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"Must Be Heavyset": Casting Women, Fat Stigma, And Broadway Bodies, Ryan Donovan

Publications and Research

This article surveys how contemporary Broadway musicals cast fat women and focuses on Hairspray. The use of fat suits and contractual weight clauses figure into the discussion of fat stigma and casting practices. Seemingly body-positive musicals both celebrate and undermine the identities staged in them.

Dancing Philosophy: What Happens To Philosophy When Considered From The Point Of View Of A Dancer, Aili W. Bresnahan

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Western philosophical aesthetics tends to answer the question, “What is art?” by starting with the perspective of the art appreciator. What does the spectator perceive in the artistic entity at issue? For example, are these properties formal and tangible, an arrangement of lines and colors as provided by Clive Bell’s theory of significant form? Are they contextual—are they, for example, the expression of the experience of a particular culture? Or are these properties relational in the sense of being a comment on or response to another art-historical movement, such as Cubism?

Starting from this perspective, the methodology tends to begin …

Fearless: Ratco, Center For Public Service

SURGE

If you haven’t noticed yet, we’ve had some really spectacular visitors from the south with us on Gettysburg’s campus the last few days! The Random Acts of Theater Company (RATCo) is a group that emerged from the Freedom Foundation in Denver, Colorado a few years ago. Their initiative involved using theater as a means for self-expression and communication, but RATCo spread because it was so successful and ultimately reached Selma, Alabama. Selma, although a major site for the Civil Rights movement, and also the site for the last battle of the civil war, has changed very little since the 1960s. …

Artmaking On The Edge Of A Cliff: Directing Iphigenia 2.0, Shannon E. Cameron

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 and actors and evaluation of final product.

Advisor: Virginia Smith

Women & Language: Essays On Gendered Communication Across Media, Melissa R. Ames

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The present volume of essays examines women's communication as it has evolved historically across multiple mediums. Part I explores how women became "gossip girls" and the important role of gossip in the perception and practice of female communication. Essays in Part II cover the convergence of oral and written communication in women's literature. Gendered performance in such arenas as salsa dance, Dr. Phil and the Internet is examined in Part III, and essays in Part IV discuss women's communication in the technology-rich 21st century. This excerpt features the introduction and one essay from the co-editor.

Women & Language: Essays On Gendered Communication Across Media, Melissa R. Ames

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The present volume of essays examines women's communication as it has evolved historically across multiple mediums. Part I explores how women became "gossip girls" and the important role of gossip in the perception and practice of female communication. Essays in Part II cover the convergence of oral and written communication in women's literature. Gendered performance in such arenas as salsa dance, Dr. Phil and the Internet is examined in Part III, and essays in Part IV discuss women's communication in the technology-rich 21st century. This excerpt features the introduction and one essay from the co-editor.

December 2009 - Volume Ix, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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This issue includes items about Theatre Alumni Reunions, Dedication of the Green Room at the Doudna Fine Art Center (named after Lucille and E. Glendon Gabbard), and December Graduates.

June 2009 - Volume Viii, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VIII Number 2 includes pictures of the first year of operation of the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

December 2008 - Volume Viii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VIII Number 1 includes articles on Mammoth Follies, Second City, and a Makeup Workshop.

June 2008 - Volume Vii, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VII Number 2 features articles on the closing of the Village Theatre and welcoming new faculty Nicholas Shaw.

December 2007 - Volume Vii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VII Number 1 includes articles on the new Doudna Fine Arts Center and also an obituary of Ernest Glendon Gabbard.

June 2007 - Volume Vi, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VI Number 2 includes a letter from former Chair John Oertling and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

December 2006 - Volume Vi, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume VI Number 1 includes articles about the construction of the Doudna Fine Arts Center and a visit from the National Association of the Schools of Theatre.

June 2006 - Volume V, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume V Number 2 features an article about an unofficial reunion of 1975-1983 Alumni and the obituary of Lucina "Lucy" Gabbard.

December 2005 - Volume V, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume V Number 1 includes articles about the Doudna Fine Arts Center project and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

June 2005 - Volume Iv, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume IV Number 2 features a piece about the construction of Doudna Fine Arts Center and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

December 2004 - Volume Iv, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume IV Number 1 includes an article welcoming new faculty Allison Cameron, and a piece on the Liz Marfia and Phil Ash wedding on October 10, 2004, attending by 26 Theatre Arts alumni.

June 2004 - Volume Iii, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume III Number 2 includes a welcome to new faculty Chris Mitchell and a "Where Are They Now?" section.

December 2003 - Volume Iii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

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SIDES Volume III Number 1 includes an article about Jean Wolski being appointed Faculty Laureate and a piece about funding for the Doudna Fine Arts Center project.

Ua1b1 11th All Star Concert Series, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Advertisement for the 11th all star concert series hosted by WKU in 1929-1930. Features singers, musicians and lecturers:

• Estelle Gray-Llevinne
• United States Army Band
• Berger-Steindel-Aster Trio
• Gloria Randolph
• Smallman a Capella Choir
• Ratan Devi
• Chandra Dharma Sena Gooneratne
• Henri Scott
• Charles Boggs
• Melvena Passmore
• Festival Opera Company
• Howard Carman
• William Phillips
• Rhys Morgan