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Songs From My Mother's Seashores (New Works Festival 2019), Oberlin College Theater

Season 2018-2019

No abstract provided.

Young Frankenstein, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

Parkland College Department of Fine and Applied Arts Proudly Presents The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein

Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Book by Mel Brooks

Original Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman

Directed by Chelsea Collier Zych
Music Director: Cheryl Forest Morganson

Choreographer: Whitney Havice Fight Director: Madison Freeland Scenic Designer: Nick Schwartz Costume Designer: Sheri Doyle Lighting Designer: Rob Perry Sound Designer: Brian D. Morgan Properties: Cindy Adamek Makeup and Wig Design: Michael O'BrienStage Manager: Kendall Jeonson

Presented in the Harold and Jean Miner Theatre
April 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30pm …

Interoffice Memo From Talia Triangolo To Media Reviewers, Talia Triangolo

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Interoffice memo from Talia Triangolo to media reviewers regarding supporting information for Moon Over Buffalo.

April 3, 2019

"We Need To Stop Temporarily Caring: "Pulse, Spoken Word Poetry, And Audience Counter-Narrative Creation, Hannah G. Trew

Theses and Dissertations

On June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed, and 53 people were injured in a shooting at Pulse, a popular gay club in Orlando, Florida. The Pulse Nightclub shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States at that time and the deadliest violent act against the LGBTQ+ community in the United States (Hancock & Haldeman, 2017; Jackson, 2017; Walter, Billard, & Murphy, 2017). The media were divided in labeling the shooting a terrorist attack or a hate crime, creating a master narrative surrounding the shooting. However, LGBTQ+ spoken word poets rejected the media’s storylines, developing counter-narratives, and instead …

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• BFSDoArt presents annual juried student exhibitions

New Directions For Kabuki Performances In America In The 21st Century, Narumi Iwasaki

Dissertations and Theses

Transitions from the first kabuki performance abroad in Russia in 1928 to the recent performances around the world show various changes in the purpose and production of kabuki performances overseas. Kabuki has been performed as a Japanese traditional art in the U.S. for about 60 years, and the United States has seen more kabuki than any other country outside of Japan. Those tours were closely tied to national cultural policy of both Japan and the USA in the early years. The first kabuki tour to New York in 1960 helped to reestablish the U.S-Japan relationship after the war.

However, recently …

Informed Hearing Loss Prevention At Theatre Uni [Poster], Mallory Park

Research in the Capitol

Theatre workers face many dangers which could impact their quality of life and ability to work. One such risk is hearing loss. Given the prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss, some theatre workers may already be living with hearing loss. My purpose with this study is to discover the current conditions and attitudes toward hearing loss at Theatre UNI then provide the information necessary to theatre workers about the signs and significance of hearing loss as well as methods for prevention.

She's Not Allowed To Do That: Two Actors Embody Female Same-Sex Sexuality [Poster], Orion Lee Risk

Research in the Capitol

The art of acting requires the authentic embodiment of another being; what happens in this process when a performance requires taking on a stigmatized sexuality? In summer 2018, an emerging theatre company in Cedar Falls, Iowa, produced Stop Kiss by Diana Son: a show that required its two female leads to embody same-sex sexuality. Guided by scholarship from Judith Butler, Jill Dolan, and Jerzy Grotowski — and following principles of practice-as-research — interviews and observation were used to explore and interpret how the actors in Stop Kiss experienced similarities and differences between their characters’ experiences and their own. Findings led …

Hegelian Political Theater, Cade M. Olmstead

Research in the Capitol

What could politics, theater, and the project of German idealism all hold in common?This research seeks to explore the usage of comedy in modern political discourse through the perspectives of theater and German idealist philosophy.

It begins with an analysis of ancient Greek theater by the philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, applies this reading to the 2013 Turkish Gezi Park protests, and ultimately makes a normative claim about comedy’s use in public discourse and proper democratic politics.

Hair, The Musical, Performing Arts Department

Edgerton Center Programs

Program for Hair, the Musical, presented by the Sacred Heart University Theatre Arts program April 4-7, 2019.

Spring Finale, Dance Ensemble, Performing Arts Department, 2018/2019 Season, Performing Arts Department

Edgerton Center Programs

Program for the Spring Finale of the Dance Ensemble, Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts 2018/19 season.

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Promotional Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown promotional flyer

Moon Over Buffalo Audition Form, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Moon Over Buffalo audition form

Lord Of The Flies Student Activities Ad, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Lord of the Flies student activities ad

Lord Of The Flies Concerto Ad, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Lord of the Flies concerto ad

Box Office Info: Lord Of The Flies Poster, Box Office

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Box office info: Lord of the Flies memo

Lord Of The Flies Audition Form, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Lord of the Flies audition form

2019 Spring Directors' Showcase, University Of North Florida

2019 Spring Directors' and Musical Theatre and Design Showcases

Spring Directors' Showcase at the Thomas G. Carpenter's Library

Vistas, Volume 33, Spring 2019, Sacred Heart University

Vistas (Horizons)

An interdisciplinary, multi-cultural journal celebrating the creativity of SHU students during the academic year 2018-2019.

This year's issue of Vistas is titled Behind the Mask.

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 …

Transcendence: An Elegy To Transgenerational Systematic Adaptation, Nicholas Struck

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

When major tragedy occurs, it tends to strike grief in the minds and hearts of people throughout the world. When we engage in conversation about our individual vulnerabilities, we discover a realistic, but often beautiful mundaneness to life that is often lost. Channeling the mundane into art and community helps us to better understand the nuances of humanity. This gives the opportunity for us to connect through storytelling— using narrative as an outlet to express our feelings of grief, hope, and sacrifice. This project is a devised performance piece that explores how tragedy affects community, how people respond to major …

The Art Of Connecting: A Collection And Study Of Community-Based Arts As Restorative Practice, Hilarie Spangler

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

“One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. They will gravitate as automatically as the needle to the north. Somehow, it is unnecessary, in any cold-blooded sense, to sit down and put your head in your hands and plan them. All you need to do is to be curious, receptive, eager for experience. And there’s one strange thing: when you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living The power that is wielded when …

Storytelling In Contemporary Ballet, Abbey Lutts

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The goal of my thesis is to challenge the conventions of classical ballet and fully grasp storytelling within contemporary ballet in a way that appeals to modern audiences. I used postpositivist research, historiography, and dance ethnography as modes of research to uncover common themes and trends of traditional ballet, which led to a deeper understanding of contemporary ballet and the modes choreographers and educators use to challenge classical ballet stereotypes. My methodology was to identify common themes from folklore, classical ballet, and traditional storytelling. I have studied traditional folklore and fairytales and have evaluated and reviewed the thematic content of …

She's The Jazz: An Exploration Of Dance And Society In The Age Of The Flapper, Jillian Terry

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The 1920’s, most affectionately known as “The Roaring Twenties,” was a time of dramatic social and political change. Economic growth pushed Americans into an unfamiliar consumer society where people bought the same goods, heard the same songs, danced the same dances, and used the same slang. Prohibition laws led to the underground sale of alcohol in speakeasies where new freedoms were found through communities uniting in music and dance. Here we saw the emergence of flappers. Unlike the generations that came before, these women were seen performing unladylike actions, such as drinking and smoking, while embracing their sexuality. While not …

The Fight Master, Spring 2019, Vol. 41 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Comic Characters: Campbellian* Or Not?, Samantha Matos

Classical Conversations

There exists a peculiar pattern throughout numerous stories worldwide, which Joseph Campbell christened the ‘monomyth’ in his 1949 work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell researched stories from across cultures and used their similarities to determine a pattern that great tales seemed to follow. In this hero’s journey, the protagonist enters a new kind of realm, conquers his enemies, and ventures home with power, knowledge, and probably treasure of some kind. This monomythic pattern consists of seventeen steps, though not all of these steps are necessary, and many of them serve as alternatives to each other.

I propose that …

Encyclopedic Definitions: Tracing Ballet From The "Encyclopédie" To The "Gazzetta Urbana Veneta", Olivia Sabee

Dance Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Performing Queerness, Jasmina Sinanovic

Open Educational Resources

This is a syllabus for a course Performing Queerness

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.

It's High Time, Rana Haboush, Taylor Mattison, Angelica Romero

Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Our Specific Aim is to discuss the major impacts of sea level rise. We display how art can be used to spread awareness by creating before and after posters of a well-known monument effected by sea-level rise.