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Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea: An Expedition Into Technical Direction, Joseph J. Shelly Jr
Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea: An Expedition Into Technical Direction, Joseph J. Shelly Jr
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work
The Nebraska Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the Johnny Carson School of Theater, Film, and Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, chose to produce Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea in March of 2021. Playwright Nathan Alan Davis completed the play in 2017. He is originally from Rockford, Illinois, and a graduate of Indiana University. Dontrell was his second produced play, premiering in June 2014 at the Source Festival in Washington, DC. Several theatres since 2014 have produced the play, and ours was the third show of the 2021-2022 season. The director was Ron Himes, the Founder …
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 …