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The Old Versus The New Equestrian Circus: Demonstrating And Promoting Equine Welfare, Veronica Painter

Theses and Dissertations

Circus is an art form that was originally considered as a humanitarian art, promoting equine welfare by shedding a new light on the horse and human relationship. During a time where horses were used for war, work, and transportation; fancy riding and liberty stood as the framework for a new togetherness between man and beast. The animal activist revolution centered on exotic animals in circus, yet the effects of these demanding pressures caused a major blow to the equestrian circus. This comparative study examines possible improvements to the industry in order to keep this art alive. Keeping up with eclectic …

Co-Creating Our Lives, Performing Our Multi-Cultural Worlds, Aidah Nalubowa

Theses and Dissertations

In his Foreword for Theatre and Migration (Cox 2014), director Peter Sellars writes, “None of us are the picture in our passports” (viii). Neither are we the person that we look or sound like at first glance or the first meeting. Rather, who we are is shaped by among other factors our environment and cultural upbringing. Because traditionally people from different places perform and participate in social and cultural events that are naturally “scripted” differently, we are so much more than the pictures and names we carry on our identification documents. Migration, Sellars continues, is “one of the most basic …

2018 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

41st Season. The Theatre at Ewing. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare. Henry V by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare in Love based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.

Women Of The Future: The Performative Personhood Of Elizabeth Robins, Djuna Barnes, And The Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, Michelle Feda

Theses and Dissertations

The New Woman is the term used to describe the changing social norms around women's involvement in public life during the fin-de-siècle. New Women were bold and brash, educated and independent, and, importantly young; the term encapsulated any particular woman who stepped outside of her mother's Victorian social norms. The New Woman was as much a construct of the time as it was a description. The playwright and suffragette Elizabeth Robins performs "new womanhood" on the stage, and her play Votes for Women! enacts this struggle between New Women and the older generation. Djuna Barnes started her career as a …

The Illusion, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Written by Tony Kushner

Adapted from L'Illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille

Productions took place March 30-April 7, 2018

Spring Dance Concert, 2018, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Productions took place April 26-29, 2018

Cosi Fan Tutte, School Of Theatre And Dance, School Of Music

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

English Version by: Ruth and Thomas Martin

Productions took place March 2-4, 6-9, 2018

Balm In Gilead, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Written by Lanford Wilson

Productions took place April 13-21, 2018

Oedipus, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Sophocles

Adapted by Ellen McLaughlin

Productions took place October 13-28, 2017

Fall Dance Concert, 2017, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Productions took place November 30-December 2, 2017

All's Well That Ends Well, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Written by William Shakespeare

Productions took place October 13-28, 2017

She Kills Monsters, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Written by Qui Nguyen

Productions took place October 27-29, October 31-November 4, 2017

2017-2018 Production Season Flier, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Listing of shows for the 2017-2018 season

A Lie Of The Mind, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Sam Shepard

Productions took place September 27-30, 2017

2017 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

40th Season. The Theatre at Ewing. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Amazing Cymbeline by William Shakespeare. I Heart Juliet by Q Brothers Collective.

Images Of Women In Refugee Drama: Eve Ensler’S Necessary Targets And Ellen Mclaughlin’S The Trojan Women, Kaitlyn Tossie

Theses and Dissertations

In the past ten years, a critique of the conceptualization of refugees in Western mass media has emerged as a developing discourse in response to post-20th century genocides. Photographs in mass media of wailing refugees began to appear in the early 1990s when reports of the Bosnian genocide appeared in the United States. These images, and the stereotypes that surround them, contribute to the universal depiction of refugees as weak. Though the way in which theatre comments on this conceptualization of refugees has largely been ignored, theatre has a unique ability to comment on, reflect, and create a culture that …

Over The Ropes: Boundary Play In Professional Wrestling, Ethan Ingram

Theses and Dissertations

Within the anthropology of performance, scholars have traditionally considered theater, spectacle, sport, and ritual performances in terms of the discrete boundaries of space and time that separate these events from daily life and in terms of the disparate roles that demarcate performers from audience members. Professional wrestling, a popular performance genre in the American Midwest, exhibits features that challenge these boundaries through the collaborative construction of the event by performers and audience members. Audience interaction is an essential part of wrestling performances, characterized by routine and contextually understood behaviors that performers can process as evaluative feedback. Moreover, during wrestling matches, …

Harvest, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Manjula Padmanabhan

Productions took place April 14, 15, 18-22, 2017

1776, School Of Theatre And Dance, School Of Music

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards

Productions took place March 3 - March 5, March 7-10, 2017

The Heresy Of Love, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Helen Edmundson's

Productions took place March 31st. April 1st-2nd and April 4th-8th, 2017

Spring Dance Concert, 2017, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

April 27–28 at 7:30 p.m.
April 29 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
April 30 at 2 p.m., 2017

Listing of shows for the 2016-2017 season

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Tom Stoppard

Productions took place February 17th, 18th, 19th, and February 21st-25th, 2017

Good Game Well Played: An Esports Documentary, Gabriella Clare Devia-Allen

Theses and Dissertations

This film explores the operations and cultural practices of the esports community with an emphasis on Twitch as the dominant community platform. Explored sub-communities include Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Duelyst, and League of Legends. A focus on Duelyst allows us to explore the characteristics of an accessible esports culture while also referencing League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive offers an objective look at two of the industry’s most developed esports scenes. This documentary tracks the production of broadcast content, the lifestyles of professional players, and the narratives of the industry’s most involved employees. In doing so, the research draws conclusions …

Five Miles Outside Town: A Play With Music, Luke John Mcloughlin

Theses and Dissertations

Months ago, I wanted to write something like an opera or a musical for my thesis. This is not quite what happened. Instead, I have written a play with music; that is, there are four solo songs interspersed within the drama. While there are parts of it that I would like to change, the present work (the pages following this abstract, the title page, the copyright page, the committee page, the acknowledgments page, and the table of contents) represents what I was able to put together within the restrictions of the academic schedule.

The following are descriptions of various facets …

It's A Wonderful Life - A Live Radio Play, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Joe Landry

Productions took place December 2 - December 9, 2016

Two Short Plays: The Coffee Bar And The Walls, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

The Coffee Bar

By 'Ali Salim

Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Thomas G. Ezzy

The Walls

By Griselda Gambaro

Translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz

Productions took place shows October 21st-22nd. 23rd. and 25th-29th, 2016

2016-2017 Production Season Flier, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Listing of shows for the 2016-2017 season

Waiora, School Of Theatre And Dance, School Of Music

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Productions took place September 30 - October 1, October 5-9, 2016

2016 Illinois Shakespeare Festival Program, School Of Theatre And Dance

Illinois Shakespeare Festival

39th Season. The Theatre at Ewing. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Peter and the Starcatcher a play by Rick Elice.

Ibocón!, School Of Theatre And Dance

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

By Lisa Loomer

Productions took place March 25-27, 29-31, and April 1-2, 2016