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Ensemble Rehearsal Practices: The Evolution And Application Of Rehearsal Technique As Explored In Harold Pinter’S Betrayal, Wilson Kerry Mcgee

Theses and Dissertations

Three years ago, Bonnie Gabel and I started an ensemble theatre company called Night Light Collective (NLC). Our company was inspired by the work of Anne Bogart and the Dah Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. We used many of their techniques and exercises to develop a rehearsal process that would help our ensemble connect to each other as well as contribute to the artistic direction of our productions. In the fall of 2010, I directed Harold Pinter’s Betrayal. I used the rehearsal practices that we developed with NLC and created a few of my own. This thesis documents the evolution of …

The Konami Code: An Experiment In Dialect Pedagogy, Thomas Cunningham

Theses and Dissertations

The Konami Code is a tool for teaching stage dialects that I have been developing for the past three years. I wanted a method that didn’t rely on students’ having a keen ear for phonetics; rather one that offered context for each dialect, and presented individual sound-changes as small parts of an easy way to digest the whole. Most importantly, I wanted a process that was portable: a set series of applications that my students could incorporate easily into their actor’s tool-kit and carry with them into the professional world. The Konami Code incorporates kinesthetic and imaginative elements into the …

Planting: One Director's Approach To Cultivating And Nurturing Within A Female Ensemble, Erin Snyder

Theses and Dissertations

A director, just like a pastry chef, must be delicate. Actors are fragile, fearful human beings. And just like a pie crust requires the perfect balance of water and flour, an actor requires a similar balance in both comfort and companionship. Eryn Snyder worked for three months to create a space where her actors could live freely in the world of the characters. With a cast of four, rehearsals were intimate, demanding, and playful. Theatre requires a director to lay down the sort of soil that encourages growth. It nurtures, it listens, it plays, and it asks questions. A director’s …

Language, Race, And Culture In Porgy And Bess, Madeline J. Baker

Honors Theses

This study considers the cultural history of the story of Porgy and Bess, from its first manifestation as the 1925 novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward, to the 1927 play adaptation, to the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Heyward, a writer from Charleston, South Carolina, based the characters on the Gullah peoples of Charleston and attempted to represent the Gullah creole language they spoke in the dialogue of the novel. The representation of the creole language in the text of the novel, and the way the language changed …

Artmaking On The Edge Of A Cliff: Directing Iphigenia 2.0, Shannon E. Cameron

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work

This thesis contains written documentation regarding the process of directing a theatrical production in fulfillment of the partial requirements for Master of Fine Arts in Directing for Stage and Screen at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Topics addressed include play selection, script analysis, director/designer collaboration, coaching and actors and evaluation of final product.

Advisor:  Virginia Smith

Welcome To The Circus: Finding Ways To Artistically Express The Martial Way, Donzell Lewis

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores various artistic and ritual practices of martial arts in relation to its presentation on stage. As a martial artist and actor I believe there are complementary practices in both crafts interdisciplinary of each other. For a martial artist, the individual’s performance and execution of martial arts techniques can be enhanced through emotional availability and characterization. For the actor, the martial arts can help condition the body physically, mentally and emotionally to create a grounded presence of connectivity to the earth. However, sometimes the martial arts are viewed as a militaristic discipline and not as artistic expression. I …

Ontological Movement In Theater: An Account Of The Preparation And Direction Of The Play Dylan By Sidney Michaels, Aaron Sawyer

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work

This document contains a graduate thesis and follows the creative process behind Aaron Sawyer’s direction of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 2011 theatrical production of the play Dylan by Sidney Michaels. It contains seven sections depicting thesis production from the selection of the material to its completion and final reviews. The introduction establishes the perspectives and experiences that led me to this thesis. The pre-production section is comprised of an analysis of the script as well as research on the time-periods material to the play and its production. The director’s concept portion analyzes the dramatic structures contained within the play, and …

Room 314: A Comedy In Two Acts, Hannah Blough

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis is an original play consisting of two acts. Using the traditional structure and plot constructs of a murder mystery, the thesis also incorporates elements of comedy to create a unique work. A young couple on their honeymoon hears a strange noise from the room next door and attempts to find an explanation. As they search for a satisfactory conclusion, Emma and Peter meet some of the other guests at the hotel, making new friends and encountering new challenges along the way. This thesis attempts to answer the question “can an actor tell a good story with her own …

Spring Dance Concert 2011 Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Providence College Dance Company

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Spring Dance Concert 2011

Student Choreography Showcase

Saturday, April 16 at 8PM

Sunday, April 17 at 2PM

Director: Wendy Oliver

Lighting Designer: Ted Boyce-Smith

Choreographers: Casey Caliendo, Alyssa Catjakis, Kaitlin Elliot, Kelly Mulhern, Jennifer Robinson, Callie Kovack, Kelly Cummings, Stephanie Wong, Brianna Munoz, Lauren Spagnuolo, Grantis Peranda, Donald McKayle, Amy McCormack, Erica Tuccero, Shannon Hoey, Theresa Hurton

Dancers: Alexandra Bartholomew, Taylor Briggs, Alyssa Catjakis, Megan Chisholm, Kelly Cummings, Kathryn Graf, Shannon Hoey, Theresa Hurton, Alexa Kiffel, Callie Kovack, Meaghan Lambert, Jenna Macone, Christina Martinez, …

Spring Dance Concert 2011 Poster, Providence College, Kelly Mulhern

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Providence College Dance Company

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Spring Dance Concert 2011

Student Choreography Showcase

Saturday, April 16 at 8PM

Sunday, April 17 at 2PM

Poster Design: Kelly Mulhern

Passport, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2010-2011 PEAK Explores the Answer: Experiments in Arts & Technology

Have you ever wanted to be in Prune Flat, 1965 Sun, 2007 two places at once? For Robert Whitman such a feat is no sooner imagined than done. Take two sites (66 miles apart) and one artist directing simultaneous performances and you have Whitman on his game, expanding the possibilities of artists’ theater. In a co-performance with the Dia Art Foundation at Beacon, NY, Passport illustrates the “opening ourselves to the world in which we live” scripture handed down by the artists and engineers of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). The components of his novel alchemy—a horse, a forklift, …

Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2434. Letter, 7 April 1891, of English dramatist Sydney Grundy to Richard M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum Company in Boston, Massachusetts, discussing the royalty payment scale for production of his play "Lady Jess."

At The Bus Stop: A Dance Film, Rachel Nadler

Honors Theses

Documents the experience of the author's learning process in creating a dance film.

Gypsy Strike Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Gypsy strike

April 10, 2011

Hogar Sin Luz: Home, Homeland And Personal Space In The Works Of Federico Garcã­A Lorca, Ellen Snell '11

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.

How To Blow Up A Wal-Mart Without Getting Caught And Without Blowing It Up: An Exploration Of Social Protest, Change, And Crime On Stage A, Mike Duffy '11

Honor Scholar Theses

The idea for this play was first hatched in June of 2010. It was summer in Greencastle and with no cable TV and no air-conditioning my roommate and I found the time for many heated, interesting discussions. My roommate was a particularly enterprising individual; his goal was to start a business on the town square, open a convenience store that would tap into Greencastle’s largest market: the DePauw students. Greencastle is a veritable ghost town in the summer. The discussions with my roommate often centered on the topic of this abandonment Greencastle undergoes every May of every year, and the …

Costume Design: The School Of Scandal, Rose Downing

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Choreographic Design And Process Of Dance, Kathleen Higgins

Undergraduate Research Conference

When I began the choreographic process, I was inspired by all of the emotions one might feel at a dance audition. However, with much though and manipulation of my original movement, I realized that the body image a dancer has of herself, and the body image for which she is continuously striving, was the underlying message that I wanted my choreography to communicate.

Every Smile Contains A Dagger, Tiffany Craig

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Theory & The Theatre, Katrina Tarson

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.