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This resource is a list of poems and short stories in the Public Domain by BIPOC writers including links as to where you can find the texts. Any translations included are also in the Public Domain. Not all texts are available in an English translation but we have included them in their original language. Please make sure you read/review the texts before sharing with your students.

Use this list as a discussion starter for your students, or as a point of reference for your next production.

A set of posters with quotes from BIPOC voices. Use these to inspire your students in the drama classroom and beyond. A slide deck version is also included.

The BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) Theatre Book List offers a selection of texts (memoirs, essay collections, books, novels) written by BIPOC artists. All of the texts have a theatre focus, which makes them perfect for study in the drama classroom, to use as an independent study project, or for students who require an alternative method of instruction (AMI). Along with the list of books, attachments include Reading Questions for 5 specific texts, and a Close Reading Lesson Plan.

The goal in this ongoing work to be a loving, inclusive teacher in a loving, inclusive space is to continue to build the library in your room to represent every student. Providing access to these materials within the walls of a classroom allows students to engage in the literature without judgment. This document offers a teacher self-assignment task to populate your bookcase with inclusive, diverse material and then a couple of classroom tasks you can do to make sure your books get noticed.

In this compare and contrast exercise students will read a text in its original form, read a theatrical adaptation of the same text, and then compare and contrast the two. What are the similarities and differences?

In this Compare and Contrast Exercise students will read a section of text in its original form, read a theatrical adaptation of the same moment, and then compare and contrast the two. What are the similarities and differences?

In this Compare and Contrast Exercise students will read a scene in its original form, read an modern adaptation, and then compare and contrast the two. What are the similarities and differences?

In this exercise students will read a scene in its original form, read a modern adaptation, and then compare and contrast the two.

Use this monologue in your classroom for character study, monologue work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Character: Still Genre: Comedy

An Analysis and Exercise Guide to Thorton Wilder's play "Our Town."

A series of vocal experiences to use with students in the drama classroom, focused on encouraging creativity.

Improv activities for students, including an additional handout on CWOW.

A series of experiences listed in a specific order, to build skill in creativity with groups of students.

The video shares a costume design idea executed using simple materials. The accompanying activity has students take ordinary materials and transform them into a crown.

Use this rubric to assess two-person pantomime performance.

Have students brainstorm alternative lighting options for a scene when you can’t use a traditional lighting rig. What do they come up with? How can they experiment with existing lighting sources? (For example: flashlights) Sometimes their options will be the best options.

Use this list of locations for improv scenarios and scene work.

Use this actions list for improvs, scene work, and pantomimes

Use these characters in improvs and scenes