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2023 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

2023 Season. The Professional Theatre at Illinois State University, Ewing Theatre. The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson. The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

The Absence Of Trauma-Informed Practices In The High School Production Process: A Qualitative Study, Jimmy Chrismon, Adam W. Carter

Faculty publications – Theatre and Dance

Theatre has the potential to impact students’ mental health, especially when creating and telling stories with traumatic themes. Theatre teachers are uniquely positioned to unintentionally inflict further harm on their students if they do not incorporate trauma-informed practices (TIP) in the work they do in class and in productions. As theatre educators typically do not have special certifications or credentials in mental health, knowing TIP is crucial to help prevent the retraumatization of students who have experienced trauma. This study discusses current practices in the high school production process in the United States and the absence of TIP in theatre …

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) By Adam Long, Daniel Singer And Jess Winfield, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

45th Anniversary. The 2022 Season. The Professional Theatre at Illinois State University, Ewing Theatre. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.

2022 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

45th Anniversary. The Professional Theatre at Illinois State University, Ewing Theatre. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. King Lear by William Shakespeare.

Bewitching The Blame: The Crucible's Legacy Of Appropriation And Sexual Shame In Popular Culture, Hope Kristine Morris

Theses and Dissertations

In The Crucible Arthur Miller uses tropes of female characters, Abigail and Tituba, to tell a story of male heroism. In the process, he dismisses and appropriates the true stories of women who suffered during the Salem witch trials for his own political and personal gain. In this thesis, I argue that Miller’s appropriation and sexualization of women continues into contemporary popular culture depictions of the Salem witch trials including the movie adaptation of The Crucible and the television shows Salem and American Horror Story: Coven. These depictions appropriate and sexualize women’s stories in order to fulfill the male gaze. …

Old Maid And The Thief; Gallantry, April 8, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

The School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music present:

Gallantry, written by Arnold Sundgaard; book, music, and lyrics by Douglas Moore

Old Maid and the Thief, written by Gian Carlo Menotti

April 30, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Presented on WGLT Radio

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde, March 4-6, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Moises Kaufman

March 4-6, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Online presentation, live stream via Zoom

Barbeque, April 22-24, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Robert O'Hara

April 22-24, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Online performance, via Zoom

Pivot: Spring Dance Concert, April 29-May 1, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

In Collaboration with Creative Technologies

April 29, 30; May 1, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Presented online, pre-recorded via Zoom

Roe, April 8-10, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Lisa Loomer

April 8-10, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Presented online, live stream via Zoom

2021 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

2021 Season. The Professional Theatre at Illinois State University, Ewing Theatre.

Richard The Third, October 29-31, November 5-7, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by William Shakespeare

Part One presented October 29-31, 2020, Part Two presented November 5-7, 2020

This version of Richard The Third is based upon a performance script from the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. Additional edits made by John Tovar and Robert Quinlan.

Pipeline, October 22-24, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Dominique Morisseau

October 22-24, 7:30 p.m.

Online, Live Stream

Top Girls, November 12-14, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Carol Churchill

November 12-14, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

Online presentation

Shift: Fall Dance Concert, November 17-19, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

November 17-19, 7:30 p.m.

Online via Zoom, Illinois State University

Hit The Wall, February 14-16, 18-22, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Ike Holter

Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance present Hit the Wall

February 14-16, 18-22, 2020

Westhoff Theatre, Illinois State University

Guys And Dolls, February 28-29, March 1, 3-6, 2020, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music present Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon

February 28-29, March 1, 3-6, 2020

Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University

Ignite, Fall Dance Concert, November 20-23, 2019, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance presents Ignite: Dance Theatre Fall Dance Concert

November 20-23, 2019

Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University

Twelth Night, October 25-November 2, 2019, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by William Shakespeare

Productions took place October 25-November 9, 2019

Yellow Inn, September 25-29, 2019, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Lee Kang-baek

Sweat, November 8-10, 12-16, 2019, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Lynn Nottage

Productions took place November 8-10, 12-16, 2019

House Of Bernarda Alba, October 4-12, 2019, School Of Theatre And Dance

School of Theatre and Dance Programs

Written by Federico Garcia Lorca, in a new version by Emily Mann

Productions took place October 4-12, 2019

2019 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

42nd Season. The Theatre at Ewing and Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois State University. As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Caesar by William Shakespeare.

"We Need To Stop Temporarily Caring: "Pulse, Spoken Word Poetry, And Audience Counter-Narrative Creation, Hannah G. Trew

Theses and Dissertations

On June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed, and 53 people were injured in a shooting at Pulse, a popular gay club in Orlando, Florida. The Pulse Nightclub shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States at that time and the deadliest violent act against the LGBTQ+ community in the United States (Hancock & Haldeman, 2017; Jackson, 2017; Walter, Billard, & Murphy, 2017). The media were divided in labeling the shooting a terrorist attack or a hate crime, creating a master narrative surrounding the shooting. However, LGBTQ+ spoken word poets rejected the media’s storylines, developing counter-narratives, and instead …

Who Am I Really? : Questioning The Patriarchal “Girl World ” To Find Identity In Mean Girls, Heathers The Musical, And Carrie: The Musical, Megan Renner

Theses and Dissertations

Both musicals and stories about teenage girls are genres that tend to be overlooked by scholars, and to not receive serious analysis. Some scholars may dismiss these genres as being shallow and unworthy of scrutiny through a critical lens. However, much may be learned about patriarchal influence on teenage girls in musicals such as Mean Girls, Heathers the Musical and Carrie: The Musical. This thesis analyzes the patriarchal influence on the teen girl characters in these three musicals, using Girl Studies and feminist theory. This study applies arguments that state that patriarchal influence is what causes girls to form cliques, …

Innie / Outie, Josh Roach

Theses and Dissertations

My practice is focused around the characters that I become through the wearing of things that I have made, and the subsequent performances that I do in both constructed and real-world spaces. This paper outlines how my practice is framed by own experience of coming out as a queer person, how that experience relates to my love of play and materials, and how they both inform the strategies I use to relate the ideas surrounding queerness, sexuality, and gender to my audience.

The Old Versus The New Equestrian Circus: Demonstrating And Promoting Equine Welfare, Veronica Painter

Theses and Dissertations

Circus is an art form that was originally considered as a humanitarian art, promoting equine welfare by shedding a new light on the horse and human relationship. During a time where horses were used for war, work, and transportation; fancy riding and liberty stood as the framework for a new togetherness between man and beast. The animal activist revolution centered on exotic animals in circus, yet the effects of these demanding pressures caused a major blow to the equestrian circus. This comparative study examines possible improvements to the industry in order to keep this art alive. Keeping up with eclectic …

Co-Creating Our Lives, Performing Our Multi-Cultural Worlds, Aidah Nalubowa

Theses and Dissertations

In his Foreword for Theatre and Migration (Cox 2014), director Peter Sellars writes, “None of us are the picture in our passports” (viii). Neither are we the person that we look or sound like at first glance or the first meeting. Rather, who we are is shaped by among other factors our environment and cultural upbringing. Because traditionally people from different places perform and participate in social and cultural events that are naturally “scripted” differently, we are so much more than the pictures and names we carry on our identification documents. Migration, Sellars continues, is “one of the most basic …

2018 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

41st Season. The Theatre at Ewing. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. Henry V by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare in Love based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.

Women Of The Future: The Performative Personhood Of Elizabeth Robins, Djuna Barnes, And The Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, Michelle Feda

Theses and Dissertations

The New Woman is the term used to describe the changing social norms around women's involvement in public life during the fin-de-siècle. New Women were bold and brash, educated and independent, and, importantly young; the term encapsulated any particular woman who stepped outside of her mother's Victorian social norms. The New Woman was as much a construct of the time as it was a description. The playwright and suffragette Elizabeth Robins performs "new womanhood" on the stage, and her play Votes for Women! enacts this struggle between New Women and the older generation. Djuna Barnes started her career as a …