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Maya Lavender's Senior Project In Theater And Performance (Part 3): Reflections From Playtime, Maya E. Lavender Jan 2023

Maya Lavender's Senior Project In Theater And Performance (Part 3): Reflections From Playtime, Maya E. Lavender

Senior Projects Spring 2023

This project is an exploration of metatheatre in an attempt to understand and portray the feelings surrounding coming of age. Part one was A Play, performed in LUMA theater in fall of 2022. Part two was More Play, performed in the Old Gym in spring of 2023. This is part three, a reflection on my time playing.


Goodbye? Reflections And Stream Of Consciousness On, Underneath And Around The Creation Of “Hello?”, Leonard Shevel Gurevich Jan 2023

Goodbye? Reflections And Stream Of Consciousness On, Underneath And Around The Creation Of “Hello?”, Leonard Shevel Gurevich

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Ya Llegamos | We Are Here, Audrey Hermila Salgado Jan 2023

Ya Llegamos | We Are Here, Audrey Hermila Salgado

Senior Projects Spring 2023

ya llegamos | we are here, a Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College, is piece on gender and migration. It is a play that explores how family dynamics, class issues, education, and gender play a role in why people leave their home country. It explores the journey and relationship of Saturnina and Francisco as they travel across the Mexico/U.S. border.


A How-To Guide For Expressing Emotions: A Play, Allison Burns Sahargun Jan 2023

A How-To Guide For Expressing Emotions: A Play, Allison Burns Sahargun

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


This Is The Sky That I See, Gavin T. Mckenzie Jan 2022

This Is The Sky That I See, Gavin T. Mckenzie

Senior Projects Spring 2022

This is the sky that I see, a Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College, reflects the power we hold in defining and redefining spaces, and how ordinary places can be reimagined for the Othered body. I produced this show to allow the characters to shape and decide their worlds, centering on their relationships and feelings. This is the sky that I see establishes a completely queer world that centers Queer joy and friendship.


Directing Whitewashed And Dismantling Hierarchy, Dmitri Ades-Laurent Jan 2021

Directing Whitewashed And Dismantling Hierarchy, Dmitri Ades-Laurent

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


...And Other Drugs I Haven't Told You About, Tatyana M. Rozetta Jan 2021

...And Other Drugs I Haven't Told You About, Tatyana M. Rozetta

Senior Projects Spring 2021

...and other drugs i haven't told you about is an exploration of friendships, family, and the self while blurring the line between the past and the present. Although it is very specific to my own life and stories from my past, it manages to constantly hold a mirror to the audience leaving them feeling full and nostalgic for a time they may have never known.


Exertion (And What Follows), Joshua Charles Barnes Jan 2021

Exertion (And What Follows), Joshua Charles Barnes

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Where do I even begin to discuss my process? As with all things artistic, it comes from experiences deep within, that manifest themselves over time. So, Exertion was several years, if not a lifetime, in the making. I had always been an anxious child all my life, but my experiences with mental illness didn’t truly begin until my freshman year of high school. From then on, it was a constant mixture of depression, anxiety, and obsessive thoughts, and how to navigate through adolescence with these in mind. They have become severe a couple of times, but fortunately I was able …


Give Daddy A Sprinkle Of Peppa: The Untold Truth Of Peppa Pig, Avis Macguffie Zane Jan 2021

Give Daddy A Sprinkle Of Peppa: The Untold Truth Of Peppa Pig, Avis Macguffie Zane

Senior Projects Spring 2021

In 1996, six-year-old JonBenèt Ramsey was found strangled to death by a garrot in her family’s Tudor-style mansion. Though suspicion followed the family for years, a perpetrator was never charged. After years of developing DNA sequencing, advanced crime technology, and the relentless court of public opinion that is social media, one might assume that a crime like this could never be covered up in modern day. However in 2020, Peppa Pig was pronounced dead under similarly suspicious circumstances. Her family was exonerated by the Scotland Yard, and yet their story is riddled with inconsistencies. For my senior project, I wrote …


This Is The Knot In My Stomach, Macey Clarice Downs Jan 2020

This Is The Knot In My Stomach, Macey Clarice Downs

Senior Projects Spring 2020

This is a story about two young women who think they will be friends forever. They learn that forever comes and goes in the blink of an eye. They are not particularly exceptional--they don't shatter any glass ceilings, they make silly mistakes, they never know what to wear to school tomorrow. But we get to watch them do the most exceptional thing any of us will ever do: grow.


Movie Macabre, Brigid Shannon Pfeifer Jan 2020

Movie Macabre, Brigid Shannon Pfeifer

Senior Projects Spring 2020

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Our Grandparents/旧识, Yibin Wang Jan 2020

Our Grandparents/旧识, Yibin Wang

Senior Projects Spring 2020

A Theater and Performance senior project centering on the question of "how can we be more connected to our grandparents through playing them in front of a camera on stage?" Through exploring this question, the actor would present real stories about their grandparents on stage.


Times Strikes Back, Nirobi Shakan Coleman Jan 2020

Times Strikes Back, Nirobi Shakan Coleman

Senior Projects Fall 2020

Senior Project submitted to the Division of Arts of Bard College


Baby Snooks And Daddy: A Little Gal's Journey To Joy And Jell-O, Sofia Luella France Jan 2019

Baby Snooks And Daddy: A Little Gal's Journey To Joy And Jell-O, Sofia Luella France

Senior Projects Spring 2019

A little girl in pursuit of Jell-O can do anything! In this Theater and Performance project Baby Snooks just wants a happy, gelatinous Halloween, but will Daddy’s petty pranks get in the way? Worry not, Baby Snooks saves the spooky day, and finds herself along the way. Come on pumpkin heads! It’s time for a treat!


They-See-(Desi)-Mac-N-Cheese: A Conversation To Make The Invisible Visible, Satwik Srikrishnan Jan 2017

They-See-(Desi)-Mac-N-Cheese: A Conversation To Make The Invisible Visible, Satwik Srikrishnan

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Maids: A Resurrection Of Forgotten Women, Isabel Catherine Bennett Jan 2017

Maids: A Resurrection Of Forgotten Women, Isabel Catherine Bennett

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Can We Keep It? - A Multimedia Exploration Of Sleepover Culture, Anya Simon Kopischke Jan 2017

Can We Keep It? - A Multimedia Exploration Of Sleepover Culture, Anya Simon Kopischke

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


They-See-(Desi)-Mac-N-Cheese, Emily Parks Claypoole Jan 2017

They-See-(Desi)-Mac-N-Cheese, Emily Parks Claypoole

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


The River Of Blood: An Analysis Of The Process And Production Of Fury And The Senior Theater Festival Inferno, Aleah Willa Black Jan 2016

The River Of Blood: An Analysis Of The Process And Production Of Fury And The Senior Theater Festival Inferno, Aleah Willa Black

Senior Projects Spring 2016

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Limbo Limbo Limbo, Lauren Nicole D'Ottavio Jan 2016

Limbo Limbo Limbo, Lauren Nicole D'Ottavio

Senior Projects Spring 2016

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.