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Guys And Dolls: The Process Of Becoming Sky Masterson, Peter Colombatto

Theses

In order to satisfy the requirements for a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Lindenwood University, I was required to perform a leading role in a production. In addition to the rehearsal and performance process, I am required to submit a thesis paper to supplement my experience. My proposal to perform the role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls was accepted and the process began in the fall of 2012. Contrary to popular belief, Sky is a complex character that is more than just a typical leading male. Throughout the rehearsal process I was able to explore new …

An Exploration Of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations Through Scenic Design, Ashley De Lys Harman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In partial fulfillment of a Master of Fine Arts degree, this thesis paper will document the scenic design process of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations, performed at the University of Arkansas in September of 2012. This paper will map the collaborative journey taken by the design team, highlighting the dialogue between the scenic designer and director. It will also touch upon the construction and rehearsal process and how both contributed to the final design.

This thesis will attempt to answer the question: How do you create a fluid and evocative space for two separate, yet coexisting time periods joined through …

The Art Of Adaptation, Katharine E. Jordan

Honors Theses and Capstones

My honors thesis The Art of Adaptation discusses the process of adapting old stories and theatrical pieces for modern audiences through the exploration of various adaptations (theatrical, operatic, dance and film) of Euripides' Medea. It also touches on my own short, modern, adaptation; FURY: A Rock Musical Inspired by Medea. All of this research was important in making the performance aspect of my capstone the best it could be.

How To Improve Theatre Arts Education In Chinese Higher Educational Institutes, Ji Ding

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts degree in theatre. Theatre Arts in China is in a state of decline. There are several possible ways to change this situation. This thesis will, through the comparison of Theatre Arts in higher education between China and the US, discuss what good lessons China may draw from the US in order to improve. The improved education of Theatre Arts in Chinese higher educational institutes may then be able to help the decline of Theatre Arts in China.

Play Selection Process Of Minnesota Catholic High Schools, Amanda Pyfferoen

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts degree in theatre. It details the parameters and results of a survey distributed to Catholic high school theatre directors in Minnesota. The survey inquired about the process for selecting plays, what themes or lessons the directors refrain from presenting and if there is a need for a list of guidelines that could assist directors in selecting Catholic appropriate theatre pieces to present. There is further development of a proposed guideline and potential rating system that could be implemented into Catholic high school theatre programs.

Power And Relationships In The Plays Of Neil Labute: Directing And Performing In Some Girl(S), Mary Peyton Griffith

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis explores the major works of Neil LaBute's career as a playwright and screenwriter, including the criticism he has received on theatrical and literary levels. The themes most prevalent in the thesis are the use of power and manipulation in the relationships between LaBute's characters and the ongoing maturation of his characters that coincides with the maturation of his work. The second section of the thesis follows the production, directing, and acting in LaBute's play Some Girl(s).

The Masks Of Commedia Del’Arte, Noh Theater And Classical Greece: The Cultural Meanings, Influences And Similarities, Makena Bennett

A with Honors Projects

This essay examines the use and meanings of masks in Noh, commedia dell'art, and classical Greek theatre.

Paralinguistic And Kinesic Codes Of Performance: An Intercultural Gilgamesh, Patrick Michael Finelli

Theatre and Dance Faculty Publications

This paper examines the directing, acting and rehearsal process in transforming the ancient Babylonian epic Gilgamesh for the stage using performers’ journals as a means of determining the effect of corporeal non-western styles on actors whose prior experience was almost exclusively in naturalistic and text-based theatre. The introduction of theatrical elements from multiple cultures including puppetry and the masks and techniques of Noh drama created a multi-tiered field for intercultural exchange. While Patrice Pavis’s hourglass model for the transfer of theatrical material from a source to a target culture may hold true for productions that use linear modes of transmission, …

Artmaking On The Edge Of A Cliff: Directing Iphigenia 2.0, Shannon E. Cameron

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work

This thesis contains written documentation regarding the process of directing a theatrical production in fulfillment of the partial requirements for Master of Fine Arts in Directing for Stage and Screen at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Topics addressed include play selection, script analysis, director/designer collaboration, coaching and actors and evaluation of final product.

Advisor:  Virginia Smith

Power To The Panza!: Feminist Body Politics In The Panza Monologues (Video Performance Review), Patricia Herrera

Theatre and Dance Faculty Publications

Grise relates to the audience with another dose of humor when she attempts to suck in her panza to fit into a pair of jeans. Alas, after all the jumping and tugging to fit into the jeans, Grise faces her biggest challenge: the roll of flesh bulging out from the zipper. Here, handy dandy pliers are brought to the rescue. She uses them to pull up the zipper and then victoriously stuffs the panza into her pants. This triumphant moment reveals women’s obsession with controlling and literally constraining the body so as to succumb to the hourglass figure young women …

Theatre For A New Theater: A Play On Architecture, Alex Coulombe

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

The project entails transforming a former military fort into a theater. The scopic parameters native to both fort and theater can provide a field of operation for an architecture that simultaneously mobilizes and exposes the machinery of spectacle. In tandem, amplifying and distorting existing conditions of the fort and repurposing them for a theatrical program can provide catalytic parameters for design that are typically absent when designing from a clean slate.

In The Wake, Lindsey Mantoan

Faculty Publications

Lindsey Mantoan reviews a performance of In the Wake (by Lisa Kron) for Theatre Journal.

Imagining The Imaginary: Finding Mr. Marmalade, Brian Kappler

Theses

Unavailable.

0776: Elaine Novak Papers, 1956-1995, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of the papers of Elaine Novak, theatre professor at Marshall University. Included are class notes, shows notes, and personal ephemera.

Pamela On Directing Three The Hard Way: An Exploration Of Theatrical And Communicative Processes., Pamela S. Adolphi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The direction of the play Three the Hard Way by Linda Eisenstein achieved the playwright's intent and the super objective of the play. The application of theatrical and communicative processes facilitated the direction of the desired metacommunicatations associated with the family's dynamics by expressing the struggles and perceptions associated with the family and their relationships. The implementation of the director's prompt book illustrates the use of proxemics in creating picturizations for the stage. In addition, the exploration of the directing process and the progression of the production are examined in daily journal entries. The successes of the directorial approach and …

No Sleep 'Til Minsky's: A One-Man Tribute To Burlesque And Vaudeville., Carl Glenwood Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No Sleep '˜Til Minsky's is a one-man show paying tribute to early 20th century variety entertainment. The writing process began with research into the forms of vaudeville and burlesque, including films of period acts, study of autobiographies and biographies of burlesque performers, and study of historical scripts performed in the time period and stored at the Library of Congress.

The format of the show consists of a one-hour core script in which Lou Drake speaks of his life and career in burlesque. In addition to the core script, the structure is designed to allow more actors to participate in staging …

Stage Design For A Theater Of Ideas: Staging The Visual World Of Naomi Wallace, Thomas Barrett

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

L'Habitació Del Nen O La Insuportable Elusivitat De L'Experiència, Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Les obres teatrals de Josep M. Benet i Jornet estan marcades per un interès en l'experiencia polifacètica de la mirada i el paper del perspectivisme dins el terreny teatral. Un impuls aporètic guia bona part de la seva obra més recent, ja que ens condueix a mons misteriosos i a espais buits en què facilment podem perdre'ns o on ens costarà de trobar el camí. Una atmosfera de misted envolta una ttanscripció poètica de l'espai, ja sigui una realitat psíquica interior o un paisatge exterior. Són espais fràgils en concepció, sovint perillosament al punt d'esvair-se. Els títols epigramàtics d'algnnes de …

Laughing Together : Community Based Theatre's Vital Sense Of Humour, Mary Moynihan, Paul Kennedy

Books/Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Madame Mandze Goes To Niall: An Overview Of Responsibilities For The Creation And Execution Of A Children's Show, Molly Zupon

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1968-1969, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968-1969 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips, campus activities, tributes to Russell Miller and Van Meter Hall renovations.

• Liliom, 1968
• Wait Until Dark, 1968
• The Star Spangled Girl, 1969
• The Crucible, 1969
• J.B., 1969
• Apollo of Bellac, 1968
• No Exit
• Box and Cox
• The Lesson, 1969
• Surpressed Desires, 1969
• Before Breakfast, 1969
• The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1968 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Shaker Festival
• The Killing of Sister George
• The Fugitive Kind
• The Wizard of Oz

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1967-1968, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967-1968 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• A View from the Bridge, 1967
• Anastasia, 1968
• Tea and Sympathy, 1968
• Ghosts, 1968
• The Male Animal, 1968
• Becket, 1967
• The Fisherman
• The Romancers
• The Bald Soprano
• Carnival of Characters, 1968

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1967 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Hay Fever
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Shakertown Revisited
• Auburn Shaker Festival

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1966-1967, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966-1967 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• South Pacific, 1966
• The Taming of the Shrew, 1967
• Carmen, 1967
• Night Must Fall, 1967
• The Glass Menagerie, 1966
• Miss Julie
• Cyrano de Bergerac, 1967

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1966 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisted
• Auburn Shaker Festival
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad!
• Summer and Smoke
• Tom Sawyer

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1965-1966, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965-1966 season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• West Side Story, 1965
• The Doctor in Spite of Himself, 1966
• The Bat's Revenge, 1966
• Life With Father, 1966
• Modern Duo: Estrangement, 1965
• This Property is Condemned
• La Dama Del Alba
• Die Kleinen Verwandten
• John Brown's Body
• Red Peppers

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1965summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• This Fair Land
• Shakertown Revisted
• Three Men on a Horse
• The Night of the Iguana

Ua68/17/2 Scrapbook 1964-1965, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964-1965 season. The scrapbook also includes items regarding meetings and activities.

• Six Characters in Search of an Author, 1964
• Antigone, 1964
• Phoenix Too Frequent, 1964
• Sancho Panza En Barataria, 1965
• The Misunderstanding, 1965
• Dance Concerto, 1965
• Bedtime Story, 1965
• Bye, Bye Birdie, 1965
• The Talented Failure, 1965
• The Letter, 1965
• The American Dream, 1965

Ua68/17/2 Summer Players Scrapbook 1964, Western Players

Student Organizations

Scrapbook of clippings, playbills and photos of theatrical productions from 1964 summer theater season. Includes souvenirs from field trips and campus activities.

• Shakertown Revisited
• Love Among the Ruins
• Royal Gambit