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Direction Of The Production: David And Lisa, Meredith Rachael Sylling

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

This project entailed background research and documentation, casting, direction, and the post-production assessment of Sunnyside High School's production of David and Lisa. Included in this thesis documentation are the three areas of research: preliminary information, pre-production analysis, and post-production evaluation.

Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird As Adapted By Christopher Sergel: A Thesis In Directing, Andrew Vastine Stabler

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis describes the directorial process of a production of Christopher Sergels's adaptation of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It follows the process of preproduction through rehearsals. It makes use of the influences of the prior history and the recent educational experience of the director. Throughout it accesses the choices made and concludes with conclusions on the final product.

Plot Lines, October 2001, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter. 5 pages.

Medea, October 25-27, 2001, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Medea by Euripides, adapted by Robinson Jeffers and directed by Siobhan Bremer.

Synopsis: In a continuation of the stories of Jason and the Argonauts, foreign princess and sorceress Medea has murdered her own father to help Jason win the Golden Fleece and the kingdom of Thessaly. They have married and have two sons. Now in ancient Corinth, Medea is told that Jason will be marrying the Corinthian princess. The King of Corinth, anticipating her wrath, sends her into exile. She plans revenge against Jason and negotiates safe haven with the naïve King of Athens. …

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, April 20-21, 2001, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis adapted by Joseph Robinette and directed by Julie Rae Patterson-Pratt.

Synopsis: This new dramatization of C.S. Lewis' classic, set in the land of Narnia, faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting, never-to-be-forgotten Narnia. The intense action features chases, duels and escapes as the witch is determined to keep Narnia in her possession and to end the reign of …

Plot Lines, February 2001, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter. 4 pages.

Prelude To A Kiss, February 15-17, 2001, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas and directed by Gretchen Weinrich.

Synopsis: Peter and Rita are two young, happy lovers who are getting married. On their wedding day, after their nuptial kiss, an old man comes up to kiss the bride. During this kiss, their souls exchange, and the young, beautiful woman Peter just married now houses the soul of a dying, old man. On their honeymoon, Peter starts to notice that something's not quite right. When he discovers the truth, he confronts the old man, who now holds Rita's soul. Peter struggles …

Taylor Theatre 2001-2002, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 2001-2002 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

Plot Lines, December 2000, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter. 5 pages.

Plot Lines, November 2000, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter. 4 pages.

Viva La Revolucion, November 12-14, 2000, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Viva La Revolucion—three one acts directed by Chris Batteen, Alan Pagel and Jon Dent.

Synopsis: The Root of Chaos by Douglas Soderberg - he place is the home of the Cernikowski family in Centralia, Pennsylvania, where a subterranean fire in the abandoned coal mines has been burning out of control for years and moving steadily closer to the houses of the few remaining residents. The Cernikowskis, father Joe, mother Wilma, teenage daughter Doublemint (named after her grandmother) and nine-year-old son, Skeeter, seem to be oddly unconcerned about their own peril, although Wilma does make …

Plot Lines, October 2000, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter. 2 pages.

Plot Lines, September 2000, Columbia College Chicago

Plot Lines

Columbia College Chicago Theater Department Student Newsletter, 4 pages.

Wiley And The Hairy Man, Spring 2000, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Wiley and the Hairy Moon by Suzan Zeder and directed by Oscar Prill.

Synopsis: This drama is a spine-tingling tale of a boy and his worst fears in the swamp—eventually overcome by Wiley himself. Set deep within the mysterious Tombigbee Swamp, Wiley and the Hairy Man centers around a young fatherless boy, his conjure-woman mother, his faithful dog, and the Hairy Man who haunts Wiley's days and dreams. Through rhythm and rhyme, a chorus creates the mystery of the swamp. The magic of this play is not fairy dust, it is soil—the magic of …

And Baby Makes Seven, April 13-15, 2000, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of And Baby Makes Seven by Paula Vogel and directed by Janelle Alvstad.

Synopsis: Anna, Ruth and Peter await the arrival of their newborn child, but first they must rid the crowded apartment of their three imaginary children.

Taylor Theatre 2000-2001, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 2000-2001 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

Directing Jean Anouilh’S Antigone: Dramaturgical Protocol And Director’S Notebook, Jr Norman Luker

Whittier Scholars Program

Dear Reviewer, as my senior project for the Whittier Scholars Program it was my honor to produce, direct, and dramaturg Jean Anouilh’s Antigone as a mainstage production for [the] Whittier College Theater Arts Department. The original documents collected within this binder represent the process through which the production came together. The collection includes dramaturgical research (articles with my original notes), production planning notes, design conceptions, relentless schedules, audition and casting information, dramaturgical notes, critical reviews and most importantly seven weeks of rehearsal journals. However, the real meat of the project were the actual performances where all the planning, designing, and …

Cabaret, November 3-6, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Cabaret by Joe Masteroff and directed by Julie Rae Patterson-Pratt.

Synopsis: Cabaret takes place from 1929-1930, a time when Berlin, in the midst of a post-World War I economic depression, is transitioning from a center of underground, avant-garde cultural epicenter to the beginnings of Hitler’s totalitarian regime and the rise of the Nazi Party. Into this world enters Clifford Bradshaw, a struggling American writer looking for inspiration for his next novel. On his first night in Berlin, Cliff wanders into the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub overseen by the strange, omniscient and gender-bending …

The Trojan Women, November 14-16, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of The Trojan Women by Euripides and Brendan Kenelley, directed by Brenna Jones.

Synopsis: This play follows the fates of Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra and the other women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and their remaining families about to be taken away as slaves.

Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard's Review Of John Kneubuhl's Think Of A Garden And Other Plays, Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Keep Tightly Closed In A Cool Dry Place, May 27-29, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place by Megan Terry directed by James Allen Gappa.

Synopsis: Three men share a cell-- for life. They play games and fantasize about the event that brought them together: the hired murder of one prisoner's wife that was botched. This event is recreated with Sir Walter Raleigh and red men and Custer, and in recollections of rapes previously achieved.

The Wishing Stone, May 6-8 & 12-14, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of The Wishing Stone based on a story by Wolfram Eberhard adapted by Alexander Barrett and directed by Amanda Petefish.

No Exit, February 11-13, 1999, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre and directed by Kelly L. Classen.

Synopsis: Sarte’s famous existentialist play follows three people to a room in hell, where their torture is revealed to be each other’s company. Three damned souls, Garcin, Inez, and Estelle, are brought to a lavish room to await their punishment. While they expected some sort of torture chamber to punish them in the afterlife, they instead begin to realize where the true torment really lies. Their constant arguing finally has Garcin state the famous line: “Hell is other people”. An exploration of human …

A Performance In Musical Theatre: Singular Sensations In Shakespeare And Song, Lisa Lynn Lyons

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Marvin's Room, Nov. 19-21, 1998, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Marvin’s Room by Scott McPherson and directed by Julie Rae Patterson-Pratt.

Synopsis: First produced in 1990, Marvin’s Room tells the story of two sisters, Bessie and Lee. They have not seen each other for many years but when Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia, Lee travels to Florida to be tested as a bone marrow donor for her sister. Bessie has cared single-handedly for their father, Marvin, who suffered a severe stroke and is now bed-bound. She also looks after their eccentric Aunt Ruth, who has electrodes (her “cure”) wired up to her brain to …

Translation Of Federico García Lorca's Amor De Don Perlimplín Con Belisa En Su Jardín, Jennifer L. Bennett

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

Federico García Lorca's short play El amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín was translated into English with the intent to create a more actor-friendly text than found in previous translations. The introduction discusses the problems encountered in the process of translation and how they were solved.

Many Moons, May 8-9, 1998, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of Many Moons by James Thurber, adapted by Charlotte B. Chorpenning and directed by Sarah Nylander.

Synopsis: Princess Lenore falls ill of a surfeit of raspberry tarts and cries for the moon. The king tells her she can have it today—tomorrow at the latest—and summons his wise men. First comes the Lord High Chamberlain, who wears thick glasses that make him look twice as wise as he really is. Then comes the Royal Wizard, who wears a high-peaked cap with silver stars on it. Finally, the Royal Mathematician, who can walk in squares, appears. But …

Personality, May 21-22, 1998, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production Personality by Gina Wendkos & Ellen Ratner and directed by Mark Halvorson.

The Season Ticket, March 1998, Columbia College Chicago

Season Ticket

Columbia Theater/Music Center newsletter. 10 pages. Departmental news, production, faculty, student, and theater news.

Taylor Theatre 1998-99 Season, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1998-99 Taylor Theatre season announcement.