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A Doll's House Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

February 6-8 & 13-15, 1987 (printed as 1986 incorrectly)

Friday & Saturdays 8PM

Sunday 2PM

Letter From Dr. James Mcgovern To All Providence College Faculty, Dr. James Mcgovern, Ph.D

Commentary

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

A letter from Dr. James McGovern, Ph.D to PC faculty regarding a Faculty Theatre Night performance of A Doll's House.

February 5, 1987

Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1986-1987 Season

Noises Off. Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2894/noises-off

The Season Ticket, February 1987, Columbia College Chicago

Season Ticket

Getz Theater of Columbia College subscriber newsletter. 8 pages. Departmental news, production, faculty, and theater news.

Tartuffe, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 1986-1987 Season

By Moliere

Dimensions: 11" x 17"

Tartuffe Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

Moliere's Tartuffee translated by Richard Wilbur

Directed by Julie Goell

Included Playbill Proof

A Doll's House Crew Day Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Scene Shop

A Doll's House crew day

Saturday, January 24, 1987

A Doll's House Press Release, John Garrity

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

A Doll's House press release

January 15, 1987

Hedda Gabler Program [1987], University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Theatre Programs 1970-1989

By Henrik Ibsen

Director John Gregg

with Director's Notes

Blackfriars Theatre Productions 1987-1988 Season, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre Productions 1987-1988 Season

"Review Of The Wooster Group, 1975-1985: Breaking The Rules, By David Savran.”, David Wohl

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

A Review of David Savran's The Wooster Group, 1975-1987: Breaking the Rules

Review Of The Wooster Group, 1975-1985: Breaking The Rules, By David Savran, David Wohl

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

A review of David Savran's book, The Wooster Group, 1975-1985: Breaking The Rules.

87/88 Taylor Theatre, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 1987-1988 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

Blackfriars Theatre Season 1987-1988 Flyer, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre Season 1987-1988 Flyer

Project In Choreography, Maura Murphy

Senior Scholar Papers

After researching the effects that Eastern philosophies and art forms have had on Western choreography, I noticed that those who implement the Eastern concepts of unity of body and mind produce dances which are more than phrases of movements strung together every eight counts.

As a dancer, I have a tendency to view many dances in terms of pointed feet, straight legs, and cohesiveness of ensemble work, as opposed to seeing the actual choreography. However, when watching video tapes of some "new wave" choreography by various artists interested in East Asia, I saw the dances as whole entities.

I was …

The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter Vol. 11, Nos. 1, 1987, Eugene O'Neill Society

Eugene O’Neill Newsletter

The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Eugene O’Neill Society, an organization of scholars, theater professionals, and enthusiasts, which began meeting in 1978. This publication, created by Suffolk University Professor Fred Wilkins in 1977, started off as part newsletter and part academic journal. In 1989, the publication name was changed to the Eugene O'Neill Review to denote its focus on scholarship. In recent years, the O'Neill Society re-started publication of the newsletter. This site includes newsletter issues from 1977-1989. Newer issues are available on the Eugene O'Neill Society website: https://www.eugeneoneillsociety.org/newsletters.html

The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter Vol. 11, Nos. 2, 1987, Eugene O'Neill Society

Eugene O’Neill Newsletter

The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Eugene O’Neill Society, an organization of scholars, theater professionals, and enthusiasts, which began meeting in 1978. This publication, created by Suffolk University Professor Fred Wilkins in 1977, started off as part newsletter and part academic journal. In 1989, the publication name was changed to the Eugene O'Neill Review to denote its focus on scholarship. In recent years, the O'Neill Society re-started publication of the newsletter. This site includes newsletter issues from 1977-1989. Newer issues are available on the Eugene O'Neill Society website: https://www.eugeneoneillsociety.org/newsletters.html

The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter Vol. 11, Nos. 3, 1987, Eugene O'Neill Society

Eugene O’Neill Newsletter

The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Eugene O’Neill Society, an organization of scholars, theater professionals, and enthusiasts, which began meeting in 1978. This publication, created by Suffolk University Professor Fred Wilkins in 1977, started off as part newsletter and part academic journal. In 1989, the publication name was changed to the Eugene O'Neill Review to denote its focus on scholarship. In recent years, the O'Neill Society re-started publication of the newsletter. This site includes newsletter issues from 1977-1989. Newer issues are available on the Eugene O'Neill Society website: https://www.eugeneoneillsociety.org/newsletters.html

The Fight Master, January 1987, Vol. 10 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Revolutions Off Off Broadway, 1959-1969: A Critical Study Of Changes In Structure, Character, Language, And Theme In Experimental Drama In New York City, Alexis Greene

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze and categorize the approaches to structure, character, language, and theme that make the dramaturgy of certain playwrights writing for the Off Broadway theatre during the 1960s revolutionary in contrast to the dramaturgy of the majority of American playwrights of the 1950s. The playwrights under discussion include George Birimisa, Kenneth Bernard, Kenneth Brown, Rosalyn Drexler, Grant Duay, Tom Eyen, Maria Irene Fornes, Paul Foster, John Guare, A. R. Gurney, Jr., William M. Hoffman, Kenneth Koch, Charles Ludlam, Murray Mednick, Joel Oppenheimer, Rochelle Owens, Tom Sankey, Sam Shepard, David Starkweather, Ronald Tavel, Megan Terry, …

Channing Pollock: The American Theatre's Forgotten Polemicist, William Grange

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity

Channing Pollock (1880-1946) is an obscure figure in the American theatre, whose well-structured plays reflected the quixotic idealism of their creator, his firm belief in traditional values, and his sense of moral urgency. His obscurity is unwarranted, for he was the foremost theatrical polemicist of his day, and the quality of his work far surpasses that of other, more well known polemicists such as John Howard Lawson or George Sklar. Moreoever, he was associated in the performance of his plays with some of the most talented and noteworthy production personnel the theatre in New York City has ever seen.

Chekhov And Friends: The Director's Role In A Work-In-Progress, Matthew S. Schliesman

Theses

This MFA thesis by Matthew S. Schliesman, titled “Chekhov and Friends: The Director’s Role in a Work-in-Progress,” documents a creative reinterpretation of Anton Chekhov’s one-act plays The Bear and The Proposal through the lens of 20th-century television variety entertainment. Inspired by The Carol Burnett Show, Schliesman constructs a fictional Russian vaudeville performer—Karoltina Burnetskaya—whose variety show provides a narrative framework for the two Chekhov plays and additional material, including a musical number and an improvised short story adaptation. Set in 1906 Russia during a time of political unrest, the show blends period elements with modern theatrical conventions and humor, aiming …

Chapter Two: Process To Production, Roger Tackette

Theses

This thesis documents the directorial process for a student-produced staging of Neil Simon’s play, Chapter Two. The project, directed by graduate student Roger Tackette, served as his culminating master's degree project for Lindenwood College's Performing Arts Department. It explores the multifaceted journey of a theatrical production, from initial concept to final performance.

The thesis delves into various aspects of the production, including pre-production work, which involved developing a conceptual basis for the play and analyzing the script using Francis Hodge's framework. The document details the audition process, casting decisions, and the five-step rehearsal method employed by the director. It …

Directing Angel Street, John Baptist Wainscott Jr.

Theses

This culminating project by John Baptist Wainscott Jr. documents the directorial process and academic reflection involved in staging Angel Street (originally Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton as part of an MFA in Theatre at Lindenwood Colleges. Despite a personal aversion to melodrama, Wainscott undertook the production due to institutional constraints and transformed the project into a meaningful exploration of artistic growth. The report is structured around key thematic inquiries: why this play was selected, who created it, what defines its genre, how the production was executed, and how its success was evaluated.

The work delves into the history and critical …

“Open Endings”: A Proposed Theatre-In-Education Program Exploring Adolescent Suicide, Joan Elizabeth Disburg

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

"'Open Endings': A Proposed Theatre-in-Education Program Exploring Adolescent Suicide" is a descriptive study the purpose of which is to establish the theoretical basis for and the process of the development of a Theatre-in-Education program exploring the complex social issue of adolescent suicide. Chapter One introduces the study and presents a review of related literature in the two areas: adolescent suicide and Theatre-in-Education. Chapter Two establishes the theoretical base for the use of the specific dramatic form, Theatre-in-Education, for the exploration of the complex social, adolescent suicide. Four major theorists have been selected for this theoretical treatment: Richard Courtney, Robert J. …

William Gillette And American Theatrical Realism Of The Late Nineteenth Century, Mark Burnett

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis, entitled William Gillette and American Theatrical Realism of the Late Nineteenth Century studies the realistic staging techniques employed by William Gillette during the latter part of the nineteenth century in order to bring recognition and establish William Gillette as an innovator in the realistic staging of drama during the time in American theatre known as the movement toward realism.

The study examines four plays written and staged by William Gillette which range both in chronology of production and importance to the movement: those plays being Held By The Enemy, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, and Electricity. Using these plays, …

Paula Hunter And Dancers Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers

December 5, 1986, 8PM

Paula Hunter And Dancers Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers

December 5, 1986, 8PM

Paula Hunter And Dancers Flyer, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Paula Hunter and Dancers invitation

December 5, 1986

Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 5-6, 12-13, 1986), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for the Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 5-6, 12-13, 1986).