Books

On Mindfulness
Inward by Yung Pueblo
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace by Angel Kyodo Williams
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
The Viewpoints by Bogart and Landau. 

BIPOC Approaches
Black Acting Methods by Sharrell D. Luckett
The Theatre of Veenapani Chawla by Shanta Gokhale
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Co-Creation  by Heble, Fischlin, and Lispitz. 

On Theatre for Social Change
A Comedian and an Activist Walk Into a Bar by Chatoo and Feldman
A Playback Theatre Toolkit by Ellinger and Ellinger
All the Lights On by Michelle Hensley
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal

On Applied Improvisation
Applied Improvisation by Dudeck and McClure
Serious Fun by Ruth Yamamoto
Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal
Game Storming by Brown, Gray, and Macanufo

On Drama Therapy
The Rainbow of Desire by Augusto Boal
The Living Stage by Tian Dayton
Acting for Real by Renee Emunah

On Spirituality in Life and the Arts
Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries by Harrington and Kulystin 
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
God, Improv, and the Art of Living by Maryann McKibben Dana
The Drama of Christian Ethics by Sam Wells
The Subtle Body by Cyndi Dale
 
Philosophically Relevant Texts
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Theatre and Its Double by Antonin Artaud
Become What You Are by Alan Watts

On Inequity, Inclusion, and Historical Contexts
Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy by Chelsea Pace 
Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy by Michael P. Jeffries
Darkest America: From Slavery to Hip-Hop by Austen and Taylor
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Mel Watkins
Whose Improv is It Anyway? by Amy E. Seham
Improv Nation by Sam Wasson

Acting Manuals by white Female Authors & Queer Authors
Acting on Impulse by Carol Hazenfield
The Improv Book: Improvisation for Theatre, Comedy, Education and Life by Alison Goldie
The Improviser's Way by Katy Schutte
The Improv Handbook by Frances-White and Salinksy
Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin
Improvisation: Scene from the Inside Out by Mick Napier
Improvising Better by Allen and Carrane


Online Resources

On Punching Up & Down
 
"Punching Up and the 'Rules' of Comedy" by Liz Labacz
"When Punching Up Feels Like Getting Punched" by Allison Reese
"The Limitations of Punching Up" by Gladstone
"A Brief History of Punch-Down Comedy" by Sascha Cohen
"Racist Sexist Improv Class" by Anna Akana
Nannette by Hannah Gadsby on Netflix
"Why Aristophanes is Called the 'Father of Comedy'" by TedEd
 
On Theatrical and Historical Contexts

"How the History of Blackface is Rooted in Racism" by Alexis Clark
"Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows" by CrashCourse
"The Birth of Broadway" by CrashCourse
The 13th by Ava DuVernay on Netflix
"The Birth of Jazz" by Black History in Two Minutes
"Jazz Improvisation Evolution" by Alexander Poe
"On Women, Feminism, and Being Pretty" by Emily Schorr Lesnick
Disclosure by Sam Feder on Netflix
"The Case for Performance Art" by the Art Assignment

On Anti-Oppression and Social Justice

"Radical Self Care" by Angela Davis on Afropunk
"How Microaggressions are Like Mosquito Bites"
"Implicit Bias: Concepts Unrwapped" by McCombs School of Business
"Gaslighting, explained" by Robin Stern
"4 Levels of Gaslighting: From Unconscious to Malicious" By Paget Norton
"Why 'I'm Not Racist' is Only Half the Story" by Robin DiAngelo
"What is Cultural Appropriation" by Origins of Everything
"How to make Anti-Racist Theatre" by Gordon Cox w/ Nicole Brewer
How To Not Be Racist: Improv 101 with Christian Roberts
"Beyond 'Decolonizing' the Syllabus" by David Valdes
"Woke Supremacy" by Donny Repsher
"The Problem with Cancel Culture" by Ayishat Akanbi
"Love the Art, Hate the Artist" by The Art Assignment
"Let's End Ageism" by Ashton Applewhite
"Ableism 101" by Ashley Eisenmenger
"Getting Called Out: How to Apologize" by Franchesca Ramsey
"5 Tips for Being an Ally" by Franchesca Ramsey
"Non-Violent Communication" by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg
"Calling In: A Quick Guide of When and How" by Sian Ferguson