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Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Georgia Southern's Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art announces 'Form & Content 2019' winners

Unf Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase 2019, University Of North Florida

Musical Theatre Club and Swoop Troupe Theatre Corporation Performances

Person shows poster of UNF Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• BFSDoArt presents annual juried student exhibitions

Take Note: An Investigation Of The Impact Of Human Computer Interaction On The Line Note Taking Process In Theatre, Rene Borr

Computer Science

Most technology used in the theatre was not originally designed for use in a theatrical setting. A majority of technology that we see on the state has been adapted from another field -- be it music, lighting, or construction -- to fit the production's specifics needs. The very nature of the theatre is that every performance is unique, which established one of the main challenges when creating technology to be used in the theatrical setting. This paper discusses the design, creation, and testing of a program to help stage managers take line notes during rehearsal for a theatrical production. We …

Identi-Tea Podcast: An Original Play, Karsyn Wilson

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

Creative Works Winner for 2019:

Identi-Tea Podcast is an original play based on the word-for-word interviews of three LGBTQ+ students of color from UNLV who explore all the various facets of their identities formatted in the style of a podcast. In various moments during the play, audience members are prompted by the actors to critically engage with the ideas presented.

Greek Tragedy At Marion Correctional: An Exploration Of Directing Theatre In Prison, Elise G. Woods

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

In this project, I describe and analyze forces of freedom and coercion through the process of directing Trojan Women by Euripides at Marion Correctional Institution. This analysis documents each stage of the theatrical process—from project proposal to final performance and discussion—through ethnographic, arts-based research using personal observations, primary accounts from performers and audience members, and secondary sources. By exploring the experience of directing Trojan Women in the prison setting, I analyze forces of coercion and freedom in both theatre-making practices and prison. As a result, I assert the uniquely positive aspects and productive utilization's of coercion through theatre in a …

Demo 30, Columbia College Chicago

Alumni Newsletters

Alumni newsletter from Spring -Summer 2019 entitled "DEMO 30." This issue is 48 pages.

Unf Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase, University Of North Florida

Musical Theatre Club and Swoop Troupe Theatre Corporation Performances

Students act out a scene at the Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase

Unf Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase, University Of North Florida

Musical Theatre Club and Swoop Troupe Theatre Corporation Performances

Two students act out a scene at the Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase

Unf Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase, University Of North Florida

Musical Theatre Club and Swoop Troupe Theatre Corporation Performances

Four students act out a scene at the Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase

Musical Theater Club Spring Showcase Director's Speech, University Of North Florida

Musical Theatre Club and Swoop Troupe Theatre Corporation Performances

UNF's Musical Theater Spring Showcase

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Georgia Southern master's student creates thesis exhibition by rolling the dice

Learning Dramatically With Linfield Theatre, Calder Ifft

Student Engagement Posters

Calder Ifft discusses student engagement at Linfield College with regard to learning outside the classroom through participation in the Linfield Theatre program.

Trespassing Physical Boundaries: Transgression, Vulnerability And Resistance In Sarah Kane’S Blasted (1995), Paula Barba Guerrero, Ana Mª Manzanas Calvo

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Sarah Kane’s Blasted has been analyzed from various perspectives that address the layers of destruction it exposes. From the questioning of its title and meaning, to the unravelling of the protagonists’ abusive relationship, the analyses have emphasized the depiction of vulnerability as the defining human trait that Jean Ganteau observes in contemporary British literature. However, a key aspect has been overlooked in the critical response to the play: for Kane vulnerability does not equal helplessness, but rather stands in opposition to it. Hence, this article concentrates on how Blasted formulates a new understanding of vulnerability that fits Judith Butler’s later …

Performing Research: Contemplating What It Means To Be A "Man", George Belliveau

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

Sharing research in performative modes opens new possibilities for meaning making. This article offers a monologue that explores my experience of working on a theatre project with military veterans. The impact of working on the creative process with veterans inspired this performed piece, and provided an opportunity to contemplate what it means to be a ‘man’ in today’s society. The article first situates performed research within current arts-based literature prior to sharing the creative piece, which is at the heart of this offering. The piece then concludes with how performed research opens the possibility for different forms of engagement and …

Our Town (February 21-23, 2019), Thornton Wilder

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Our Town.

To view the photos from this production of Our Town, please click here.

Self-Image Congruency For Theatre, Movie And Home Audiences, Peggy Shields

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

In Knead Of Interpretation: Reimagining Marie Clements’ Post-Dramatic Play Burning Vision Through The Interpretive Signpost Of Bread., Zed Alexander Hopkins

essay: critical writing at pomona college

Zed Alexander Hopkins ‘20 submitted this paper in Fall 2016 for Professor James Taylor’s ID1 course, Our Troubled World Imagined: Theatre and the Environment. It is one of the three papers that received honorable mention from that semester.

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Artist combines science, art in exhibition on Statesboro Campus
• Artist brings botanical prints to Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus

Learning The Interdisciplinary Aspects Of Stage Management, Brandon Lovejoy

Senior Honors Projects

TEDxURI is an independently organized event of TED Talks, a series of 5-20 minute long speeches about any topic surrounding a central theme. In 2019, the University of Rhode Island presented its second annual TEDx event, focused around the theme “Change It Up.” I was asked to perform the role of stage manager and coordinator for the event.

Stage management at the University level is taught for the theatrical stage. Often, students learn the basics of tracking actor movement, creating and organizing schedules, establishing a record of all paperwork, and throughout the process, displaying strong communication skills on a collaborative …

Connecting Bridges Through Theatrical Design: An Examination Of “Asiri Nla” In Performance, Tochukwu J. Okeke

International Review of Humanities Studies

The theatre provides an avenue for the expression of very salient and topical issues about a people through the presentation of performances. These performances, which are often in form of plays, are always created by playwrights and that is why playwrights are said to be the watch dogs of the society because their works x-ray past and present situations while proffering solutions for the future. However, the theatre is a composite art which involves the collaboration of many creative artists: Playwright, Director, Stage Manager, Actor(s), Designer(s), amongst others. The designer(s) are the creative artists that interpret the play in visual …

The Mixed Reception Of The Hamilton Premiere In Puerto Rico, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Faculty Publications

In this article originally published in The Atlantic, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner wonders about the challenges of premiering the famed Broadway musical, Hamilton, during a time of political discord in the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria, in Puerto Rico.

01-07-2019 Swosu Auditions For The Crucible Set For Jan. 8- 9, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2019

Auditions for the theatrical production of The Crucible at Southwestern Oklahoma State University will be held Tuesday, January 8, at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, January 9, at 3 p.m. in the SWOSU Hilltop Theatre on the Weatherford campus.

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Artist brings unique collection to Georgia Southern Statesboro Campus
• Writer, naturalist blends poetry, art in exhibition on Statesboro Campus

It Can't Happen Here Program, Collin College

Theatre Programs

Program for It Can't Happen Here.

In Defense Of Grass Grows: A Play About Mental Illness, Amanda Grace Hughes

Honors Program Theses

My mission as a mentally ill theatre artist is to challenge the commonly-perpetuated fictions that restrict public perception of mentally ill persons [MIPs]. A meta-analysis of plays from the Greek, Medieval, Victorian, Melodramatic, Naturalist, and Post- Naturalist eras reflected just how little progress has been made at exposing and eliminating popular myths about mental illness. While the theatrical canon offers evidence for the inadequacy of current representations of MIPs, the psychological literature offers steps forward for the artists telling these stories. Efforts to improve artist sensitivity to the complex realities of mental illness fail to educate with fact alone (Dale, …

Postcard, Tied At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620

Postcard Collection

A promotional postcard for "Tied," an avant-garde dance work by Black Horse Theatre, under imagemaker Alice Ferrulo Stampfle. The performance tells the story of Louise Davies, a woman trapped in the Victorian era by her husband's overbearing love, seeking to pursue her own musical dreams. The cast includes Helen Hansen French, Ellyce Hamel, Martin Rivera, Beau Smith, and Alice Ferrulo Stampfle, with narration by Bonnie Agan.

Postcard, William Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew At Studio@620 In St. Petersburg, Florida, Studio At 620

Postcard Collection

A promotional postcard for a modern production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, presented in Williams Park, St. Petersburg. Co-directed by Bob Devin Jones and Veronica Leone Matthews, the play addresses marriage, gender, and social hierarchy. Performances were free, with donations accepted to fund the production.

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.

Best Practices To Promote Racial Unity In Theatre, Cassandra Epps

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis I will be presenting a variety of practices that I believe will promote racial unity in theatre. I have included lesson plans and games that will help instructors create an open environment for students of all races. I will present research from theatre experts to conclude my best practices to create a more unified ensemble and culturally diverse curriculum in my theatre program, as well as present a list of activities, lesson plans, and production methods for directors and teachers to consider implementing. We as instructors must look critically at ourselves and our world view to begin …