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Palestine Without Borders: A Study Of Arab And Western Voices In Theater, Bassem Mohsen Ahmed El-Sayed Ahmed Ibrahim
Palestine Without Borders: A Study Of Arab And Western Voices In Theater, Bassem Mohsen Ahmed El-Sayed Ahmed Ibrahim
Theses and Dissertations
Theater has always been perceived as a way to link different cultures together and bring them under one large domain. Regardless, the genre does not give the needed attention to works written in certain regions that may otherwise fall outside the consensus. One good example is Palestine and any works that deal with it as a setting. The first thing that comes to mind whenever the word “Palestine” is brought up is almost always of a political nature, having to do with the Palestinians’ national conflict with Israel. This thesis undertakes to amend this by probing into plays written by …
I Could Never, Chad Kaydo
I Could Never, Chad Kaydo
Theses and Dissertations
Isn’t it horrible? What she did? Can you even *imagine* doing that? Three women reckon with the dark myths we tell ourselves…while their husbands golf.
Zeus Iv, Lauren Holmes
Zeus Iv, Lauren Holmes
Theses and Dissertations
How do you survive a pandemic? When you’re trapped inside for weeks? When society’s rules are revealed as largely arbitrary?
You get a dog and bring it to the park.
This play is about a group of devoted dog owners in Boston who stumble on an unexpected community. It's a dog park ballet about the close care of strangers.
Riverside Drive, Phillip C. Smith
Riverside Drive, Phillip C. Smith
Theses and Dissertations
RIVERSIDE DRIVE: Eugene, a mild-mannered librarian by day and a foul-mouthed comedian by night, uncovers the hidden legacy of his family’s Harlem home which forces him to transform his life.
Edward & Sons: An Improvised Opera, Ian Robles
Edward & Sons: An Improvised Opera, Ian Robles
Theses and Dissertations
A hurricane is coming, but at Edward & Sons Hardware and Plumbing the shelves are bare, the gringo debt collectors are calling and the owners is getting high in the back room. An improvised opera about the demise of the very last family-owned hardware store in Puerto Rico.
Walk Away, Anna May, Kim Diana Ly
Walk Away, Anna May, Kim Diana Ly
Theses and Dissertations
Remember how Anna May Wong was passed over for white actors in yellowface? An emerging Asian American screenwriter moves on a kaleidoscopic journey through the entertainment industry -- from Kabuki to Crazy Rich Asians -- in order to understand why she's even trying to make it in Hollywood.
Grendel's Mother, Zoe M. Lasden-Lyman
Grendel's Mother, Zoe M. Lasden-Lyman
Theses and Dissertations
She helps all the humans and animals in her building. Then why won't she answer this strange, new knocking at her apartment door? A bizarre thriller about the world right now... and about cats.
Bells Like Hooves, Elizabeth Mixter
Bells Like Hooves, Elizabeth Mixter
Theses and Dissertations
BELLS LIKE HOOVES is an exploration of grief and love. This play wrestles with what it feels like when someone disappears, or “ghosts”, and the complexities of survivorship. The play delves into what it means to be the one who’s left behind, our need for stories, and the limits of language.
Ruth And Lydia: The Last Scenes Of The Last Act Of A Very Long Play, In No Particular Order, Jamie Rubenstein
Ruth And Lydia: The Last Scenes Of The Last Act Of A Very Long Play, In No Particular Order, Jamie Rubenstein
Theses and Dissertations
Ruth and Lydia spend their last years/months/weeks/days/minutes at the Brandywine Retirement Community in this time-bending, kaleidoscopic play about the sublime beauty of being alive.
Somebody Is Looking Back At Me, Jesse Jae Hoon
Somebody Is Looking Back At Me, Jesse Jae Hoon
Theses and Dissertations
Somebody is Looking Back At Me, a new play by Jesse Jae Hoon, is a time-jumping fever dream satire following bestselling Asian American author Olivia, who returns to a gentrifying Chinatown. As her new successful friends transform the neighborhood, she must confront the district’s troubled past and her own allegiances.
Hard Places, Garrett Zuercher
Hard Places, Garrett Zuercher
Theses and Dissertations
In rehab, Deaf alcoholic Tip endures an inane system of rules, a revolving door of inept interpreters, and terrible coffee, but he also finds a glimmer of human kindness on the perilous and lonely journey to sobriety.
Dungeons And Devised Theatre: A Study Of Tabletop Gaming And Its Application In Playwriting And Character Development, Sabrina E. Becker
Dungeons And Devised Theatre: A Study Of Tabletop Gaming And Its Application In Playwriting And Character Development, Sabrina E. Becker
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an exploration of the connections and application of tabletop gaming in theatre. It looks at the initial process that was used in devising a play from tabletop gaming and also the applications of using tabletop gaming to further character development. This paper serves as a journal of first-hand accounts and interviews during this process so you may be inspired to build your own process either based in what you read here or discovering your own. There is a sample excerpt of the play to show what can be accomplished as well as other artistic works that came …
Homesick, Or Sacred Heterosexual Spaces, Ryan A. Drake
Homesick, Or Sacred Heterosexual Spaces, Ryan A. Drake
Theses and Dissertations
A dark satire about a young queer man who comes home under mysterious circumstances to find that he's been replaced by someone who looks just like him. He starts having dreams that his family is trying to kill him...but are they dreams?
Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams, Ella Boureau
Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams Clams, Ella Boureau
Theses and Dissertations
CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS CLAMS is a multilingual retrofuturist couscous western starring two eco-militant sisters living on a polluted Mediterranean beach.
Surrogate Memories In Animation And Sound, Jared Duesterhaus
Surrogate Memories In Animation And Sound, Jared Duesterhaus
Theses and Dissertations
A document in support of my exploration into memory in relation to the mediums of animation, sound, and theater. A reflection on remembering as a creative act.
One-Third Of A Nation, The Second Amendment, A Living Newspaper Play, Linda Ann Watt
One-Third Of A Nation, The Second Amendment, A Living Newspaper Play, Linda Ann Watt
Theses and Dissertations
One-Third of a Nation, the Second Amendment, a Living Newspaper Play
Thesis By Linda Ann Watt for a MFA Degree in Theatre Pedagogy
Documentary theatre, including living newspapers and verbatim theatre, use socio-political commentary at critical moments in history to disseminate facts and offer ideological critique dramatizing the crisis through the lens of emotion, which can incite societal change. This thesis explores this didactic medium with a written play about the second Amendment and gun violence.
The Three Year Clock, Sam Roeck
The Three Year Clock, Sam Roeck
Theses and Dissertations
Roeck: I mean, it’s “a” future. It’s like half what I want to be and half completely not what I want. I didn’t want to create a future that I was entirely excited about because I’m not actually that excited about the future. It looks pretty fucking grim.