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How A Role Is Created: Petronella Van Daan In The Diary Of Ann Frank, Cheryl Metzger

Theses

This 1979 Master of Fine Arts thesis by Cheryl Metzger explores the process of creating the role of Petronella Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, performed at Lindenwood Colleges. Metzger documents her in-depth character analysis, rehearsal experience, and performance development, using both primary sources and theatrical techniques. She emphasizes emotional authenticity, subtext, and the historical context of the Holocaust. The thesis includes detailed reflections on blocking, costume, makeup, and the character’s psychological motivations. It serves as both a personal acting journal and a guide to portraying complex historical figures in drama, particularly within ensemble productions rooted in …

A Stage Design And Notes On The Engineering And Technical Direction For The Play, The Effects Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds By Paul Zindel, Dan Krehbiel

Theses

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Mormon Montage: Mormons In The World: A Production Script, Kris Marele Morgan

Theses and Dissertations

This project makes available material that will help help drama directors cast young people in an improvisational show. This thesis includes suggestions for try-outs, a play manuscript with specific stage directions understandable to an inexperienced director, preparation exercises to help actors develop necessary dramatic skills, an index to these exercises arranged by areas of skill development, notes to the director, an extensive bibliography, and additional references for further research. The exercises can also be used for development of actors in any production and may be applied to education programs.

The play "Mormon Montage" concerns Mormon contributions to such fields as …

Incorporated Press, Inc. March 20, 1979, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Incorporated Press, Inc. was a student publication released biweekly beginning in 1979. The issue of March 20-April 17, 1979 has articles and letters about the RISD Faculty Union and a possible strike. There also was an article about Art Wood who had passed away and one of his comic strips. Calendar listings were also included.

An Evening Of One-Acts (1979), San Jose State University, Theatre Arts

Productions 1970-1979

Playwrights: Various

Directors: Student-directed

Set Design: Kim O'Bannon

Costumes: Various

Academic Year: 1978-1979

The Merchant Of Venice, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

The Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice

Incorporated Press, Inc. March 6, 1979, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Incorporated Press, Inc. was a student publication released biweekly beginning in 1979. The issue of March 6, 1979 includes articles about the RISD faculty union negotiations. A distinguished author series took place at RISD also. Drawings, poems and short essays were also featured. Events at RISD and the Providence area were also mentioned.

Shameless Torchbearer, James Koldenhoven

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

The Miracle Worker Theatre Production Review, Unknown Author

Commentary

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Miracle Worker theatre production review

The Miracle Worker Playbill, Daniel Foster

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkins Hall Auditorium

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

February 21-25, 1979

Director, Ms. Sandy Fox

Scenery, Richard J. Knowles

Costumes, Patricia White

Lighting, Richard J. Knowles

Music Composed, John J. Swaboda

Theatre Arts Program Director, John Garrity

Cast: A Doctor - John Shea, Kate - Pamela Pitou, Keller - David Ubaldi, Helen - Lee Merkle, Martha - Louann Dimuccio, Percy - Kevin Friend, Aunt EV - Katherine Spackman, James - Dan Foster, Anagnos - Richard Lawrence, Annie Sullivan - Mary Lou Mayce, Viney - Valerie …

Our Town

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1979 performance of Our Town by Thornton Wilder.

Our Town tells the story of a small, fictional American town called Grover’s Corners through the everyday lives of its citizens. The play is set as a play performing in Grover’s Corners and uses metatheatrical elements.

Incorporated Press, Inc. February 12, 1979, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Incorporated Press, Inc. was a student publication released biweekly beginning in 1979. The issue of February 12, 1979 includes photographs from Tennessee and Alabama by Clifton Meador, RISD photo student. Also photos from Rome are also included. Articles about the RISD faculty union negotiations and possible strike are included. Events are listed that took place on the RISD campus and the Providence area.

Campus Lights 1979, Murray State University

Campus Lights

No abstract provided.

Vanities, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1978-1979 Season

Vanities is a comedy-drama stage production written by Jack Heifner. The story centers on the lives and friendship of three Texas cheerleaders starting from high school in 1963, continuing through college as sorority sisters in 1968, and ending with the dissolution of their friendship in 1974 New York as their interests and livelihoods change and they are no longer as compatible with one another as they had been in their school days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanities

The Miracle Worker Press Release, Daniel Foster

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Miracle Worker press release

Incorporated Press, Inc. January 26, 1979, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Incorporated Press, Inc. was a student publication released biweekly beginning in 1979. The issue of January 26, 1979 was devoted to the RISD faculty union talks and interviews with some of the key players. Some contract specifics were mentioned. The Faculty Association had formed a Strike Committee. Ads for local businesses were also included in this issue.

American College Theatre Festival Xi Playbill, University Of Bridgeport Theatre Department

Playbill and Promotion

The University of Bridgeport Theatre Department

American College Theatre Festival XI playbill featuring Providence College's production of Lysistrata on January 25, 1979.

Lysistrata A Special Send-Off Performance Poster, Daniel Foster

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

'64 Hall

Lysistrata: a special send-off performance poster

Tuesday, January 23, 1979

Get Caught In The Act! 1979-1980 Season Promotional Mailer, Providence College

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Get Caught In The Act! 1979-1980 Season Promotional Mailer

The Fight Master, January 1979, Vol. 2 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter, Vol.2, No.3, 1979, 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.3, No 2, 1979, 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.3, No.1, 1979, 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 Invalid: A Play, Robert Blumenstein

Theses and Dissertations

A playwright is confronted with a barrage of problems each time he attempts to write a playscript. As each problem is either solved, eliminated, or worked out on its own, the play grows closer to its life upon the stage. In writing The Invalid, I was spared not one of the many problems a playwright faces when he writes a play. am certain that I not only encountered, but solved many of the same problems that other writers encounter, in a manner not unlike their own. In fact, in this introduction, I present a few thoughts by other playwrights who …

To Clothe A Fool : A Study Of The Apparel Appropriate For The European Court Fool 1300 - 1700, Virginia Lee Futcher

Theses and Dissertations

In order to design a costume for a period show, a costumer must unify the personality of the character in the appropriate historical style with the director's concept for the production. My study endeavors to aid the costumer in search of the historical clothes of the Medieval and Renaissance court Fool. Lack of time to do extensive research often imposes limitations on a designer's creativity. Through extensive research. into Medieval and Renaissance art, with the aid of Robert Armin's jest book, and descriptions of the household accounts of the period, I have compiled a document that will save a harried …

A Comparative Study Of The Performer's Empathic Process In The Arts Of Interpretation And Modern Dance, Patricia Reddinger Geist

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The present study was designed as a comparative analysis of the performer's empathic process in the arts of interpretation and modern dance. The similarity between the performer's empathic process in both arts provided a method for exploring the utility that modern dance offers the interpreter. It was the purpose of this thesis to suggest that training in modern dance provides an experience in expressive movement which develops the interpreter's ability to empathize with the literature.

The performer's experience in modern dance and interpretation involves an empathic response to stimuli presented within the choreography or within the literature. Examination of various …

Incorporated Press, Inc. December 11, 1978, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Incorporated Press, Inc. was a student publication released biweekly beginning in 1978. This issue from December 11, 1978 featured essays about art exhibitions, departmental news, a student meeting with RISD president Lee Hall, female student safety, and a Francesca Woodman photography exhibition at Woods Gerry. Also included are photos, comic strips, events on the RISD campus and the Providence area.

Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 8-9, 15-16, 1978), Lindenwood College

Student Theatre Programs

Event program for Elizabethan Holiday Feast (December 8-9, 15-16, 1978).

A Christmas Carol (December 8-22, 1978), Charles Dickens

Student Theatre Programs

Program for A Christmas Carol (December 8-22, 1978).

To view the photos from this production of A Christmas Carol, please click here.

Lysistrata Promotional Card, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Harkins Hall Auditorium

Aristophanes' Lysistrata

December 6-10, 1978

Curtain: 8PM