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Lord Of The Flies - A Scenic Design, Lisa Haldeman May 2018

Lord Of The Flies - A Scenic Design, Lisa Haldeman

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

The purpose of this thesis is to provide research, supporting paperwork, production photographs, and other materials that document the scenic design for the co-production between the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and the Nebraska Repertory Theatre titled Lord of the Flies. This thesis contains the following: research images collected to develop and communicate ideas about location, shapes, forms, texture, scale, mood, and historical reference to the production team; preliminary sketches and photographs of the 1/4” scale model, visual tools used to convey the ideas of the scenic design; a full set of drafting plates, 1:1 paint samples and …


Avenue Q: An Endeavor In Technical Direction, Brendan Greene-Walsh May 2018

Avenue Q: An Endeavor In Technical Direction, Brendan Greene-Walsh

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

The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska began its spring semester of the 2017-2018 season with a production of Avenue Q. Director Andy Park staged this production in the Johnny Carson Studio at the Lied Center on the University of Nebraska campus. My role in the production was that of technical director. The responsibilities of the technical director include budgeting of departmental resources, money and labor, engineering and construction of all scenic elements, maintaining a safe working environment, creating and adhering to a timely build schedule, maintaining the designer’s aesthetic vision throughout, the …


A Scenic Design For Avenue Q, Jessica Thompson Apr 2018

A Scenic Design For Avenue Q, Jessica Thompson

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

This thesis describes the research, production process, and execution of the scenic design for the musical Avenue Q with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, and book by Jeff Whitty. Presented in the Johnny Carson Theatre from March 2-16, 2018 at the University of Nebraska. The Avenue Q production team consisted of:

Andy Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director

Jessica Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …