The Intent to Live by Larry Moss. Does your preparation make the scene more available when the other person responds?

A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto and Scott Zigler. What can you actually do after you understand the scene?

The Actor and the Target by Declan Donnellan. Where does your attention go when you begin to watch yourself act?

The Art of Acting by Stella Adler; compiled and edited by Howard Kissel. How large and specific can the world of the role become in your imagination?

The Power of the Actor by Ivana Chubbuck. How does emotional experience help you pursue what you need?

Audition by Michael Shurtleff. What makes these few minutes a necessary human encounter?

Backwards & Forwards by David Ball. What makes this event happen, and what does it make possible next?

Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell. Can the other person's behavior make a difference to what happens next?

An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski; translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. What turns a written circumstance into something you can act within?

Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus by Marina Caldarone and Maggie Lloyd-Williams. What are you trying to do to or with the other person?

A Challenge for the Actor by Uta Hagen. How does careful preparation support behavior that remains alive?

Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen, with Haskel Frankel. What makes your behavior particular to this person in this situation?

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone. What do you do with the offer another person makes?