54995.