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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

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

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.