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In Passing, Julia Allisson Cost

Scripps Senior Theses

My intentions for "In Passing" were to build the beginnings of an education philosophy through a richly varied choreographic process. I wanted my dancers to come away from this work with a heightened eagerness to explore the unfamiliar and an increased confidence in their ability to support one another and be supported, and I wanted to learn to more effectively and tenderly lead a group of many different personalities through a long-term creative experience. I think we have been successful.

De-Masking The Silence - Drama Therapy: For Children With Asd, Joshua M. Galligan

Theses and Dissertations

This dynamic form of pedagogy attempts to cross the interdisciplinary boundaries between theatre, psychology, and modern medicine. What I attempt to present in this thesis is a systematic developmental framework for the theoretical use of drama therapy with children suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder. This approach has been based on in-depth interdisciplinary study which makes use of the most current research looking at the neurological makeup of the autistic brain. This systematic approach examines the mirror neuron system which has been labeled as a major defect in children with ASD. Through the use of theatrical techniques such as acting, movement, …

Lighting Design Of "Our Guy" -- Schaeberle Studio, Pace University, February 5th-8th, 2009, Maria Gerhard

Honors College Theses

The intent of this thesis is to provide all of the materials necessary for the complete realization of the lighting design of the Pace University Theatre Department’s 2009 production of the new work Our Guy: A Musical Play. This thesis consists of the following: drafting of lighting design with respect to the architecture of Schaeberle Studio to aid electricians in the hanging of the light plot, as well as channel hookup and an instrument schedule needed in the process of mounting the production. An annotated script with all cues, as well as a cue sheet, is included to aid …

Providence College Save The Date: The Evening Of April 30, 2009 - A Celebration Of The Arts, Providence College

Promotion Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Saint Dominic Chapel & Smith Center for the Arts

Save the date: A Celebration of the arts with a tribute to the late Rev. A Smith, O.P. '63

April 30, 2009

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2008-2009 Season

First published as a book by Ken Kesey in 1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was inspired by Kesey's job as an orderly at a veteran's hospital and by the 1960s counterculture movement touting such themes as freedom, rebellion and fearlessness.It's the classic anti establishment tale of one man asserting his individuality in the face of a repressive, conformist system.

The Freedom Quilt, April Jones

Theses and Dissertations

The Freedom Quilt is a play that I have written and adapted from Deborah Hokinson’s book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. This story explores the historic and dramatic implications in the idea of coded quilts as a form of communication among African American slaves; specifically as coded maps to freedom. There is an ongoing scholarly debate challenging the existence of these quilts, let alone that they could have been used in such a complex manner. The Freedom Quilt however, is one girl’s unique and individual story, and does not in any way suggest that maps, encoded in quilts were …

What's A Female Director To Do? The Women Of Medea Redux And The Men Of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: A Study Of The Sexes, Sarah Mansell Yount

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis will explore the role of the female director. The two plays on which I will focus, Neil LaBute’s medea redux and Frank McGuinness’s Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, call for quite different casts. The former involves a woman in a police interrogation room; the latter involves three men in a Lebanese prison. Despite the overt masculinity of these plays, traces of femininity permeate. Indeed, my status as a female director provided one of the clearest paths into these plays when I directed them last year at Virginia Commonwealth University. My gender also greatly influenced my direction of the …

The Politics Of Tea And Theatre: How Women’S Suffrage Groups Used Tea And Theatre To Influence Working And Middle Class Women To Become Politically Active, Lisa Kelly

Theses and Dissertations

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the members of the woman’s suffrage movement in the United States and Britain looked to soften their hard masculine image given to them by the press and to increase participation in the cause. They found that by including theatrical performances and benefits at meetings, and hosting tea socials afterwards, they could motivate many women to join without alienating or threatening men. This study looks at how tea socials and theatrical performances were used subversively to recruit new members, to debate ideas, and to disseminate information about the cause. Playwrights wrote plays that …

"Unsex Me Here...:" Looking At Gender In Nude Performance, Vanessa Passini

Theses and Dissertations

"Unsex Me Here…" is an examination of our bodies, what they mean in terms of gender and power, and why they mean what they do. Plucked from Lady Macbeth’s infamous soliloquy, the title suggests the stripping away of something essential that transforms. Sex is not the right word, but gender is. Often, these two are mistaken and interchanged. Myths that support our social structure exist at the intersection of sex and gender. In this production, I collaborated with Pete Guither of the Living Canvas to challenge notions of gender in different textual mediums (via the written text of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" …

Pedagogy And Performing Shakespeare's Text: A Comparative Study, Sally Southall

Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT PEDAGOGY AND PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE’S TEXT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY By Sally Parrish Southall A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Director: Dr. Noreen C. Barnes Professor, Director of Graduate Studies School of the Arts In the Master of Fine Arts program in Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in a second program, the Master of Letters/Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance at Mary Baldwin College - two specific pedagogical approaches to accessing and performing Shakespeare’s text, …

Why Theatre? A Study Of Robert Wilson, Rachel Elinor Bennett

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Wilson’s unusual background influenced both the avantgarde nature of Wilson’s theatre and the humanity present in his work. Wilson accepts the people in his life as they are without trying to change them or ignore those differences. Wilson gives these people and their perspective, which society so often rejects, a voice. He sees art where others see a problem. Wilson’s theatre looks like nothing else, but his respect and acceptance of others, even those who are different and almost invisible to most of society, are just as innovative and refreshing to see in theatre.

Working From The Outside: Discovering Truth Within A Mask, Rebecca Bernard

Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of this thesis to explore the different principles of mask performance in modern theatre and the unique relationship it allows the actor to develop with an audience. The author uses exercises from her training experience with different mask artists such as Teatro Punto, Familie Floz, Torbjorn Alstrom, and Marcello Bartoli. These exercises document a process of training the body in preparation for the mask, how to perform with mask, and how to connect with an audience. The mask is used as a tool to discover an engagement of work that activates both body and imagination of …

Spring Dance Concert Student Choreography Showcase 2009 Poster, Jillianne Liotta '09

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Spring Dance Concert Student Choreography Showcase 2009

April 25, 2009, 8pm

April 26, 2009, 2pm

Poster design: Jillianne Liotta '09

Spring Dance Concert Student Choreography Showcase 2009 Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Spring Dance Concert Student Choreography Showcase 2009

April 25, 2009, 8pm

April 26, 2009, 2pm

Director, Wendy Oliver

Lighting Design, Sarah Randles

Choreographers: Maggie McDermott, Nicole Cirilli, Caroline Cruise, Remy Charlip, Jillianne Liotta, Melissa Cusack, Lindsay Maurio, Katelyn Uyehara, Pearl Primus, Sarah Mosca, Sara McCormack, Class of '09 Dancers

Dancers: Caroline Brown '12, Casey Caliendo '12, Alyssa Catjakis '11, Nicole Cirilli '09, Caroline Cruise '09, Kelly Cummings '11, Melissa Cusack '10, Kaitlin Elliott '12, Shannon Hoey '11, Joelle Hogan '10, Theresa Hurton '11, Jillianne Liotta '09, Jaclyn …

Steampunk: An Exploration In Design, Christopher Mueller

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to detail my first professional costume design job after my unofficial graduation in May 2008. This thesis will serve primarily as a design thesis, and will concentrate the majority of its efforts in the presentation of a final, original costume design for a realized production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as produced by Duke University. During the course of this presentation, I will seek to detail my own design process and the inspiration and research I used to achieve my goal. I will also discuss the execution of the design, …

Spring Dance Concert (April 16-18, 2009), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

Program for the Spring Dance Concert (April 16-18, 2009).

The Madrigal Dinners: A Modular Study, Karina Carlson

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

The Roberta Jones Junior Theatre: A Model Children's Theatre, Chareen Hardy Lauritzen

Theses and Dissertations

Since its beginning in 1968, the Roberta Jones Junior Theatre, a children's theatre, connected to the Parks and Recreation Department of Santa Clara, California, has been creating child-centered performances for young audiences. This thesis will explore the history of the Santa Clara/Roberta Jones Junior Theatre and discuss the components that have contributed to its forty-year success. For a children's theatre to be successful it needs to be first centered on the learning of the children, in tune with the need of its community, and have a staff focused on the same goals. By examining the Roberta Jones Junior Theatre, the …

Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra To Perform Verdi’S Requiem, Allegra Gallian ’09

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Miracle Worker, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By William Gibson

Director: Michelle Mills
Scenic Designer: Tim Adams
Lighting Designer: Charles A. Miericke
Costume Designer: Nikki Broadrick and Mollie Vigardt
Technical Director: David G. Dillman

April 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 8pm
April 19 at 3pm
Parkland College Theatre
2009

Produced by special permission from Samuel French Inc.

Onye Mbu: 'My Identity' Pedagogical Applications Of The Surreal And Absurd In Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse Of A Negro, Adanma Onyedike

Theses and Dissertations

ONYE MBU: MY IDENTITY PEDAGOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE SURREAL AND ABSURD IN ADRIENNE KENNEDY'S FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO By Adanma N. Onyedike, M.F.A A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Major Director: Dr. Noreen Barnes, Director of Graduate Studies Department of Theater This document investigated my personal journey of discovering, developing, and later executing skill in teaching the theatrical arts. The re examination of the steps that led to my current success was important in order to qualify the receiving of my …

The Triumphant Tragedy Of King Lear, Erin Lamontage

English Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

"Splintered And A Great Silence": The Production Of Return To The Upright Position By Caridad Svich, Catherine (Cate) Brewer

Theses and Dissertations

Like the Tribute in Light that grew phoenix-like from the ashes of the broken hearts of the artists who created it, Return to the Upright Position is a beautiful on-line collaboration amongst fourteen artists in the six months following 9/11. Conceived and edited by Caridad Svich, the play is moving and delicate and instantly brings us back to those moments when American history and sentiment were forever changed. Demoralized, terrorized, afraid, and alone, our country dragged its shocked and weary carcass from the ash, and pulled itself back up again. That is after all the American way, pulling yourself up …

Urinetown Poster, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Urinetown, a musical by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis

April 3-5 & 17-19, 2009

Urinetown Playbill, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts

Urinetown, Music and lyrics by Mark Hollman and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis

April 3-5 & 17-19, 2009

Director, Mary G. Farrell

Choreographer, Colleen Burns '10

Musical Director/Conductor, Lila Kane

Costume Design, David Costa-Cabral

Scenic Design, Katryne Hecht

Lighting Design, Tim Cryan

Cast: Officer Lockstock - Dan Travers; Officer Barrell – Patrick Knight; Little Sally – Sarah Elizabeth Bedard; Bobby Strong – Ryan Desaulniers; Hope Cladwell – Suzanne Keyes; Old Man & Hot Blades Harry – …

Urinetown Promotional Card, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Urinetown, a musical by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis

April 3-5 & 17-19, 2009

Fridays & Saturdays, 8pm

Sundays, 2pm

Director, Mary G. Farrell

Musical Director, Lila Kane

Scenic Design, Katryne Hecht

Costume Design, David Costa-Cabral

Lighting Design, Tim Cryan

Sylvia Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2008-2009 Season

by A.R. Gurney

Directed by Joelle Clingerman

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

Procedure For Selling On Stage Tickets Memo, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Procedure for selling on stage tickets memo

Reception And Strike Flyer For Urinetown, Providence College

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John Bowab Studio Theatre

Reception and strike dates for Urinetown.

Friday, April 4, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Cast And Crew Of Urinetown, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Flyer from the box office to the cast and crew of Urinetown.