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Black Expressions Of Dillard University: How One Historically Black College Pioneered African American Arts, Makenzee Brown May 2020

Black Expressions Of Dillard University: How One Historically Black College Pioneered African American Arts, Makenzee Brown

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The proposed public history project, Within These Walls (WTW), will be one component of a larger exhibit produced by Dillard University’s, Library Archives and Special Collections entitled The Star Burns Bright: History of Dillard’s Theatrical and Musical Arts, Faculty and Students. WTW will focus on Dillard’s historic African American faculty, students and alumni who became prominent painters, musicians, writers, actors and directors among them Adella Gautier, Randolph Edmonds, Ted Shine Frederick Hall, Theodore Gilliam, and Brenda Osbey. This exhibit will also highlight the many art programs, across genres, offered at the university between 1935 and 1970. This exhibit will demonstrate …


Do We Make A Sound? An American Morality Play, Bennett A. Kirschner May 2019

Do We Make A Sound? An American Morality Play, Bennett A. Kirschner

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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Defending Eulalie, Mimi Ayers Dec 2018

Defending Eulalie, Mimi Ayers

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Night Launch, Cavan Hallman May 2017

Night Launch, Cavan Hallman

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Across The Great Divides: An Exploratory Tryptich, Andrew Vaught Dec 2016

Across The Great Divides: An Exploratory Tryptich, Andrew Vaught

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


894, Kathleen A. Bailey Dec 2015

894, Kathleen A. Bailey

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Becoming Number Six, Ross Peter Nelson May 2015

Becoming Number Six, Ross Peter Nelson

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Becoming Number Six is an original dramatic work: Stephanie Dylar is disturbed when two shadowy figures claiming to be intelligence agents appear on her doorstep. The agents, Lovelace and Babbage, represent a government branch known as The Division, and inform her that her son Jeremy may be involved in illegal computer activity. When Jeremy subsequently goes missing, Stephanie turns to her friend Julia for help, and is confronted with the realities of constant surveillance as Julia brings the hacking group Incognito into the mix.


Through The Eyes Of The Homeless, Aisha M. Soto Dec 2014

Through The Eyes Of The Homeless, Aisha M. Soto

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

When reviewing the entire project from start to completion, I can honestly say, Through the Eyes of the Homeless is a play about ten women and their plight. It illustrates their dealings with everyday issues of hurt, disappointment, abuse, love, and hope. I believe the true impact of this play is the undeniable prayer for help and hope within each monologue. Despite the horrors that are unveiled and released through hidden secrets, the undertone of betterment is truly resonating. My own expectation for this play is simply to strike awareness and understanding in the eyes of the people. It is …


Choose Your Own Oz, Tommy R. Jamerson Ii Dec 2014

Choose Your Own Oz, Tommy R. Jamerson Ii

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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The Snow Globe, Sara Crawford Dec 2012

The Snow Globe, Sara Crawford

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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A Long Low Whistle In The Distance, Blair C. Runion Dec 2011

A Long Low Whistle In The Distance, Blair C. Runion

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Erin is returning to her childhood home on a Native reservation in New Mexico. She hopes to see her father one more time before he dies, but she has other motives as well. Her relationships with her family, and with her lover Maddie come under pressure through this change in her life. Between the looming dream of reuniting with her father, and coming to terms with the new stage in her life Erin is learning how to accept herself and others.


Prodigal, Jonathan R. White Dec 2011

Prodigal, Jonathan R. White

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Following a similar pattern of the classic Biblical story of “The Prodigal Son”, the play allows for a modernization of the characters and setting. Set in 1968, the playwright takes a look at what happened after the “Prodigal Son” returned home as well as the effect the return had upon the Son that stayed as well as the Father. How can family relationships survive in the midst of lies and turmoil of a time of great change in America’s history.


The Young Lady's Consent, Christopher O. Kidder Dec 2007

The Young Lady's Consent, Christopher O. Kidder

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This play is a translation and adaptation of a Spanish play originally written in 1806 by Leandro Fernández de Moratín, El sí de las niñas. Because that play was not available to English-speaking actors, I translated the work directly from the original Spanish. The resulting manuscript was not the finished product of this play, however. Through a series of workshops with actors trained in a physical method of theatre I devised in order to modernize classic works to a more modern audience's tastes, the script morphed and grew into the play that follows.