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Life In Quarantine Poem, Oluchi Nwokocha

All Assignment Prompts

No abstract provided.

Sonnets In Viral Times, Sarah Kate Anderson

All Assignment Prompts

To illuminate our personal experiences during this time of sheltering-in, we will continue our investigation of sonnets as performance texts by writing and acting in our own creations. Held by the structure of the verse, we will create and perform sonnets that communicate our thoughts and feelings about life, loss, survival, resilience, and love during these unprecedented times. We will continue to lend our voices to the verse with specific concentration on embodiment, clarity, personal connection, and the merging of the emotional and intellectual through-line. This collaborative assignment has two parts: a creative writing component, and a skilled performance component.

Scenic Design For "Native Gardens", Andrea Bechert

Published Works by SJSU Honorees

Andrea Bechert created the scenic design for TheatreWorks production of Karen Zacarias' comedy Native Gardens, which ran from August 22 to September 16, 2018 at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.

Image credit: Kevin Berne

Telethon, Jen Kennedy, Liz Linden

Published Works by SJSU Honorees

Inspired by experimental performances of the 1960s, Jen Kennedy and Liz Linden's TELETHON is a participatory performance staged in front of a live audience. The sounds of phone calls to random numbers—dial tones, ringing, voicemail, asking about feminism, surprised responses, clicks—are projected toward the audience to create a cacophonous illustration of contemporary feminism and connection. This event took place at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on March 4, 2017.

Rehearsing Justice: Theatre, Sexuality And The Sacred, Victoria Rue

Faculty Publications, Social Sciences

The theatre actor’s process in a rehearsal hall is reality and metaphor. It can be a rehearsal for justice, where we can live freely. In this laboratory the actor becomes all of us. Like the actor, we inhabit our bodies and our sexualities, sometimes as spiritual practice, or as sacred and creative, even as incarnations. In particular, women’s bodies remember what it is like to be no-body and what it is like to be a some-body. The texts of women’s bodies contain their history of pain, wellness and illness.In creating a character, the actor creates a biography, an inner life, …

Upbeat, Feb. 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Upbeat, Dec. 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Upbeat, Nov. 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Sept. 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Ta 100w: Writing Workshop -Theatre Arts Textbook Alternatives, Kathryn Kahn

Textbook Alternatives Project Posters 2014

Poster summarizing cost saving textbook alternatives for TA 100W: Writing Workshop - Theatre Arts.

Stay In Time, Apr. 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Feb. 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Nov. 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Oct. 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Aug. 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Stay In Time, Feb. 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Review: Irish Culture And Colonial Modernity, 1800–2000: The Transformation Of Oral Space, Matthew Spangler

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Music In The Lives Of Two Children With Autism : A Case Study, Elizabeth Ron Fang

Master's Theses

This thesis is a qualitative case study about two children with autism spectrum disorder and the role of music in their lives. It explores how music serves as a non-threatening medium for learning and developing skills necessary to function successfully in life. The stories of the children and their parents are shared through their personal account and the author's observations. The literature in the field reveals that a structured/functional use of music helps communication, social interaction, appropriate behavior, motor skills, and academics in children with autism. Each child is able to actively participate in music-making within varied and appropriate settings …

Indigenous Ecology And Chicanada Coalition Building In The Dramatic Works Of Cherríe Moraga: “Living Models” For A Sustainable Future, Paula Straile-Costa

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

Abstract:

This study focuses on three recent dramatic works by Cherríe Moraga’s written in the same period as her essay and poetry collection, The Last Generation. Heroes and Saints, Watsonville: Some Place Not Here, and Circle in the Dirt: El Pueblo de East Palo Alto draw from indigenous ecology and the historical archive of Chicano struggle that provide models for a sustainable future she envisions. The author shifts from poetry and essay - the lyrical, reflective mode of self-inquiry and expression for which she is so well known – to a collective dramatic dialogue allowing her to …

Power To The Panza: The Politics Of Panza Positive Cultural Production, A Performance, Virgina Grise, Irma Mayorga

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

Abstract:

The Panza Monologues is a solo performance piece both written by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga and also composed from contributions by Chicanas in San Antonio, TX gathered by Grise and Mayorga. In live production of the piece, Grise is the solo actor and Mayorga serves as director, dramaturge, and designer. As a whole, the play focuses on stories that hinge on the metaphor of “la panza” to articulate and describe the multiple conditions of Chicanas’ lives in terms of their physical, social, racial, and class dimensions. The piece has been performed in various locations from its inception in …

Reviewed Work: The Parable Of The Plums By Brian Fleming, Raymond Keane, Bisi Adigun, Matthew Spangler

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Play On (1999), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Rick Abbot

Director: Buddy Butler

Set Design: Peter Boddy

Costumes: Jennifer Tjon and Maria Kruger

Academic Year: 1998-1999

Simply Maria (1994), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Josefina Lopez

Director: Pamela Salazar

Costumes: Ronald D. Frausto

Academic Year: 1993-1994

Three Sisters (1994), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Anton Chekhov

Director: Amy Glazer

Scene: Mark Ross

Costume: Eliza Chugg

Lighting: Manuel R. Cabanas

Academic Year: 1993-1994

In The Wine Time (1993), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Ed Bullins

Director: Sedric Bynum

Set Design: Sedric Bynum and Jim Cully

Costumes: Joni Coleman

Academic Year: 1992-1993

Red Noses (1993), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Peter Barnes

Director: Bob Jenkins

Scene: James K. Culley

Costume: Fumiko Bielefeldt

Lighting: Steve Shumway

Academic Year: 1992-1993

Shaggy Wolfman (1992), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Hal J. Todd

Director: Hal J. Todd

Set Design: Marie Claude-Ehrmann

Costumes: Joni Coleman

Academic Year: 1992-1993

The Gospel At Colonus (1992), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwrights: Lee Breuer and Bob Telson

Director: Buddy Butler

Musical Direction: Dwight Cannon

Choreography: Tracey Dones

Set Design: John B. Wilson

Costumes: John B. Wilson

Academic Year: 1992-1993

Prelude To A Kiss (1992), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Craig Lucas

Director: Amy Glazer

Set Design: James K. Culley

Costumes: Eliza Chugg

Academic Year: 1992-1993

French Fries And Mayo (1992), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1990-1999

Playwright: Brandon Hawes

Director: David Kahn

Set Design: James K. Culley

Costumes: William Henshaw

Academic Year: 1992-1993