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Graduate Theses and Dissertations

2016

Communication and the arts

Theatre and Performance Studies

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Love Letters To Illyria: An Actor's Voyage, Stephanie Faatz Murry May 2016

Love Letters To Illyria: An Actor's Voyage, Stephanie Faatz Murry

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis outlines the development of the characters of Olivia in William Shakespeare’s

Twelfth Night and Melissa in A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters. It also contains a headshot, resume and link to a website designed to help further my career as a professional theatre artist.


Shards And Cycles: Lighting Design For "The Chairs" By Eugene Ionesco, Jacob Hofer May 2016

Shards And Cycles: Lighting Design For "The Chairs" By Eugene Ionesco, Jacob Hofer

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis will describe the historical context, analysis, design, and implementation of the lighting design for the University of Arkansas’s production of Eugene Ionesco’s "The Chairs". Special time will be taken to explain the unique challenges faced by this production both in early design meetings as well as during the implementation of the design. This document will tackle the question: How does the idea of triboluminescence help inform the design of shattered, crystal shafts of light that illuminate and highlight cyclical world of "The Chairs"?

Included in this thesis are all essential lighting design documents including: the light plot, paper …


Somewhere Between Hell's Kitchen And Illyria: An Actor's Utopia, Guadalupe Campos May 2016

Somewhere Between Hell's Kitchen And Illyria: An Actor's Utopia, Guadalupe Campos

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis consists of my statement of artistry, and documentation of artistic materials and thesis related performances.


Lovable Rogue: The Shenanigans Of Sir Toby Belch In William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", William Clark Rogers May 2016

Lovable Rogue: The Shenanigans Of Sir Toby Belch In William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", William Clark Rogers

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis documents and explores the actor’s approach to and discovery of the values, methods and motivations of Sir Toby Belch in the Fall 2015 University Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” In addition, the author’s second thesis role was as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III in A. R. Gurney’s, “Love Letters” produced and performed in Kimpel Hall Studio during Spring 2016. The thesis also includes a personal statement of artistry, programs for the thesis related performances, a headshot, resume, production photos and a link to the actor’s website.


From Duke To D: The Range Of An Actor In Classical And Contemporary Characters, Damian Oscar Dena May 2016

From Duke To D: The Range Of An Actor In Classical And Contemporary Characters, Damian Oscar Dena

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis contains my statement of artistry along with photos and materials from both productions Twelfth Night and Mother F**Ker with the Hat. Also included are links to my website and current copies of my headshot and resume.


The Passionate Actor, Britney Nichole Walker-Merritte May 2016

The Passionate Actor, Britney Nichole Walker-Merritte

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis consists of materials documenting my thesis performances as well as a statement of artistry, a copy of my current headshot, and resume and a link to my website.


The Day I Walked Off The Motherf**King Stage: Shakespeare To Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christopher Markus Hecke May 2016

The Day I Walked Off The Motherf**King Stage: Shakespeare To Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christopher Markus Hecke

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis represents the culmination of my craft as an actor, through the collection of production material from Twelfth Night, and The Motherfucker With The Hat, headshot, resume, website link and my personal statement of artistry.


A Storm In The Port: The Process Designing Twelfth Night, Jacquelyn Ryan Cox May 2016

A Storm In The Port: The Process Designing Twelfth Night, Jacquelyn Ryan Cox

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to document the process and provide all the necessary materials for the realization of the lighting design for the University of Arkansas Department of Theatre’s 2015 production of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. This thesis consists of the following materials: designer’s script analysis, design concept statement, historical and evocative research, Vectorworks overstage plot, Vectorworks section plot, LightWright paperwork, cue sheet, final magic sheets, and process evaluation. The materials provided are necessary to the design team, the electricians who hang the light plot, and the designer in order program the cues. Archival photography is included …