The following books are required reading during the basics portion of the Full 28-month Program. It is suggested that all students who register for the Full Program begin compiling and reading these books without delay. The books are intended to be read in the order in which they are presented on the list.

Books On Acting -                                                                       
My Life In Art      by Constantin Stanislavski
The Fervent Years      by Harold Clurman
An Actor Prepares      by Constantin Stanislavski
Building A Character      by Constantin Stanislavski
Creating A Role      by Constantin Stanislavski
The Stanislavski System      by Sonia Moore
Lies like Truth      by Harold Clurman
On Directing      by Harold Clurman
Stanislavski Directs      by Nikolai Gorchakov
Acting: The First Six Lessons      by Richard Boleslavsky
The Dramatic Imagination      by Robert Edmund Jones
To The Actor - On The Technique Of Acting      by Michael Chekov
The Mystic In The Theatre - Eleonora Duse      by Eva le Gallienne

Playwrights -
Eugene O'Neill
Clifford Odets
Moliere
Oscar Wilde
Shakespeare
Anton Chekov

Play Anthologies -
Anthologies of The Restoration
Anthologies of The Age Of Reason