The Merchant Of Venice At Umass: An Exploration In Collaboration And Representation, 2015 University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Merchant Of Venice At Umass: An Exploration In Collaboration And Representation, Elizabeth L. Pangburn
Masters Theses
Through an analysis of the details of The Merchant of Venice, I will show that a costume design which only satisfies the basic role of articulating the relationships, status, time and place, etc of the play but has no point of view regarding that text’s inherent assumptions will always support, rather than subvert, any problematic issues present therein. Secondly, I will show that without tandem movement from the creative team, no rehabilitation or subversion is possible.
Panic At The Drive-In: Affordance, Moral Panic, And Drive-In Theatres, 2015 Wilfrid Laurier University
Panic At The Drive-In: Affordance, Moral Panic, And Drive-In Theatres, Maria Chatzifilalithis
Laurier Undergraduate Journal of the Arts
No abstract provided.
Spirited Pioneer: The Life Of Emma Hardinge Britten, 2015 Florida International University
Spirited Pioneer: The Life Of Emma Hardinge Britten, Lisa A. Howe
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Emma Hardinge Britten’s life encompassed and reflected many of the challenges and opportunities afforded to women in the Victorian world. This dissertation explores the multi-layered Victorian landscape through the life of an individual in order not only to tell her individual story, but also to gain a more nuanced understanding of how nineteenth-century norms of gender, class, religion, science and politics combined to create opportunities and obstacles for women in Britten’s generation. Britten was an actor, a musician, a writer, a theologian, a political activist, a magazine publisher, a spirit medium, a lecturer, and a Spiritualist missionary. Taking into account …
Eurydice, 2015 Chapman University
Eurydice
Theatre Programs
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Theresa Robbins Dudeck
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.
Waltmar Theatre
7:30 p.m. - November 12, 13 & 14
2 p.m. - November 14 & 15
To view photos from this production of Eurydice, please …
Machinal, 2015 Augustana College - Rock Island
Machinal, Jennifer Popple
2010-2019: All Shows
The play's title means "automatic" or "mechanical" in French and is based loosely on the murder trial of Ruth Snyder and her lover, Judd Gray, who together murdered Snyder's husband. Convicted of murdering her husband, Snyder later received the electric chair. A woman's role during this era in history is confined and regimented to wife, mother, housekeeper, and sexual partner. Love is considered unnecessary, and thus many women are trapped in their dependent status, living a hellish life in a loveless marriage. The relationship between Helen Jones and her husband, George H. Jones, is no different. However, when a man …
Stargate Theatre Company: Engaging Justice-Involved Youth In Creativity And Growth, 2015 CUNY John Jay College
Stargate Theatre Company: Engaging Justice-Involved Youth In Creativity And Growth, Jeffrey A. Butts, Martha Wade Steketee
Publications and Research
This report provides a possible starting point for an evaluation of The Stargate Theater company. The Stargate Theater Company, embedded in the resources, expertise, and artistry of the Manhattan Theatre Club Education Program, recruits its members, 10-15 males, from youth services agencies for a seven-week summer arts program. Members of the program write raw materials which become performable text and perform the work with the help of professional theater artists. The writer-performers work for pay and ultimately perform their own words about their life experiences. The program aims to be a paid job and a work readiness training program, a …
The Fight Master, Fall 2015, Vol. 37 Issue 2, 2015 Marshall University
The Fight Master, Fall 2015, Vol. 37 Issue 2, The Society Of American Fight Directors
Fight Master Magazine
No abstract provided.
Father Of The Bride, 2015 Director
Father Of The Bride, Rebecca M. Baker, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps, Diane C. Merchant
Theatre Productions
Father of the Bride, a romantic comedy set in the ‘50s, was later made into a movie with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. It all starts when Stanley Banks first hears that his daughter, Kay, is engaged. Everyone else is happy—they like Kay’s football-playing fiancé—but the news is a shock to Stanley. He struggles not only with the chaos of a growing guest list, and florists and furniture movers taking over the house, but with the realization that his little girl has grown up.
Rent, 2015 Chapman University
Rent
Theatre Programs
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson; loosely based on Puccini’s La Bohème
Directed by Matthew McCray
Music Direction by Diane King Vann
Impoverished young artists and musicians struggle to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with …
Pinocchio Commedia, 2015 Augustana College
Pinocchio Commedia, Jackie Wynes Mccall
2010-2019: All Shows
This Harlequinade version of Pinocchio is one of his theatre’s most successful productions. Simons uses the original Italian commedia names, such as Arlecchino, who later became the French Harlequin. The name “Pinocchio” may be spoken with its Italian pronunciation as pee-no-kee-o. In true commedia fashion, this wild and uninhibited play begins with a troupe of strolling players exploding into the theatre with their noisy props and crude scenery. Arlecchino plays a Cricket; Pantalone plays Geppetto; Razullo, a fox; Beltrama, a cat; Pulcinella, the wicked puppet master; Pedrolina, a donkey and a fool; Columbina, a spirit and Pinocchio plays himself. The …
Review: 'The Philosophical Aesthetics Of Dance: Identity, Performance, And Understanding', 2015 University of Dayton
Review: 'The Philosophical Aesthetics Of Dance: Identity, Performance, And Understanding', Aili W. Bresnahan
Aili Bresnahan
Graham McFee is one of the few philosophers who can be credited with helping to pioneer and forge a path for dance as a fine art in the field of analytic aesthetics. His 1992 book, Understanding Dance, following Francis Sparshott’s 1988 book Off the Ground: First Steps to a Philosophical Consideration of the Dance, was a significant introductory step toward situating dance in a field that has traditionally focused primarily and nearly exclusively on painting, sculpture, literature, and (more recently) music.
In general dance has not been taken seriously as a legitimate art form by the philosophic academy; indeed, it …
Through A Wheat Field; To A Pond, 2015 Guildhall School of Music & Drama
An Evaluation Of The Lighting Design Process And Composition For "A New Brain" By William Finn, 2015 University of Massachusetts Amherst
An Evaluation Of The Lighting Design Process And Composition For "A New Brain" By William Finn, James Horban
Masters Theses
The following pages will explore and evaluate the process and composition of my lighting design for the musical A New Brain produced by the UMass Amherst Theater Department in November 2014. This analysis will begin with an overall assessment of my lighting-design work and working methods throughout my career up to this production in order to identify the areas of personal growth that were focal points for this production. A reflection upon the design, collaborative, and technical process, and how the lessons learned from these processes apply to my career goal as an educator of theatrical design, will round out …
A Lighting Design Concept For The Lighting For William Shakespeare's: The Merchant Of Venice, 2015 University of Massachusetts Amherst
A Lighting Design Concept For The Lighting For William Shakespeare's: The Merchant Of Venice, Michael Blagys
Masters Theses
I designed the lighting for William Shakespeare's complex piece, The Merchant of Venice, which was produced by the UMass Amherst Theater Department. In this thesis paper, I will discuss the creative process from start to finish, including relevant lighting paperwork and production photographs.
"To The World, Or Rather To Those Who Are Left” A Director’S Journey Into Ionesco’S The Chairs, 2015 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
"To The World, Or Rather To Those Who Are Left” A Director’S Journey Into Ionesco’S The Chairs, Kholoud Sawaf
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The following is a journal documenting my process directing Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs at the University of Arkansas in Spring 2015. The chapters include the script selection process, casting, analysis, design process, rehearsal process, and production evaluation.
Radio Interview On My Life And Career Focusing Esp. On My New Post As Director Of Education And Culture For The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, 2015 Loyola Marymount University
Radio Interview On My Life And Career Focusing Esp. On My New Post As Director Of Education And Culture For The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, Katerina Zacharia
Katerina Zacharia
No abstract provided.
Mourning Wave: Grieving The Loss Of The Natural Environment, 2015 University of Washington - Tacoma Campus
Mourning Wave: Grieving The Loss Of The Natural Environment, Kayla Stewart
MAIS Projects and Theses
Informed and inspired by the sudden passing of my uncle, Mourning Wave is a physical manifestation of my own experience with grief as it relates to the natural environment. My own personal grief opened the door to experiencing collective grief. Constructed as a wave-shaped altar composed of discarded plastic, Mourning Wave aims to highlight the role of oceanic plastic debris in relation to the damage being done to the environment by humans. The wave is painted black, a traditional color of mourning. Colorful discarded plastic lies within the crest of the wave. This debris was collected several times as a …
Through A Glass Darkly: Defining Love In A Nation Of Tolerance, 2015 Liberty University
Through A Glass Darkly: Defining Love In A Nation Of Tolerance, Jonathan T. Hogue
Senior Honors Theses
This paper features an original one-act drama Through a Glass Darkly and analyzes its constructs and themes. The play, written in the contemporary style, depicts the tension between homosexuals and Christians in American culture through emphasizing the contrasting interpretations of love between both communities. It tells the story of Ben, a young gay man struggling to find fulfillment, whose new-found friendship with a Christian named Adam causes him to reevaluate his understanding of love. The play explores the variations of love in an attempt to not only answer what love truly means, but rather what form of love carries the …
She's Right On Time: Dorothy Love Coates And The Transformation Of Gospel Music In The Service Of The Civil Rights Movements, 2015 Skidmore College
She's Right On Time: Dorothy Love Coates And The Transformation Of Gospel Music In The Service Of The Civil Rights Movements, Randal Fippinger
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
Dorothy Love Coates' obituary in the New York Times declared that she provided "a subtle but substantial role in the civil rights movement" ("Dorothy Love Coates"). While widely acknowledged, this fact has scant documentation in the major literature on gospel music. I will examine how the efforts of gospel singer and civil rights activist Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002) worked as a catalyst to activate modern gospel music to support the American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and early 1960s. I will argue that Dorothy Love Coates acted as a vital link in the development of gospel music, taking it …
"Debate: Millennials Don't Stand A Chance" Devised, Documentary And Immersive Theatre: The Story Of Everymillennial, 2015 James Madison University
"Debate: Millennials Don't Stand A Chance" Devised, Documentary And Immersive Theatre: The Story Of Everymillennial, Sean R. Byrne
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
This thesis aims to discover how communitas can be created through theatrical performances by blurring the line between audience and performer as well as performer and character. The topic of the Millennial generation is used as a thematic element in performance to emphasize the creation of community. A theatrical form will be introduced, called the “Living Biography:” a method of devising based on devising, documentary, and immersive theatre. This form will be shown as one possible option in creating communitas in a performance. While other forms of audience inclusion are frequently used, it will be argued that the “Living Biography” …