Full List of Resources mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
RESOURCES
Directing:
A director prepares by Anne Bogart
A Sense of Direction by William Ball
Being a Director by Di Trevis
Different Every Night by Mike Alfreds
Directing for the Stage by Terry John Converse
Directing in Musical Theatre – An Essential Guide by Joe Deer
Fundamentals of Play Directing by Alexander Dean & Laurence Carra
In Contact with the Gods?: Directors Talk Theatre by Maria M. Delgado & Paul Heritage
Medicine Shows by Yvette Nolan
Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director’s Chair by Frank Hauser & Russell Reich
On Directing by Harold Clurman
Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers by James Thomas
The Director’s Craft by Katie Mitchell
The Directors Lab by Evan Tsitsias
The Director’s Voice: 20 Interviews (Volume 2) by Jason Loewith
The Empty Space by Peter Brook
Designing:
An Introduction to Theatre Design by Stephen Di Benedetto
Drafting for the Theatre by Dennis Dorn & Mark Shanda
Lighting Design – The Art, The Craft, The Life by Richard Pilbrow
Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers by James Thomas
Stage Lighting Design by Neil Fraser
Stage Makeup by Richard Corson
Survey of historic costume by Phyllis G. Tortora & Sara B. Marcketti
Acting:
Acting Power by Robert Cohen
An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
and then, you act by Anne Bogart
Audition by Michael Shurtleff
Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches by Sharrette Luckett
Culture is the Body: The Theatre Writings of Tadashi Suzuki by Tadashi Suzuki
Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith
Performing Indigeneity by Yvette Nolan & Ric Knowles
Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers by James Thomas
TEAM for Actors: A Holistic Approach to Embodied Acting by Laura Bond
The Actors Survival Kit by Peter Messaline & Miriam Newhouse
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor by Larry Moss
Playwriting:
A Primer of Playwriting by Kenneth MacGowan
Backwards and Forwards by David Ball
How Plays Are Made by Stuart Griffiths
Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seger
Perfect Ten by Gary Garrison
Playwrights on Playwriting by Toby Cole
Strategies: The Business of Being a Playwright in Canada by Caroline Russell-King and Rose Scollard
Story by Robert McKee
The Art & Craft of Playwriting by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
The Blunt Playwright; An Introduction to Playwriting by Clem Martini
The Dramatists Toolkit by Jeffrey Sweet
The Human Nature of Playwriting by Samson Raphaelson
The Playwrights Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing by Stuart Spencer
The Playwrights Handbook by Frank Pike & Thomas G. Dunn
The Playwright’s Guidebook by Stuart Spencer
The Stage Writers Handbook by Dana Singer
Stage Management:
The Stage Manager’s Toolkit by Laurie Kincman
Production Management:
The Backstage Handbook by Paul Carter
The Stage Manager’s Toolkit by Laurie Kincman
Communicating in Small Groups, Principles and Practices by S. Beebe & J. Masterson
Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practice by Tobie S. Stein, Jessica Rae Bathurst, Renee Lasher, & Donna Walker-Kuhne
The Production Manager’s Toolkit by Cary Gillett & Jay Sheehan
Arts Management/Administration (Artistic Director/General Manager):
Arts Leadership: Creating Sustainable Arts Organizations by Kenneth Foster
Real Artists Have Day Jobs by Sara Benicasa
Theatre Management: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century by Anthony Rhine
The Art of Governance: Boards in the Performing Arts by Nancy Roche & Jaan Whitehead
Marketing:
The Brand Marketing Book by Joe Marconi
Marketing the Arts: An Introduction by Anthony Rhine
Theatre-Maker/Self-Producing or Starting Your Own Company:
Five Minutes to Curtain: A Teacher’s Guide for Creating and Staging Original Plays by Linda Lori Burgess
Management and the Arts by William J. Byrnes
The Cycle: A Practical Approach to Managing Arts Organizations by Michael Kaiser & Brett Egan
Write it Down, Make it Happen by Henriette Anne Klauser
Building the Successful Theater Company by Lisa Mulcahy
How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Reginald Nelson
The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
Theatre Management: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century by Anthony Rhine
The Art of Relevance by Nina Simon & Jon Moscone
Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices by Tobie S. Stein & Jessica Bathurst
How to Run a Theatre: Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre by Jim Volz
Theatre of the Unimpressed by Jordan Tannahill
The Big Secret Book by Denise Clarke
Additional literature resources mentioned by interviewees:
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka
Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Radical Street Performance: An International Anthology by Jan Cohen-Cruz
Theatres mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
by Canadian Province, East to West
Newfoundland and Labrador
Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Manitoba Theatre for Young People
Saskatchewan
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
For a fuller list of theatres go to: PACT / Our Members
Theatre Festivals mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
Weesageechak Festival of Indigenous Works
Fringe Festivals across Canada
Festivals – Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals
Learning Institutions across Canada mentioned by Interviewees
and Survey Participants
Organizations & Guidelines mentioned by Interviewees
and Survey Participants
Associated Designers of Canada
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
Canadian Association for Theatre Research
First Aid – Mental Health Courses
Immigrant Council for the Arts
International Theatre Institute
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT)
Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre
Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals
TAMAC – Talent Agents & Managers Association of Canada
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Arts Councils mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
Emerging Artist Programs mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
International Resources mentioned by Interviewees and Survey Participants
France
Ecole International de Theatre Jacques Lecoq
United Kingdom
London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art
USA