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Ua1d Russell Miller Personnel File, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel file of Russell Miller who taught in the English, Speech & Theatre department from 1947 to 1968. Prior to working at WKU, Miller was head of the typewriting department at the Bowling Green Business University from 1936 to 1942 and 1947.

The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter Vol. 9, Nos. 2, 1985, Eugene O'Neill Society

Eugene O’Neill Newsletter

The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Eugene O’Neill Society, an organization of scholars, theater professionals, and enthusiasts, which began meeting in 1978. This publication, created by Suffolk University Professor Fred Wilkins in 1977, started off as part newsletter and part academic journal. In 1989, the publication name was changed to the Eugene O'Neill Review to denote its focus on scholarship. In recent years, the O'Neill Society re-started publication of the newsletter. This site includes newsletter issues from 1977-1989. Newer issues are available on the Eugene O'Neill Society website: https://www.eugeneoneillsociety.org/newsletters.html

Kegerreis On Equus, Abe J. Bassett, Robert J. Kegerreis

Theatre Faculty Publications

In 1985, Abe Bassett interviewed Robert Kegerreis about the Equus play held at Wright State University and all of the controversy that surrounded it.

"Failed Love" In The Drama Of Edward Albee, Steven Leonard Long

Masters Theses

The plays of Edward Albee are frequently examinations of characters who are unable to love or to be loved. A central and recurring conflict which runs through many of Albee's plays is the conflict which stems from the lack of success which the characters often experience as they strive to find love. The uncertainty and ambiguity which surround the abstraction called "love" leave the characters with feelings of unhappiness, frustration, fear, self-hatred, and despondency. Though the individuals in Albee's plays are aware that love is the ingredient which is missing from their lives, none knows how to go about alleviating …

Spider's Web, Alvin Community College

Season 1985-1986

Spider's Web is a play by crime writer Agatha Christie. Spider's Web, which premiered in London's West End in 1954, is Agatha Christie's second most successful play (744 performances), having run longer than Witness for the Prosecution, which premiered in 1953 (458 performances). It is surpassed only by Christie's record-breaking The Mousetrap, which has run continuously since opening in the West End in 1952.

Collegiate Theatre: Alive, Diverse And Thriving, Abe J. Bassett

Theatre Faculty Publications

Collegiate theatre is alive and well and thriving in more than 35 Ohio hamlets, towns and cities. A greater concentration of collegiate theatre can be found in only four other states in America, all significantly more populous than Ohio.

A Critical Analysis And Adaptation Of The Woolgatherer, Dennis A. Wood

Theses

This thesis by Dennis A. Wood presents a critical analysis and creative adaptation of The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone, examining how a contemporary play can be reshaped using classical dramatic principles. The study explores the transformation of Mastrosimone’s script through the lens of Aristotelian poetics and other historic and modern theories of drama and play direction. Wood interrogates themes such as obscenity, nature, audience engagement, and moral content, advocating for the use of “masked obscenity” and “unmasked nature” as tools to elevate the play to a more universal and potentially classical form.

The thesis divides its analysis into theoretical and …

Audience Preference For Metaphoric Concept In Broadcast Language, Denis Martin Bramblette

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A recent communication theory premise that individuals tend to arrange their thinking metaphorically is the focus of this study. Some communication scholars posit that humans actually think in metaphors. That is, individuals understand something by using one thing to stand for another. Humans communicate by comparing things they understand. Thus, we as humans actually arrange our thinking metaphorically and we understand things or interpret symbols by processing information through a system of metaphoric concepts.

This study attempts to extend metaphoric concept communication theory by examining the broadcast news segment of mass media. This study's general hypothesis is that if individuals …

Kiss Me Kate: The Costume Design Process And The Costuming Problems In The Small Costume Shop, Carlene N.(Niki) Juncker

Theses

In my process of choosing the culminating project for the MFA degree, I originally planned two such projects: a production's costumes in performance presentation and a draft for a tentatively titled "The Art and Craft of Costume Design." Shortly after this decision, the well known designer-costumers, Liz Covey and Rosemary Ingram, published The Costume Designer's Handbook. This book quite adequately covered the material I had planned to include in my projected volume. I then reconsidered my projects and eventually decided to combine my ideas into one two-fold project: a thesis covering all the problems of design and execution of the …

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - P Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 134 topics beginning with P ranging from P.O.W. to Purpose.

0417: Estelle "Bill" Belanger Papers, 1946-1984, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, journalist and chronicler of arts and cultural affairs. Collection includes scrapbooks of clippings of her articles, columns, and reviews of books and plays.

Little Victories Playbill, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Little Victories by Lavonne Mueller

Friday, December 7, 1984, 8PM

Director, David H. Burr

Scenery, Peter Burr

Lighting, Russell Champa

Makeup, Donna Palumbo

Costumes, Peter Burr, Susan Moniz & Donna Palumbo

Cast: Becky Anderson - Susan B. Anthony; Anna Distefano - Joan of Arc; Matt Toupin - Marshall/Captain Battau; John E. Powlesland - Hotel Owner/Tailor; Stephen Lynch - Captain Lavour/Ben; Thomas King - Saddle Tramp/Miner; RIchard Purro - Bar Dog/Archer; Donna Palumbo - Mother's Voice; David Burr - Judge's Voice; John Birt - Cardinal's Voice

Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 7-9, 14-15, 1984), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 7-9, 14-15, 1984).

Scrooge, December 19-22, 1984, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Scrooge adapted by Leslie Bricusse and directed by George c. Fosgate.

Synopsis: This timeless musical follows the plot of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, in which the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

Dance Theatre '84 (1984), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1980-1989

Music: Various

Choreographers: Various

Artistic Director: Janet Van Swoll

Costumes: Susan Lee Olsen

Academic Year: 1984-1985

Somebody Stole My Stuff

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1984 performance of Somebody Stole My Stuff compiled and arranged by Dr. Jessica Rousselow.

Somebody Stole My Stuff is an original choreopoem, a dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, and song. This original arrangement explores the identity of women in society, drawing from the concepts of feminist philosopher-theologian Mary Daly.

The Wizard Of Oz, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1984-1985 Season

The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale". Its groundbreaking success and the success of the Broadway musical adapted from the novel led Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books that serve as official sequels to the first story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

Antigone (1984), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1980-1989

Playwright: Sophocles

Director: Henry Hoffman

Set Design: Rob Koontz

Costumes: Elizabeth M. Poindexter

Academic Year: 1984-1985

Risd Voice November 7, 1984, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD Voice was a long-running student newspaper that ran through the 1980s. This issue, dated November 7, 1984, includes an interview with President Thomas Schutte, Halloween costume awards including Most Original for Brian Selznick, a sports column, editorials, comics, news articles, and advertisements.

Godspell "Strike" Flier, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Godspell "Strike"

Sunday, November 11, 1984 3:30PM

The Dining Room Audition Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Siena 212

The Dining Room auditions

Monday & Tuesday, November 5 & 6, 1984, 7PM

The Music Man

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1984 performance of The Music Man by Meredith Wilson.

The Music Man is a the story of con man Harold Hill who comes to a town in Indiana posing as a boy’s band conductor, and how an unexpected romance with the local librarian, Marian, changes his plans.

Program For The Stage Production A Thurber Carnival, Protheatre Club

Theater Production Programs

This four-page program details the ProTheatre of Ursinus College's production of "A Thurber Carnival", held November 1 through 9, 1984, in the Ritter Center. It includes a scene synopsis and information about the cast and production crew.

Volpone Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

a free adaptation of Ben Jonson's comedy

Directed by Minor Rootes

Godspell Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Godspell, Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak. Music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

October 26-28, November 2-4, & 9-11, 1984

Director, Barry Marshall

Choreography, Patricia Sharkey

Musical Director, James Ascoli

Vocal Director, Marilyn Cocozza Kruse

Scenery & Lighting Design, Steve Crowley

Costume Design, David M. Cabral

Research Consultant, Rev. Matthew Powell, O.P.

Theatre Program Director, John Garrity

Cast: James Colvin, Edward Gibbs Deasy, Marie Louise DeMaio, Lisa Gould, William Lovely III, James H. Maher, Sheila Jane McGrath, Joseph M. Mecca, …

Risd Voice October 24, 1984, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD Voice was a long-running student newspaper that ran through the 1980s. This issue, dated October 24, 1984, includes articles on Director of the Academic Computer Center Sean Keating, a new advocacy group Architects for Social Responsibility, Brown students' perceptions of RISD students, freshmen at RISD, and an upcoming concert by David Van Tieghem, along with editorials, comics, notices, and advertisements.

The Male Animal (1984), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1980-1989

Playwrights: James Thurber and Elliott Nugent

Director: Hal J. Todd

Set Design: Donamarie Reeds

Costumes: Elizabeth M. Poindexter and Leslie Fitzgerald

Academic Year: 1984-1985

Equus, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1984-1985 Season

Equus tells the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equus_(play)

Theater Workshop Welcomes Professional Actor Dick Warner, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Siena 212

Dick Warner, director of last year's The Diary of Anne Frank

October 10, 1984, 4PM

Tales Of The Windship Auditions, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Siena RM. 203

Tales of the Windship Auditions

October 4 & 5, 1984, 3pm