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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde, March 4-6, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Written by Moises Kaufman

March 4-6, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Online presentation, live stream via Zoom

Old Maid And The Thief; Gallantry, April 8, 2021, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

The School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music present:

Gallantry, written by Arnold Sundgaard; book, music, and lyrics by Douglas Moore

Old Maid and the Thief, written by Gian Carlo Menotti

April 30, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Presented on WGLT Radio

Stage Manager And Director For Julius Caesar, University Of North Florida

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

Stage Manager and Director for UNF's production of Julius Caesar

Chimeric Ideals, Carter Hoffer

Honors Thesis

What comes next and how do you move on from something that seems all-encompassing? These are just a couple of the questions author Carter Hoffer asks within his original play, Chimeric Ideals. Inspired by a nation rife with gun violence and no plan to reign it in, Chimeric Ideals follows the story of Percy, Adam, Jed, and Henry immediately after the most traumatic experience of their young lives, exploring the difficulty of healing in a world where mental health is a taboo subject, and its' sufferers sometimes refuse to admit to even having a problem. Originally conceived as a …

Life In Quarantine Poem, Oluchi Nwokocha

All Assignment Prompts

No abstract provided.

This New Colossus, Sean M. Ardor

Theses and Dissertations

This New Colossus was an original work of theater which I conceived, wrote, designed, directed, and performed four times over three consecutive evenings in mid-November 2019 at the Center for Performance Experiment in Columbia, South Carolina (A video recording of this performance is included in my thesis submission). This New Colossus tells the a story of an unnamed Grandfather and his Grandson struggling against a fictional communist government of the United States during its rise in the 1930's and its fall in the 1970's. The work was inspired by the lives of 20th century leftist revolutionaries, the poetry of Walt …

Failure And The Amiable Lie, Timothy Giles

Theses and Dissertations

This document details the creation and execution of my solo theatrical piece The Man and the Demon. The first chapter serves as an exploration of how the show was conceived, created, rehearsed, and presented before an audience. In the second chapter, I detail why this piece resists traditional standardization for the purpose of repetition. Through both chapters I investigate the intimacy and immediacy of theatre, the benefits of risk, the essence of storytelling, and the usefulness of theatre’s “amiable lie.”

Julius Caesar's Director, Stage Manager, And Dramaturge Team, University Of North Florida

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

UNF's Production of Julius Caesar's director, stage manager, and dramaturge team

A Still From Julius Caesar Act Ii, University Of North Florida

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

UNF's Production of Julius Caesar at MOCA Jacksonville.

Full Company Of Unf's Production Of Julius Caesar, University Of North Florida

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

Full cast and crew pose for a picture in Rome, Florida Farmer's Market

Final Script: Julius Caesar, University Of North Florida, William Shakespeare

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

Final Script of UNF's production of Julius Caesar. Updated on January 25,2021

Julius Caesar: Director Team, University Of North Florida

UNF Shakespeare - Julius Caesar

UNF's Production of Julius Caesar at MOCA Jacksonville, Director team

Spring Dance Concert (April 29-30, 2021), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

Program for the Spring Dance Concert (April 29-30, 2021).

Urinetown: The Musical (April 8-10, 2021), Greg Kotis, Mark Holloman

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Urinetown: The Musical (April 8-10, 2021).

To view the photos from this production of Urinetown: The Musical, please click here.

An Ongoing Legacy

DePaul Magazine

Theatre producer Dennis Grimaldi, who attended Chicago's Goodman School of Drama--now The Theatre School at DePaul--recounts the people who helped lay the groundwork for his career success and his desire to ensure the Goodman legacy continues by establishing the Dennis Grimaldi Endowed Scholarship for theatre students.

Step By Step, Iuliia Khamidullina

Theses and Dissertations

STEP BY STEP is a new work of theatre written and performed by me, Iuliia Khamidullina. This script is the one in which I appeared in four performances at the Center of Performance Experiment, within the Department of Theatre and Dance at USC. It tells the story of how a beloved daughter learns to become an artist, even as life’s difficulties are thrown in her way. And it examines her teachers, and most particularly her father. It asks the question: who are Siberian men? What makes them unique? And it examines how this daughter learns from her father’s courage and …

Sonnets In Viral Times, Sarah Kate Anderson

All Assignment Prompts

To illuminate our personal experiences during this time of sheltering-in, we will continue our investigation of sonnets as performance texts by writing and acting in our own creations. Held by the structure of the verse, we will create and perform sonnets that communicate our thoughts and feelings about life, loss, survival, resilience, and love during these unprecedented times. We will continue to lend our voices to the verse with specific concentration on embodiment, clarity, personal connection, and the merging of the emotional and intellectual through-line. This collaborative assignment has two parts: a creative writing component, and a skilled performance component.

The Psychology Of Dance Medicine: Self-Perception Of Dancers, Karina Desai

Senior Theses

Derived from sports medicine, dance medicine is a subcategory that focuses on the health and well-being of dancers on a scientific and medical level. Dancers are considered “elite” athletes and artists, which requires this specific niche of medicine to study the injuries and other health-related issues that develop as a result of dancers’ unique movement. Studies show that in addition to physical injuries, dancers are also susceptible to mental health issues. There are many factors of the dance environment, such as the instructor, peers, and mirrors, that alter the self-perception of dancers. Due to dancers being required to train in …

Land Goddesses, Divine Pigs, And Royal Tricksters: Subversive Mythologies And Imperialist Land Ownership Dispossession In Twentieth Century Irish And American Literature, Elizabeth Ricketts

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Land ownership dispossession is a key feature in establishing imperial hegemonies. In the colonial context, limiting access to land concentrates wealth, power, and influence in the hands of a small colonial or neocolonial elite, excluding others from financial independence, accumulation of generational wealth, political representation, and a stable living situation. British imperial activities spanned multiple continents, engaging similar patterns of dispossessing the native population from their land, language, and cultures. In this endeavor, culture and literature in particular, as Edward Said points out in Culture and Imperialism, have been complicit in inculcating imperial ideologies and justifying territorial occupation. As Said …

Seven Phases Of The Moon, Muhammed Can Yasar

Theses and Dissertations

While studying for my MFA in Theatre, with a concentration in acting at the University of South Carolina, I was asked to write a solo show. I wanted to write about all the lives inside of me. As a Turkish Muslim man who lives in the United States, I lived so many lives, I met many people and seen many places. It made me who I am today, and writing became part of me forever. Creating a solo show was the most eye-opening learning experience. It changed my perspective towards my art, theatre. It helped me spotlight people, philosophy and …