Selected Technical Theater Bibliography
Carter, Paul. Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information. Louisville, Ky.: Broadway Press, 2001. ISBN: 0911747397.
Woodbridge, Patricia. Designer Drafting for the Entertainment World. Boston: Focal Press, 2000. ISBN: 0240804244.
Holloway, John. Illustrated Theatre Production Guide. Boston: Focal Press, 2002. ISBN: 0240804937.
Parker, W. Oren, R. Craig Wolf, and Dick Block. Scene Design and Stage Lighting. 8th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003. ISBN: 0155061143.
Arnold, Richard L. Scene Technology. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1994. ISBN: 013501073X.
Burris-Meyer, Harold, and Edward Cyrus Cole. Scenery for the Theatre: The Organization, Processes, Materials, and Techniques Used to Set the Stage. Rev. ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
Glerum, Jay O. Stage Rigging Handbook. 2nd ed. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0809317443.
Sammler, Bronislaw J., and Don Harvey. Technical Design Solutions for Theatre: The Technical Brief Collection. Boston: Focal Press, 2002. ISBN: 0240804902.
———. The Technical Brief Collection: Ten Years of Solutions to Recurring Problems in Technical Theatre. New Haven, Conn.: Dept. of Technical Design and Production, the Yale School of Drama/Repertory Theatre, Yale University, 1992.
Gillette, J. Michael. Theatrical Design and Production: An Introduction to Scene Design and Construction, Lighting, Sound, Costume, and Makeup. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0767411919.
Selected Lighting Design Bibliography
Essig, Linda. Lighting and the Design Idea. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing, 1996. ISBN: 0155020692.
Gillette, J. Michael. Designing with Light: An Introduction to Stage Lighting. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN: 0767427335.
Holloway, John. Illustrated Theatre Production Guide. Boston: Focal Press, 2002. ISBN: 0240804937.
Palmer, Richard H. The Lighting Art: The Aesthetics of Stage Lighting Design. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1993. ISBN: 0135010810.
Reid, Francis. The Stage Lighting Handbook. 6th ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. ISBN: 087830147X.
Shelley, Steven Louis. A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting. Boston: Focal Press, 1999. ISBN: 0240803531.
Hays, David. Light on the Subject. Rev. ed. New York: Limelight Editions, 2004. ISBN: 0879101261.
Bly, Mark. The Production Notebooks: Theatre in Process. 1st ed. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1996. ISBN: 1559361107.
Mumm, Robert C. Photometrics Handbook. 2nd ed. New York: Broadway Press, 1997. ISBN: 0911747370.
Fraser, Neil, and Richard Attenborough. Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Design. North Pomfret, Vt.: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1999. ISBN: 1861262485.
Selected Sound Design Bibliography
Kaye, Deena, and James LeBrecht. Sound and Music for the Theatre: The Art and Technique of Design. 2nd ed. Boston: Focal Press, 1999. ISBN: 024080371X.
Leonard, John A. Theatre Sound. New York: Routledge, 2001. ISBN: 087830116X.
White, Paul. Basic Live Sound. London: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd., 2001. ISBN: 1860742718.
Selected Costume Design Bibliography
Holkeboer, Katherine Strand. Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1987. ISBN: 0896761258.
Huaixiang, Tan. Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers. Boston: Focal Press, 2004. ISBN: 0240805348.
Moore, Dorothy. Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking. New York: Golden Press, 1971. ISBN: 0307033090.
Smith, C. Ray, ed. The Theatre Crafts Book of Costumes. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1976. ISBN: 0878570160. (edited with an introduction)