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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"professional theatre"”.
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Professional Theatre in the Academic Theatre Setting
… the dynamic of continued employment for the theatre instructor. Surprisingly, very little is written about continued employment for the theatre instructor. In the present study, the terms instructor and teacher carry the same meaning. Because theatre builds successful human beings, a theatre …
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Directing For the Small Professional Theatre: Directing "Nothing Sacred"
The challenges of producing and directing small professional theatre in any metropolitan area are many. This thesis is concerned with the process of finding a producing theatre, casting, rehearsal and staging the play, "Nothing Sacred" by George F. Walker, in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. …
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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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Breathing space : cross-community professional theatre as a means of dissolving fixed geographical landscapes
… paper, I investigate the idea of cross-community professional theatre as a means of dissolving fixed georgraphical landscapes. Key to this is the synergy between mainstream and community theatre, out of which this idea emerges. I explore how theatre facilitates conversations across differences. …
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Making and Marketing a Theatre Couple in Seventeenth-Century Italy: Giovan Battista Andreini and Virginia Ramponi
… is the first treatment of the careers of two professional actors as a couple in early modern Italy. It examines the success achieved by Giovan Battista Andreini (1576-1654) and his wife Virginia Ramponi (1583-ca.1631) as a result of the self-representation and marketing strategies they devised …
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Green Theatre: proto-environmental drama and the performance of ecological values in contemporary Western theatre
… is to illustrate the purpose and potential of theatre that promotes a proto-environmental agenda, or Green Theatre, in re-orienting Western behavior and mores in a direction that creates positive socio-environmental change. In correlation, this dissertation will examine the objectives and …
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STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF THE VOCAL COACH: ASSESSING VOCAL COACHING NEEDS
… Wilson’s book Vocal Direction for the Theatre, and the highly informative publication How to Use a Vocal Coach: A Practical Guide for Directors prepared by Nancy Houfek, for the Voice and Speech Trainer’s Association (VASTA). This thesis documents my personal journey into the world of …
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Theatre for Young America: A History
… Mackey, is working for one of the areas four professional dinner theatres and has been authorized by his employer to mount a children’s play in response to Mackey’s research which reveals widespread support in the community for a dedicated children’s theatre. Though personal interviews and a …
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Acting American in the Age of Abolition: Transatlantic Black American Celebrity and the Rise of Yankee Theatre, 1787--1827
… the accepted theory that the vogue for Yankee Theatre in the nineteenth-century developed primarily in response to negative English stereotypes and stage representations of the Yankee character. I argue that the swift rise of the English abolitionist movement in conjunction with the successful …
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Dramaturging Education and Educating Dramaturgs: Developing and Establishing an Undergraduate Dramaturgy Emphasis for Brigham Young University
… of dramaturgy is growing in size and scope in professional theatre, there are relatively few universities or colleges that offer undergraduate or graduate degrees in basic dramaturgical theory and practice. Brigham Young University (BYU) is an ideal setting for the development of such a …
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TYA Adaptations for the Theatre Educator
… the last century, adaptations in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) have been the subject of some debate. While adaptations are currently the most produced type of play by children’s theatre companies and professional theatre organizations, original TYA scripts are the ones that …
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Regional theatre patronage: the efficacy of integrated marketing communication on the 18-24 age cohort
… communication plan coupled with additional theatre education programs would increase patron growth and increase ticket sales in regional professional theatres and if the younger age cohort (18-24) will support regional professional theatre if supplemental programming meets their needs. This …
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The New Phoenix Theatre: Mutable architecture for a volunteer community theatre
Modern conceptions of theatre emphasize the importance of approach, entry, intermission, and other related activities to the theatre experience as a whole. The volunteer community theatre adds additional concerns to this philosophy. By its very nature noncommercial theatre depends upon limited …
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Shakespeare and King Henry V: Historical Research Informing Artistic Decisions
… in my experience, very few scholars practice as professional theatre artists, and conversely there are very few theatre artists that have taken the time that many academics have done in studying and researching Shakespeare’s plays. My thesis asks: Would productions of Shakespeare’s plays be …
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The nature of communication between scenography and its audiences
… begins by drawing on recognisably mainstream professional practice (The General's Daughter), through a scenographic experiment aimed specifically at enfolding the audience (Homesick) to engaging and involving the audience through scenography and creating a new form of performance (Forest …
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The little shacks of life
… What I know about the rhythms of Japanese Noh Theatre and Shakespeare became unexpectedly helpful in formulating a creative writing life. After forty years of work in professional theatre experience, I had expected to write a play for this dissertation, so it was a surprise to find that my own …
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It's not as thick as it looks: Unpacking the rehearsal practices of theatre professionals and the significance for the teaching of reading and writing
… was to identify and describe the components of theatre rehearsal and their implications for the teaching of reading and writing. Using qualitative methods of inquiry such as direct and participant observation and group and individual interviews, I documented the rehearsal process and literacy …
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Herbert Blau: directing a revolution in American theatre, 1952-1965
Herbert Blau is more widely known in theatre history as a theorist and less as a director who strove to identify his directorial style during a time when American values were evolving and American regional theatres were gaining recognition, specifically 1952-65. Using many of Blau’s books and …
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Remembering Thespis: How Former Student Actors Value Their Experiences In High School Plays
… in a manner that replicates the standards of professional theatre. Current scholars and educators discuss the school play as the latter part of a continuum that runs from informal dramatic play to formal presentation in front of an audience. Although scholarship in theatre education regularly …
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The Origins of English Revenge Tragedy, ca.1567-1623
… in turn connects this to the image of the early professional theatre as a disorderly house. Building on this analysis of the historical grounds of Hieronimo’s disenfranchisement and revenge, the second chapter explores the resources of characterization provided for such avengers by the dramatic …