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Bright Star - A Scenic Design, Marty Wolff
Bright Star - A Scenic Design, Marty Wolff
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
The purpose of this thesis is to provide research, supporting paperwork, production photographs, and other materials that document the scenic design for Midland University’s production of the 2014 musical Bright Star, written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. This thesis contains the following: the effects of COVID 19 on the production selection process; a conceptual analysis, scenic breakdown, charting and diagrams to organize the show, preliminary modeling and plotting imagery; research images of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachia, mountain cabins from the early 1900s, and various rustic landscapes; an examination of the design evolution from conception to …
Lord Of The Flies - A Scenic Design, Lisa Haldeman
Lord Of The Flies - A Scenic Design, Lisa Haldeman
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
The purpose of this thesis is to provide research, supporting paperwork, production photographs, and other materials that document the scenic design for the co-production between the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and the Nebraska Repertory Theatre titled Lord of the Flies. This thesis contains the following: research images collected to develop and communicate ideas about location, shapes, forms, texture, scale, mood, and historical reference to the production team; preliminary sketches and photographs of the 1/4” scale model, visual tools used to convey the ideas of the scenic design; a full set of drafting plates, 1:1 paint samples and …
The Skin Of Our Teeth: Setting The Scene, Michaela L. Stein
The Skin Of Our Teeth: Setting The Scene, Michaela L. Stein
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts: Student Research, Performance, and Creative Activity
This thesis is the culmination of the scenic design for the play, The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, performed in the Howell Memorial Theatre during the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film’s 2014-2015 University Theatre season.
Virginia Smith directed The Skin of Our Teeth, leading a creative team comprised of both graduate and undergraduate students. This thesis contains the entire scenic design process including initial meetings, conceptualization, renderings, paperwork, the tech process, and production photographs.
Advisor: JD. Madsen
The Mystical And Metaphysical In The Mundane: Directing Middletown, Joshua S. Waterstone
The Mystical And Metaphysical In The Mundane: Directing Middletown, Joshua S. Waterstone
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
This thesis contains written documentation regarding the process of directing a theatrical production in fulfillment of the partial requirements for Master of Fine Arts in Directing for Stage and Screen at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
Topics addressed include play selection, script analysis, director/designer collaboration, coaching of actors and evaluation of final product.
Advisor: Virginia Smith
Technical Direction Of Paragon Springs, Christine Ann Donaghy
Technical Direction Of Paragon Springs, Christine Ann Donaghy
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
My thesis show, Paragon Springs, is a play based on An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. My first reading of the show leads me to hope that this undertaking will be profitable for all concerned. Paragon Springs, like the Ibsen play on which it is based, takes place in more than one location. This will contribute to my chances of having a set that might be a little more complicated and challenging than a basic unit set. My first concern was staging the show in the Studio and knowing we would have a smaller budget than …
Lady Windermere's Fan: The Black And White Of It, Jacob L. Heger
Lady Windermere's Fan: The Black And White Of It, Jacob L. Heger
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts: Student Research, Performance, and Creative Activity
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the process used to create the scenic design for the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 2011 production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Play About a Good Woman. Within this paper I will look at the process used to create the set design, the execution of the set design and the final product when seen in a fully realized production.
Three Musketeers And A Rock Band, Brandi K. Kawamoto
Three Musketeers And A Rock Band, Brandi K. Kawamoto
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts: Student Research, Performance, and Creative Activity
This thesis is the culmination of my scenic design work for Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers in the Howell Theater at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the spring semester of 2012. Within this paper I will look at the conceptualization process, historical research, execution of the set design, the realized final product, and the critique process. The rough sketches, research images, computer draftings, finalized renderings, and production photos are featured within the thesis.
Goneril: Jealousy And Thirst For Power Caused By The Loss Of A Father's Love, Beth L. King
Goneril: Jealousy And Thirst For Power Caused By The Loss Of A Father's Love, Beth L. King
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
The challenge for every actor is to bring something of yourself to a role. The more real it can become for you the more real it will be for the audience. Goneril is a caricature. She is rich, powerful and she does horrible things like throwing her father out into the cold, having an affair, poisoning her sister and ultimately killing herself. She is one of Shakespeare’s “evil” women. I have to say I do not consider myself evil. So what could I have in common with this monster of a woman? One of our fellow classmates died while we …