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The Wow Factor: Lesbian Representation And Impact In Late-20th Century Theatre, Brenna L. Maginness

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The intent of this thesis is to investigate the influence of 1980's and 1990's lesbian playwrights on modern queer representation in theatre. By analyzing the successful works of troupes and artists born out of the Women's One World (WOW) Café, it became apparent that the greatest changes in lesbian portrayal on stage came from queer and feminist authorship. Additionally, WOW Café became the common denominator in the success of many lesbian playwrights due to the freedom it gave its writers and performers. As an independent theatre, WOW allowed its members to experiment with few rules, and offered a stage to …

Mobilizing Jewishness, Gabriella Foster

Honors Theses

As a dance practitioner and self-identified Jew, I am deeply committed to social action through performance. Over the course of the past year, I explored the capacity of contemporary dance practices to support Jews in reflecting on and conceptualizing their Jewish experience. Through literary and creative research, the designing and facilitating of movement workshops in mid-Maine Jewish communities, and the creation of an evening-length performance piece titled, Shelanu (Ours), I discovered the numerous ways in which these two aspects of my identity could enrich one another. In the wake of several anti-Semitic incidents both nationally and locally this year, this …

Dramatic Themes: Active Learning And Thematic Teaching In The Theatre History Classroom, Brandon Lareau

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores major texts dealing with pedagogical theory and active learning in the context of a theatre history class. By comparing a class which is taught in the traditional, chronological format relying heavily on lectures to a class taught in a newer, thematic format utilizing active learning the thesis defines what student-centered learning means. Active learning, its benefits, and its implementation are explained and explored, along with the advantages and benefits of teaching thematically instead of chronologically. All of this is applied to a theatre history class in the resulting syllabus in chapter three. The syllabus creates a curriculum …

“The Ground On Which I Stand” Healing Queer Trauma Through Performance: Crafting A Solo Performance Through The Investigation Of Ritual Poetic Drama Within The African Continuum, Ashley W. Grantham

Theses and Dissertations

“The Ground On Which I Stand”

Healing Queer Trauma through Performance:

Crafting a Solo Performance through the investigation of Ritual Poetic Drama within the African Continuum.

By: Ashley W. Grantham

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Performance Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

April 16^th, 2019

Thesis Adjudicator: Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates

Committee: Dr. Keith Byron Kirk, Director of Graduate Studies and Karen Kopryanski, Head of Voice and Speech

How does this method of Ritual Poetic Drama within the African Continuum, by extension, solo performance, …

Ua68/6/2/5 Potter College Of Arts & Letters English Student Organizations Dramatics Club, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records of the Dramatics Club.

Ua12/2/57 Class Of 1934, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1934.

Ua12/2/58 Class Of 1941, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1941.

Ua12/2/55 Class Of 1931, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1931.

Ua12/2/46 Class Of 1917, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1917.

Ua12/2/44 Class Of 1915, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1915.

Ua12/2/48 Class Of 1921, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1921.

Ua12/2/50 Class Of 1923, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1923.

Ua12/2/45 Class Of 1916, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1916.

Ua12/2/53 Class Of 1928, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1928.

Ua12/2/43 Class Of 1914, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1914.

Ua12/2/51 Class Of 1924, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1924.

Ua12/2/47 Class Of 1919, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1919.

Direction Of The Musical: The Drowsy Chaperone, Jed Broberg

All Graduate Projects

This project encompasses the selection, research, casting, production, and post-production process of the musical, The Drowsy Chaperone for Ogden High School's Theatre Arts Department. Documentation includes analysis of the play as a production vehicle for our program, research, script analysis, a record of the production period and a post-production evaluation.

The Scenic Design Of Bye Bye Birdie, Erin Wegleitner

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This paper is a complete description of the set design process for the 2018 production of Bye Bye Birdie, as designed by Erin Wegleitner. The submission of this document will serve to meet partial fulfillment of Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. The content of this thesis will detail the preproduction analysis, historical and critical analysis, process, post-production analysis and review of artistic development. Within those chapters, all aspects of the set design are considered from the first concept to completed project. To support the paper appendices works cited and works consulted are included.

Encuentro Con La Precariedad: La Reaparición Del Gitano En El Cine Documental Español De La Crisis De 2008, María Julia De León Hernández

Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies

In 2008, Spain’s financial crisis had a great impact on the primary sector on which the nation’s ‘economic miracle’ was founded: housing.Land speculation, the increase in housing construction, and easy loans had become one of the hallmarks of twenty-first-century Spanish identity. The crisis del ladrillo (“brick crisis”) plunged the national economy into chaos and condemned many Spanish citizens to job insecurity, loss of earning power, threat of eviction, and put them at high risk of social marginalization. This dissertation studies the unusual proliferation of documentary films during the years surrounding this economic downturn about the ghettoization of the Spanish Gypsy …