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A Storm In The Port: The Process Designing Twelfth Night, Jacquelyn Ryan Cox
A Storm In The Port: The Process Designing Twelfth Night, Jacquelyn Ryan Cox
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to document the process and provide all the necessary materials for the realization of the lighting design for the University of Arkansas Department of Theatre’s 2015 production of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. This thesis consists of the following materials: designer’s script analysis, design concept statement, historical and evocative research, Vectorworks overstage plot, Vectorworks section plot, LightWright paperwork, cue sheet, final magic sheets, and process evaluation. The materials provided are necessary to the design team, the electricians who hang the light plot, and the designer in order program the cues. Archival photography is included …
Learn Your Lessons Well: A Director's Journey To Godspell, Brandon Dejuan Smith
Learn Your Lessons Well: A Director's Journey To Godspell, Brandon Dejuan Smith
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following is documentation of my directorial approach and process leading up to the production of Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, at the University Theatre in the fall of 2014. The chapters will include the script selection process, casting, analysis, and creative team discussions.
A Conversation With Rita Moreno: Examining The Employment Challenges Of The Latino Actor, Valente Rodriguez
A Conversation With Rita Moreno: Examining The Employment Challenges Of The Latino Actor, Valente Rodriguez
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Rita Moreno has worked as an actress for more than 70 years. Her first acting job was in the play Skydrift, on Broadway, at age 13, in 1944. She is in an unusual position having garnered all the major acting awards and the presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon a non-military person in the United States. She is the only Latino EGOT as she has an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, the top awards in the field of entertainment. I thought it would be interesting to ask her what her biggest challenge was in …
Generations Apart: Exploring The Generation Gap In Theatre, Jesus Briones
Generations Apart: Exploring The Generation Gap In Theatre, Jesus Briones
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This thesis attempts to find relationships among three different ethnic groups (Jewish, Chinese, and Italian) presented in the following plays. First, there is an explanation of four different types of generation gaps that are discovered throughout the first play of examination, Fiddler on the Roof. There is a technology gap, a cultural gap, a religion gap, and an assimilation gap. Each of these gaps is present within Fiddler on the Roof and is varied throughout the remaining plays examined (Flower Drum Song and Over the River and Through the Woods). Each “gap” will be given an explanation and how it …
Jealousy, Manipulation And Murder: Designing The Costumes For William Shakespeare's Othello, Latricia Ann Reichman
Jealousy, Manipulation And Murder: Designing The Costumes For William Shakespeare's Othello, Latricia Ann Reichman
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following thesis explains the process utilized to create and implement the costume design for the production of Othello produced at the University of Arkansas University Theatre in the Spring of 2011. Throughout this thesis I will illustrate how the costumes went from initial research ideas to sketches and colored renderings and finally to finished three-dimensional costumes. The design process detailed here includes an analysis of the play, production history, research, renderings, and an evaluation of the overall process.
Into The Fire: My Journey Into The Life Of John Proctor, William Dale Grayson
Into The Fire: My Journey Into The Life Of John Proctor, William Dale Grayson
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following is the record of my time working on the character of John Proctor in Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. I will discuss my approach in creating the role as well as my experience in the rehearsal room. The end of the paper contains a retrospective journal where I cover rehearsals and performance.
The Development And Production Of Justin Blasdel's Play Your Last Friend, Inc., Justin Morgan Blasdel
The Development And Production Of Justin Blasdel's Play Your Last Friend, Inc., Justin Morgan Blasdel
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis details the process of the creation of the new script, Your Last Friend, Inc., a play about two conmen who realize that selling death isn't nearly as easy as selling life to the hopeless. It follows the many evolutions of the script; from the first version developed in the Graduate Playwriting class all the way to the final production at Boar's Head Players 2010 New Play Showcase at Nadine Baum Studios at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The playwright's choice to add humor to a serious topic is challenged, the characters actions face outside opinions, and …
“Charley's Aunt” Revisited, Willie Camina
“Charley's Aunt” Revisited, Willie Camina
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
This is a Creative Study involving the directing of Charley's Aunt . This thesis comprises three elements: Preplanning, the Production Record and an Evaluation. The Preplanning Section will communicate the meaning of the play through an external and internal analysis. The Production Record contains the materials used in the execution of this production. The third chapter is an evaluation of the project. There is an essay reporting the audience's reaction and the quantitative results of an exit survey given to audience members to quantify how effectively "the story" was communicated.
John Millington Synge And The Irish Women's Suffrage Movement, Nicholas A. Ewen
John Millington Synge And The Irish Women's Suffrage Movement, Nicholas A. Ewen
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
John Millington Synge is considered to be among the greatest playwrights of the English language. During his lifetime, however, his plays caused controversy and even riots. Of particular interest is the fact that much of the controversy surrounded Synge's portrayal of Irish women. Because of the radical Irish nationalism that developed in the early 20 th century, much of Synge's work has been interpreted in light of this movement. This thesis, however, explores the theory that Synge was more closely connected with an another movement that was taking place in the early 1900's: women's suffrage. His sympathies for the enfranchisement …
Where In The Hell Is Dorothy Parker?, Thomas J. Fuschetto Jr.
Where In The Hell Is Dorothy Parker?, Thomas J. Fuschetto Jr.
Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
The famous members of The Algonquin Round Table once got together to write and produce a play called No, Sirree! Since very little is known about the production, questions remain of how the members decided to do such a production, what was the production, and what they later thought about the production. Since such information is missing, then I filled in the gaps with my imagination of writing and producing an original play that represents my research and my imagination of how the members of The Algonquin Round Table decided to do a play production, how they prepared for the …