Dramaturging Education and Educating Dramaturgs: Developing and Establishing an Undergraduate Dramaturgy Emphasis for Brigham Young University

Though the field 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 program. There is a close community within and surrounding the university; the Theatre and Media Arts Department has high pedagogical expectations; and the Theatre program provides multiple opportunities for theatrical production. I saw these qualities as an invitation to develop a dramaturgy emphasis for undergraduate students that would allow them to network with the community and build intellectual skills that could be integrated into artistic performance. In order to create this emphasis, courses and protocol needed to be developed in order to establish a model dramaturgical procedure for undergraduate training. In this thesis, I address the following issues:

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Grantor dc:publisher

Brigham Young University - Provo

Author dc:creator

• Graham, Shelley

• multimedia
• educational outreach
• production notebook
• casebook
• pedagogy
• program note
• lobby display
• audience education
• talkback session
• audience outreach
• Film and Media Studies
• Theatre and Performance Studies

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/158

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-1157