To explore an actor’s process is to explore the foundation of all acting methods. The purpose of this document is to do just that. From character creation to final performance of the role of Tom Collins in West Virginia University’s spring 2021 production of Jonathan Larson’s Re…
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İçinde yaşadığımız dünyayı anlamlandırmak ve bu çağda sanat yapıtlarını sınıflandırmak, hiç olmadığı kadar zorlaşmış durumdadır. Bu çağda, tiyatronun ne olduğu ve ne olacağı ile ilgili soru ve sorunlar ortaya koyulurken, sunulan çözümler genelde bireysel ve teknoloji odaklıdır. …
The twenty-one years of military dictatorship in Brazil were marked by severe repression as government censors controlled every aspect of the media and artistic production. During these tense years from 1964 to 1985, many journalists, academics, writers, and artists struggled to…
The history of the United States is full of contradictions and paradoxes that are confusing to those who have marginalized identities or fall outside of the dominant culture in any way shape or form. The aim of this artwork is to open a dialogue and begin the process of bringing…
Until the spring of 1834, the name of LaLaurie was known only by a select few. A week after a fire decimated Delphine LaLaurie’s New Orleans mansion, the Vicksburg Daily Whig reported that multiple enslaved people had been discovered in the house. Subsequent articles stressed th…
Yangın, yaşanılan mekânı ve içinde bulunan canlıların güvenliğini olumsuz yönde etkileyen önemli bir olaydır. Sosyokültürel yapılar, karma fonksiyonların yer alması, kullanıcı sayısının fazla olması ve aynı anda pek çok insanı içinde barındırmasından dolayı tahliye ve yangın ris…
In contrast to traditional Chinese operas, the history of Chinese National Opera is only a few decades long. Some scholars believe that many Chinese operas are feminist and female-centered. However, from the aesthetic standard of women’s voice to the female character’s inner wor…
This study investigates the ways that theatre professionals brought significant changes to the Walt Disney Company, from 1984–1994, in a period affectionately referred to, in popular discourses, as the “Disney Renaissance.” These individuals, including Peter Schneider, Linda Woo…
19. yüzyılın Osmanlı düşünce ve fikir hayatının önemli şahsiyetlerinden biri hiç şüphesiz Mehmed Murad’tır. Osmanlı Devleti’nin içinde bulunduğu buhran, dönemin diğer fikir adamları gibi Mehmed Murad’ı da çareler aramaya ve çöküşü önlemeye yönelik çalışmalar yapmaya itmiştir. Si…
The profession of voice and dialect is built upon the premise of maximum understanding for the audiences attending theatre. This maximum understanding, or intelligibility, has historically driven the practice and continues to shape the profession today. Intelligibility has been …
When I would play pretend as a kid, I always liked to have some sort of structure to play on. Whether it was the jungle gym at school, a fort I had built with my brother, or the local Chuck E. Cheese, I had the most fun, and my imagination was the most free when there were more …
This thesis maintains that even though the principles of the Meisner Technique are an essential component of building an actor's performance, it does not address all of the actor's needs when doing character work. Using my own performance of Israel Slotin in the California Reper…
In looking at three different plays that take as their subjects the then recent kidnappings of American merchant seamen by North African corsairs, I argue in my thesis that these dramatic works, while displaying less overtly political opinions due to the winding down of the revo…
Anthony is an architect who idolizes Mid-Century Modern design. When he and his wife, Abby, move into a glass house in the suburbs, his obsession with order surfaces as his persona begins to shatter. On the simplest level, living together tests the couple's ability to cohabitate…
Adapted from the conspiracies and events surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which presumably disappeared over the Southern Indian Ocean, this play examines the emotional, mythological, and political ramifications of loss. By exploring the bottom of the ocean, the characte…
In the post-9/11 era, over a hundred theatric performances exploring the fallout from the “war on terror” have been staged in Cairo, London, and New York. Though never discussed in relation to one another, the works from major cultural centers on three continents provide valuabl…
This thesis explores an actor's process of creating a character for a musical production, specifically, the role of Sam Byck in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. The production occurred in November of 2011 at the University of North Dakota. The first two chapters of the thesis conta…
This is a translation of two radio plays by Günter Eich, the most celebrated author in this genre. They have been translated from the original German into English. These two radio plays illustrate Eich's examination of the limits of language in negotiating the chasm between the …
When I first decided to go to graduate school for acting, my goals were very clear: To refine my craft and to widen my range. As I delved into the journey, I found myself being overly heady and painfully over thinking everything Jim Winker said I had a baroque mind and Kyle Donn…