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Self-Loving Jew, Akiva Shlomo Hirsch

Senior Projects Spring 2021

This is a stand-up comedy show by a person named Akiva Hirsch who attended Bard College. It revolves largely around a protest with Students For Justice In Palestine that they were a part of, and the ensuing internet backlash.

We're Just Soldiers, Adrian S. Costa

Senior Projects Spring 2021

WE’RE JUST SOLDIERS is an original play that follows four white gamers caught during a rare moment of respite as they struggle for survival through the dense forest of a virtual Vietnam-esque battlefield. This moment quickly descends into chaos as the soldiers maneuver questions of identity, agency, and the charge of whiteness in a world surrounded by violence.

For Us By Us: Explorations And Introspections On The Poetics Of Black Language, Isis Pinheiro

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Directing Whitewashed And Dismantling Hierarchy, Dmitri Ades-Laurent

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Self Reflections: Revisiting My 2019 Race Monologue, Ryan W. Cason

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project Submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

Who's Afraid Of Peppa Pig: A Transition From Stage To Screen Acting, Timothy Steven Halvorsen

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

Suburban Panic: Chaotic Contradictions In Girlhood, Ella Ania Baldwin

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

...And Other Drugs I Haven't Told You About, Tatyana M. Rozetta

Senior Projects Spring 2021

...and other drugs i haven't told you about is an exploration of friendships, family, and the self while blurring the line between the past and the present. Although it is very specific to my own life and stories from my past, it manages to constantly hold a mirror to the audience leaving them feeling full and nostalgic for a time they may have never known.

Exertion (And What Follows), Joshua Charles Barnes

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Where do I even begin to discuss my process? As with all things artistic, it comes from experiences deep within, that manifest themselves over time. So, Exertion was several years, if not a lifetime, in the making. I had always been an anxious child all my life, but my experiences with mental illness didn’t truly begin until my freshman year of high school. From then on, it was a constant mixture of depression, anxiety, and obsessive thoughts, and how to navigate through adolescence with these in mind. They have become severe a couple of times, but fortunately I was able …

Give Daddy A Sprinkle Of Peppa: The Untold Truth Of Peppa Pig, Avis Macguffie Zane

Senior Projects Spring 2021

In 1996, six-year-old JonBenèt Ramsey was found strangled to death by a garrot in her family’s Tudor-style mansion. Though suspicion followed the family for years, a perpetrator was never charged. After years of developing DNA sequencing, advanced crime technology, and the relentless court of public opinion that is social media, one might assume that a crime like this could never be covered up in modern day. However in 2020, Peppa Pig was pronounced dead under similarly suspicious circumstances. Her family was exonerated by the Scotland Yard, and yet their story is riddled with inconsistencies. For my senior project, I wrote …

Movie Macabre, Brigid Shannon Pfeifer

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Great Balls Of Fire: Exploring The Theatricality Of Professional Wrestling, Paul Alistair Nicholson

Senior Projects Spring 2020

For my senior project I wanted to stage a pro wrestling match. Yes, that silly cross between sport and entertainment where bodybuilders in tights pretend to fight over shiny belts that validate their status as being the best ‘pretend fighters’ in the world. Actually, that is taking it a step too far. Pro wrestlers may not be considered legitimate athletes, they are entertainers after all; however they are able to draw audiences that rival many sporting and theatrical spectacles. It is not just their incredible feats of athleticism, but something to this form that has captivated fans around the world …

This Is The Knot In My Stomach, Cheyenne Crow Conti

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Our Grandparents/旧识, Yibin Wang

Senior Projects Spring 2020

A Theater and Performance senior project centering on the question of "how can we be more connected to our grandparents through playing them in front of a camera on stage?" Through exploring this question, the actor would present real stories about their grandparents on stage.

8/28 - 12/8, Cluno (Madison) Marie Clark-Bruno

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

This Is The Knot In My Stomach, Violet Savage

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

This Is The Knot In My Stomach, Macey Clarice Downs

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This is a story about two young women who think they will be friends forever. They learn that forever comes and goes in the blink of an eye. They are not particularly exceptional--they don't shatter any glass ceilings, they make silly mistakes, they never know what to wear to school tomorrow. But we get to watch them do the most exceptional thing any of us will ever do: grow.

Our Grandparents / 旧识, Brooke Taylor Tyborowski

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Times Strikes Back, Nirobi Shakan Coleman

Senior Projects Fall 2020

Senior Project submitted to the Division of Arts of Bard College

Toy Box And Combat: My Relationship To Boundaries And The Stage, Grace Downes

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Toy Box, Jane M. Colon-Bonet

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Vox Machinal: Voice In The Machine, Payton E. Smith

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Baby Snooks And Daddy, Sarah T. Carlisi

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

母语/Mothertongue, Janine Sun Rogers

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Near Never, Jaleel Roy Green

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Cowboy Boogaloo, Paris Loren Adorno

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Cowboy Boogaloo; A Play About Cowboys, Queers, and The American West.

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Cowboy Boogaloo, Imogen Thomas

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Cowboy Boogaloo; A play about Cowboys, Queers, and The American West.

Black W(H)Ole Theories, Roobi Starla Gaskins

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Artist Statement

I make work that attempts to liberate the body beyond the confines that society has prescribed to it. I am interested in the manifestations of the internal human; illuminating the internal voice that is often silenced, persuaded, and deemed as illegitimate, despite the fact that it might be the most true. As a mixed Afro Latina woman, my own identity and existence as a visible body is constantly at the mercy of those who I surround myself with, where my external ambiguity falls a victim to constant mislabeling. As a result, the fluidity of my appearance in racial …

Toothcake, Maeve I. O'Brien

Senior Projects Fall 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

The Master And His Master, Kristýna Petišková

Senior Projects Spring 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.