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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.

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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.

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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.

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...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.

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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