Anti-Oppression Resources
Books
On Mindfulness
Inward by Yung Pueblo
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace by Angel Kyodo Williams
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
The Viewpoints by Bogart and Landau.
BIPOC Approaches
Black Acting Methods by Sharrell D. Luckett
The Theatre of Veenapani Chawla by Shanta Gokhale
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Co-Creation by Heble, Fischlin, and Lispitz.
Acting Manuals by white Female Authors & Queer Authors
Acting on Impulse by Carol Hazenfield
The Improv Book: Improvisation for Theatre, Comedy, Education and Life by Alison Goldie
The Improviser's Way by Katy Schutte.
The Improv Handbook by Frances-White and Salinksy.
Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin
Improvisation: Scene from the Inside Out by Mick Napier
Improvising Better by Allen and Carrane.
Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy by Chelsea Pace
On Theatre for Social Change
A Playback Theatre Toolkit by Ellinger and Ellinger
All the Lights On by Michelle Hensley
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal
On Applied Improvisation
Applied Improvisation by Dudeck and McClure
Serious Fun by Ruth Yamamoto
Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal
Game Storming by Brown, Gray, and Macanufo
On Drama Therapy
The Rainbow of Desire by Augusto Boal
The Living Stage by Tian Dayton
Acting for Real by Renee Emunah
On Spirituality in Life and the Arts
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
God, Improv, and the Art of Living by Maryann McKibben Dana
The Drama of Christian Ethics by Sam Wells
The Subtle Body by Cyndi Dale
Philosophically Relevant Texts
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Theatre and Its Double by Antonin Artaud
Become What You Are by Alan Watts
On Inequity, Inclusion, and Historical Contexts
Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy by Michael P. Jeffries
Darkest America: From Slavery to Hip-Hop by Austen and Taylor
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Mel Watkins
Whose Improv is It Anyway? by Amy E. Seham
Improv Nation by Sam Wasson
Online Resources
On Punching Up & Down
On Theatrical and Historical Contexts
On Anti-Oppression and Social Justice
