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Showing 1 to 20 of 279 for “"Theatre and Performance Studies"”.
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Presentness: Developing Presence Through Psychophysical Actor-Training
Abstract There is a variety of understandings of the notion of presence in theatre and performance studies as well as in the field of actor-training. Presentness, an aspect of presence, is the experience of the emerging here and now as shaped by the performer’s psychophysical engagement with his or …
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Narrative Justice Playmaking: A toolkit for transformative theatre
… which addresses the research question: How can and do theatre practitioners tell stories of ongoing traumatic subject matter in ways that are not just trauma- informed, but capable of generating social justice? To answer this question I engage in interdisciplinary research across Theatre and …
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The Music Man : Costume Design and the Use of Gender Coding
<p>This Thesis is a combination research and creative design thesis. It documents the creative process of costume design and how it relates to gender coding for the Prairie Repertory Theatre's 2001 production of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. This thesis contains background information on gender …
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Charting The Quest Of Demian Through The Medium Of Interpreters Theatre
… can be adapted into a successful Interpreters Theatre performance. The performance of Demian proved that many romances can be adapted successfully. The pre-performance study included in the body of this thesis showed that the criteria suggested by the texts on Readers Theatre need only be …
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Organizing A Small Professional Theatre In The State Of Missouri: A Procedural Guide
This thesis provides procedural guidance for the theatre producer organizing a small professional theatre (SPT) in the State of Missouri. The information focuses on the steps commonly taken by new producers to establish a SPT as a legally and functionally operational entity. Data for the thesis was …
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Establishing A Theatrical Arts Program For Children On A United States Army Post
… provide families with programs such as scouting and sports; however, there are no child participatory theatrical programs available to all installation children. This thesis reports the methodology used in establishing "Children in Theatre," a theatrical arts program at Fort Leonard Wood U.S. …
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A Prompt Book For The Strafford High School Production Of Li'L Abner
… contains all production information, reviews, and analysis pertinent to the Strafford High School production of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank's musical comedy, Li'l Abner. Chapter One consists of a biography of creator, and creator as lecturer. Chapter Two is the analysis of the play itself. …
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Plotting the Processes of Writing and Directing an Original Music Theatre Production For Ecumenical Theatre Called, the Congregation
… study has been to trace the processes of writing and subsequently directing an original music theater work specifically tailored for the Christian community. This project has been done in response to the growing need of Christian Theatre in the ecumenical world. This project was approached as a …
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The Serpent: Examination, Exploration, Evaluation, 1976
… through a company of actors called the Open Theatre under the direction of Joseph Chaikin. Jean-Claude van Itallie is responsible for the final verbal framework. This text was written after lengthy involvement with van Itallie's Open Theatre and the improvisations and exercises they geared to …
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A Production Notebook On Waiting For Godot
… in the three-quarter round Craig Hall Balcony Theatre on the campus of Southwest Missouri State University. The prompt book, comprising the first one hundred and twelve pages of this thesis, diagrams the blocking, notes much of the business and bits used, and sets down the rhythms, intonations, …
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Creative Project In Design: Step On A Crack
… the design process involved in the setting and costumes of Step on a Crack, by Suzan Zeder, which was presented by Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, for its children's theater production in the 1978-79 season. This paper also gives details on the work involved in …
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A Creative Project In Design: The House Of Blue Leaves, A Play In Two Acts
… Creative Project offers a student of advanced standing the opportunity to render into finalized form that which he may have previously produced only in theory. In this instance, the finalized form was a scenic design prepared and executed for the Department of Speech and Theatre at Southwest …
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Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass-Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915
… mass form of entertainment in the United States, and perhaps the world. This dissertation examines how vaudeville grew as the first national, large-scale form of amusement in America. It attempts to locate the rise of this first form of mass entertainment within an era when powerful businessmen in …
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The Women of the Ten, Twent', Thirt': Popular Melodrama Theatre in Turn-of-the-Century New York
… population of New York City was growing by leaps and bounds because of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization, a short-lived theatre movement known as the "ten-twenty-thirty," or, more familiarly, the "ten, twent', thirt," was born. Originally named for the low prices of the tickets, the …
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Revolutions Off Off Broadway, 1959-1969: A Critical Study of Changes in Structure, Character, Language, and Theme in Experimental Drama in New York City
<p>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 …
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The Principles of Acting According to Stella Adler
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The Theatre of Adrian Hall
… Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, since 1964 and who has held the same position concurrently at the Dallas Theater Center in Texas since 1983.</p> <p>Part 1 presents an historical overview of Hall's career, beginning with his first professional productions in Texas, continuing …
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Synesthetic Landscapes in Harold Pinter’s Theatre: A Symbolist Legacy
… interdisciplinary critical approaches to<em> landscape</em> and <em>space</em>, and adopting <em>phenomenological</em> methods of <em>sensory</em> analysis, this dissertation explores interconnected or <em>synesthetic</em> sensory "scapes" in contemporary British playwright Harold Pinter's …
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