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Books to Purchase


All books will be available for sale at the University Bookstore, located in the basement of the University Center. A bookstore salesperson will direct you to the Pre-College Drama bookshelf area if you have trouble finding the books. The bookstore will be open on Saturday and Sunday June 27 and June 28, hours TBD. Students may also choose to purchase text books from another bookstore or online vendor


All students need to have copies of the following books for Dramatic Literature:

1. Lysistrata, by Jay Ball and Michael Chemers, ISBN: 0887484905
2. Fefu and Her Friends, by Maria Fornes, ISBN: 155554052X3. Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, ISBN: 0811216020
4. I Am My Own Wife, by Doug Wright, ISBN: 0571211747

Acting and Musical Theatre students will also need (for the Audition class):

Audition By Michael Shurtleff for Audition class.
Publisher: Bantam; Reissue edition (December 2, 1979)
ISBN-10: 0553272950
ISBN-13: 978-0553272956

Acting students will also need (for the Styles class):

Shakespeare’s Words by David Crystal and Ben Crystal for Styles class.
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); New Ed edition (December 31, 2002)
ISBN-10: 0140291172
ISBN-13: 978-0140291179

Design/Technical students will need:

Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bantock ISBN 0877017883

Design/Technical students MAY wish to purchase

Drafting for the Theatre by Dennis Dorn & Mark Shanda ISBN 0809315084

Some individual instructors may also be requiring inexpensive books for their sections.

Estimated Total Cost of Textbooks: $100