Playwright's Lab at Hollins University

I'd like to meet:

Playwrights, dramaturgs, arts administrators, actors--anyone with an interest in writing new plays and studying theatre with the playscript as the foundation for that important work. We're also looking to connect with theatres that do new plays, actors available for readings or productions, directors excited by new work who'd like to build a professional relationship with writers of new plays, and audiences eager to see something they've never seen in the theatre before.

Books:

Theatre, Performance, and Style

The Theatre Experience, Edwin Wilson The Empty Space, Peter Brook On Theatre, Bertolt Brecht (the Willett Translation) The Elements of Style, J.L. Styan Black Theatre, Present Condition, Woodie King, Jr. Feminist Theatre Groups, Dinah Luise Leavitt

The Dramatists Sourcebook, TCG Publications Writing Your First Play, Stephen Sossaman The Writer's Journey, Christopher Vogler The Playwright's Handbook, Frank Pike and Thomas G. Dunn The Dramatist's Toolkit, Jeffrey Sweet Playwright's on Playwriting from Ibsen to Ionesco, edited by Toby Cole The Playwright's Process, Buzz McLaughlin The Art of Playwriting, Alfred Hennequin (1890) The Technique of the One-Act Play, Robert I. Gannon Working on a New Play, Edward M. Cohen

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers, James Thomas Shakespeare's Game, William Gibson

Arena, the story of the Federal Theatre, Hallie Flanagan Command Performance, Jane Alexander The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, Joseph Jefferson

Original Works: Producing and Promoting Original Plays, Chris Mackowski The Necessary Theatre, Peter Hall Theatre Management in America, Stephen Langley How To Run A Theatre, Jim Volz Running Theatres, Duncan M. Webb Producing Your Own Showcase, Paul Harris The Community Theater Handbook: a complete guide to organizing and running a community theatre, Gary P. Cohen Making the Little Theatre Pay: a practical handbook, Oliver Hinsdell Stage Management, Lawrence Stern

Tricks of the Trade, Dario Fo Towards a Poor Theatre, Jerzy Grotowski The Craftsmen of Dionysus, Jerome Rockwood Movement for the Actor, Lucille S. Rubin The Stanislavski System, Sonia Moore Building a Character, Constantine Stanislavski Creating a Role, Constantine Stanislavski An Actor Prepares, Constantine Stanislavski An Actor's Handbook, Constantine Stanislavski Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen Acting Power, Robert Cohen Acting Professionally, Robert Cohen The Actor at Work, Robert L. Benedetti On Method Acting, Edward Dwight Easty A Practical Handbook for the Actor, Bruder, Cohn, Olnek, Pollack, Previto, and Zigler Acting: The First Six Lessons, Richard Boleslvski Sanford Meisner on Acting, Sanford Meisner& Dennis Longwell Improvisation for the Theatre, Viola Spolin Impro, Keith Johnstone

The Viewpoints Book, Anne Bogart and Tina Landau On Directing, Harold Clurman

Heroes:

Hallie Flanagan, Bertolt Brecht, Clifford Odets, Sam Shepard, Samuel Beckett, Lillian Hellman, Paula Vogel, Mac Wellman, Tennessee Williams, Naomi Wallace, Arthur Kopit, Suzan Lori-Parks, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Joe Orton, David Rabe, and so many others