There are so many more great playwrights other than appear on this list. This is only a sneak peek -- the ones we suggest that every actor should "have in their pockets." At least to begin.

Many of the works by the following playwrights can be found at
BIZ BOOKS 302 W. Cordova   604 669 6431.

We recommend the canons of the following:
Edward Albee
Bertolt Brecht
Anton Chekhov
John Guare
A.R. Gurney
Henrik Ibsen
William Inge
Neil LaBute
David Mamet
Donald Marguiles
Arthur Miller
Clifford Odets
Eugene O'Neil
Harold Pinter
David Rabe
Adam Rapp
Vittorio Rossi
William Shakespeare
John Patrick Shanley
George Bernard Shaw
Sam Shepard
Neil Simon
Tom Stoppard
August Strindbergh
Judith Thompson
George F. Walker
Oscar Wilde
Tennessee Williams
August Wilson
Lanford Wilson