Books Every Actor Should Read

  • Darryl Hickman Book

    A copy of this text can be provided upon request once a student is accepted into MDS Actor’s Studio.

  • Sanford Meisner Book
  • Gordon Hunt Book

Plays Every Actor Should Know

  • All of Shakespeare

    All of Shakespeare

  • Glengarry Glen Ross

    For Men

  • Pizza Man

    For Women

  • Loose Ends

  • Fool For Love

  • Beyond Therapy

  • Lone Star

    For Men

  • Night Mother

    For Women

  • The Odd Couple

  • The Dreamer Examines His Pillow

  • Danny and The Deep Blue Sea

Monologues Every Actor Should Memorize

  • Nuts

    Nuts (Claudia's Monologue)

  • Henry V

    Henry V (Oh for a Muse of Fire)

  • A Dreamer Examines His Pillow

    A Dreamer Examines His Pillow (Donna's Monologue)

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet (To Be or Not To Be)

  • Richard III

    Richard III (Now is the Winter of Our Discontent)

  • I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father (Gene's Monologue)

  • Lonestar

    Lonestar (“Bossier City” and “The Night I Looked up Her Dress.”)

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth (Dagger and Damned Spot)

  • P.S. Your Cat is Dead

    P.S. Your Cat is Dead (Various Monologues)

Pros Every Up and Comer Should Watch

  • Robert de Niro

    Robert de Niro

  • Zendaya

    Zendaya

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Anthony Hopkins

  • Cate Blanchet

    Cate Blanchet

  • Brad Pitt

    Brad Pitt

  • Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep