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Poor Relations: An Original Play By Robert Flaherty Hart, Robert Flaherty Hart
Poor Relations: An Original Play By Robert Flaherty Hart, Robert Flaherty Hart
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The goal of this dissertation is to present my play, Poor Relations, to my thesis committee and discuss both the process of bringing it to the stage and the results of that process.
The dissertation opens with a narrative essay detailing the process of writing Poor Relations and bringing it to the stage in a full production. It discusses my initial idea for the play, the original draft and changes made after input from those at informal readings. It pays particular attention to the changes that were made during the rehearsal process for the full production.
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Fragmenting Kill/Shot, Rachel Washington
Fragmenting Kill/Shot, Rachel Washington
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In "Fragmenting Kill/Shot", I will explore how my play Kill/Shot changed over the course of the rehearsal and production process. I will explain and defend stylistic choices I made for this play, including how the others on the production team interpreted those stylistic choices. Finally, I will explore how changes to the script can help protect the play from being misinterpreted in the future.