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'Moonlight And Magnolias', Gordon Reinhart

Gordon Reinhart

1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work.While fending off the film’s stars and gossip columnists, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors and the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films …

Costume Designer & Director, James Joyce's "The Dead", Reed College Theatre, Portland, Oregon, Darrin Pufall

Darrin J. Pufall

No abstract provided.

“Estrategias Del Conocimiento Y La Red De Comunicación Desde La Misión De Moxos.”, Carlos-Urani Montiel

Carlos-Urani Montiel

El tema de este trabajo es la red de comunicación que operó entre las provincias europeas y americanas de la Compañía de Jesús hasta el momento de su expulsión. Una red de comunicación se describe por medio de los patrones de conexión que son creados por el flujo de mensajes entre sus usuarios a través del tiempo y del medio ambiente. Un mensaje es cualquier forma simbólica que pueda moverse de un punto a otro de la red, o que pueda ser interpretada, y así recreada, por sus miembros. Mi trabajo explora esta forma de comportamiento y de organización global …

The Courage To Speak Out, Michelle M. Evans

Michelle Evans

The Wilin Centre’s Courageous Conversations National Talking circle was held in April 2009, and its focus was on the Indigenous performing arts. Ten individuals were asked to present a courageous conversation, as a matter of public record, about the state of the nation’s Indigenous performing arts and training sectors. The brief prepared by Wilin for these artists and arts leaders asked them to present their experiences, ideas for the future, and challenges and opportunities for the sector and for training Indigenous artists.

Costume Designer/Puppet Artist, Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, Singin' In The Rain, The Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh New York, Darrin Pufall

Darrin J. Pufall

No abstract provided.

Should Writers Use They Own English, Vershawn A. Young

Vershawn A Young

This paper argues against critic Stanley Fish's assertion that students should not use dialect in academic writing.

Nah, We Straight: An Argument Against Code-Switching, Vershawn A. Young

Vershawn A Young

Although linguists have traditionally viewed code-switching as the simultaneous use of two language varieties in a single context, scholars and teachers of English have appropriated the term to argue for teaching minority students to monitor their languages and dialects according to context. For advocates of code-switching, teaching students to distinguish between “home language” and “school language” offers a solution to the tug-of-war between standard and nonstandard Englishes. This paper argues that this kind of code-switching may actually facilitate the illiteracy and academic failure that educators seek to eliminate and can promote resistance to Standard English rather than encouraging its use

Costume Designer, The Mikado, Mock's Crest Theatre Company At The University Of Portland, Portland, Oregon, Darrin Pufall

Darrin J. Pufall

No abstract provided.

Bullying In York’S Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Sheila White

Clifford Davidson

The Isleño Décima: Media And Memory In Spanish-Speaking South Louisiana, Jeanne Gillespie

JEANNE GILLESPIE

From the early fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century, the Spanish colonial process involved the settling of vast tracks of land. From their first colonial experiment in the Canary Islands in 1402, the Spanish administration learned that it was sometimes more effective to import assimilated settlers from already established colonial possessions than to attempt massive conversion and cultural assimilation. To shore up the vast spaces of the northern Gulf Coast, particularly "West Florida" and eastern Texas, the Spanish governors sent for colonists including groups of Canary Islanders who settled outposts along the Red River, as well as …

Costume Designer, Gracie And The Atom, Artist Repertory Theatre, Portland, Oregon, Darrin Pufall

Darrin J. Pufall

No abstract provided.

Costume Designer, Antigone, Reed College Theatre, Portland, Oregon, Darrin Pufall

Darrin J. Pufall

No abstract provided.

Daffodil, Rebecca Saunders

Rebecca Saunders

Clio and Nadia have a fantastic trip through time and space because they picked up a daffodil from the mud and dirt in the middle of a sidewalk.

'At Home At The Zoo', Boise Contemporary Theatre, Boise, Id, Gordon Reinhart

Gordon Reinhart

“At Home at the Zoo” focuses on the lives of three people who are changed forever as revelations and confrontations during one sunny afternoon send them down surprising new paths. Peter, Ann and Jerry are expertly crafted characters with shocking secrets to reveal, sharp truths to confront and hearts bursting with all the complexities of humanity. Directed by Drew Barr, the play stars BCT artistic director Matthew Cameron Clark, Christina Lang and Boise State theatre arts professor Gordon Reinhart.

The Invention Of Common Law Play Right, Jessica Litman

Jessica Litman

In this paper, written for Berkeley’s symposium on the 300th birthday of the Statute of Anne, I explore the history of the common law public performance right in dramatic works. Eaton Drone dubbed the dramatic public performance right “playright” in his 1879 treatise, arguing that just as “copyright” conferred a right to make and sell copies, “playright” conferred a right to perform or “play” a script. I examine case law and customary theatrical practice in England, and find no trace of a common law play right before 1833, when Parliament established a statutory public performance right for plays. Similarly, in …

Keywords For Open Peer Review, Katherine Rowe, Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Katherine Rowe

No abstract provided.

Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, And The Black Body, Harvey Young

Harvey Young

In 1901, George Ward, a lynching victim, was attacked, murdered, and dismembered by a mob of white men, women, and children. As his lifeless body burned in a fire, enterprising white youth cut off his toes and, later, his fingers and sold them as souvenirs. In "Embodying Black Experience," Harvey Young masterfully blends biography, archival history, performance theory, and phenomenology to relay the experiences of black men and women who, like Ward, were profoundly affected by the spectacular intrusion of racial violence within their lives. Looking back over the past two hundred years---from the exhibition of boxer Tom Molineaux and …

'An Ideal Husband', Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise, Id, Gordon Reinhart

Gordon Reinhart

No abstract provided.

Can I See, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

Ensemble piece for Undergradute/Gradulate students at Colorado University. University Theatre Building, Charlotte York Irey Theatre, Boulder, CO

Hot L Baltimore, Victoria Zischke

Victoria A Zischke

Sound Designer

Bullying In The York Corpus Christi Plays, Clifford Davidson, Shelia White

Clifford Davidson

Naked To All But Ourselves: Some Notes On Actor Training And Phenomenology, Janys Hayes

Janys Hayes

No abstract provided.

“El Reto A Zamora En Las Hazañas Del Cid De Guillén De Castro. Duplicación Y Extensión De La Violencia”, Carlos-Urani Montiel

Carlos-Urani Montiel

No abstract provided.

Realism And The Ethics Of Risk At The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Kim Solga

Kim Solga

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is notoriously risk-averse, creating quality "classical" theatre without rocking any audience worlds. Or is it? This paper re-examines the history of "risk" at Stratford and explores two key productions directed by Peter Hinton at the Festival. I conclude that, perhaps, risk-taking directors and a "conservative" acting company serve the work very well indeed.

The Knowing Body: Yat Malmgren's Acting Technique, Janys Hayes

Janys Hayes

No abstract provided.

Movable Pillars: Organizing Dance 1956-1978, Katja Kolcio

Katja Kolcio Ph.D.

Movable Pillars traces the development of dance as scholarly inquiry over the course of the 20th century, and describes the social-political factors that facilitated a surge of interest in dance research in the period following World War II. This surge was reflected in the emergence of six key dance organizations: the American Dance Guild, the Congress on Research in Dance, the American Dance Therapy Association, the American College Dance Festival Association, the Dance Critics Association, and the Society of Dance History Scholars. Kolcio argues that their founding between the years 1956 and 1978 marked a new period of collective action …

Video: Body Languages: Choreographing Biology, Katja Kolcio

Katja Kolcio Ph.D.

Co-taught by professors Manju Hingorani and Katja Kolcio at Wesleyan University, this course was an introduction to human biology. From scientific and choreographic perspectives, students practiced movement awareness and learned basic principles of choreography, and applied these skills to the exploration of human biology. Manju Hingorani, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Katja Kolcio, Associate Professor of Dance and Environmental Studies

Gothic Oklahoma!: The Dream Ballet, Steven Bruhm

Steven Bruhm

No abstract provided.

Never Mind The Bumwhore, Janys Hayes

Janys Hayes

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices In Dance Training, Katja Kolcio

Katja Kolcio Ph.D.