Theater -- Production and direction
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Directing The marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang, 2014
Reflects on the author's history and role with the New Place Players in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he produced and directed Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Explores rationale for choosing the piece, dramaturgy involved in prepari
Directing The Pinter Project : Pinter, politics, and the press, 2009
The following is the written component of the Master's Project Directing The Pinter Project: Pinter, Politics, and the Press." This paper gives a description of the Pinter Project, a series of eight performances during the 2008-2009 Emerson Stage Studio S
Directing Vendetta Chrome, 2010
In February, 2010, I directed Vendetta Chrome by Sally Oswald as part of Emerson Stage's production of Coming of Age: an Evening of Short Plays by Women Playwrights. This body of work contains my final reflections about that process. The writing focuses o
Dreams from a paper bag : theatre education for urban youth, 2006
I should have been a cipher, a loss to society. I was born on a segregated floor of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hospital to a beautiful and talented mother... -- abstract.
Eastern standard : a master's project, 1992
Equus : an after-dinner mint, 1995
Escher's dream : a circus show based on the drawings of Escher, 2011
In this paper I discuss the concept and production of the show Escher's Dream--an hour long circus show I created and produced in which each routine is based on a drawing by M.C. Escher. In the production, Escher is narratorm and as he watches the acts un
Experimenting with restrictive movement using Ibsen's A Doll's House, 2005
An evaluation of performance styles that restrict actor movement. Based on the theory that restricting an actor's movement choices can free him or her to react more honestly and decisively in performance, two restrictive movement systems were developed an
First notes : turning Beethoven research into a play, 2006
This paper describes the process of evaluating and dramatizing historical research in order to write a play, Uncle Ludwig, based on Ludwig van Beethoven's struggle as guardian of his fatherless nephew, Karl. -- abstract.
First time out, 1999
Five women on a hill in Spain : actors perform a collective meaning-making in non-realism, 2009
This paper is an exploration of the use of dramaturgy for actors when performing in non-realistic and language-based plays, through the documentation of a rehearsal process for a reading of Five Women on a Hill in Spain by Claire Chafee. -- abstract.
Geography of a woman, 2005
This thesis project explores the substitution of women for men in the 1974 Sam Shepard play called Geography of a Horse Dreamer. -- abstract.
Here she is! ; Procedure : a directing journal, 1996
Hey, "Pretty Girl": School Girls and Consent-Based Learning, 2021
Hollywood in the 1930's : a musical theatre review, 2001
How fire starts, 2001
I am not my breasts, 2007
A play based on the true experiences of eleven women who are breast cancer survivors. It was written from extensive interviews, video and oral documentation over the course of one year. It focuses on strength, courage and wisdom and the importance of laug
Ideas, notes, music, and umbrellas : a journey in playmaking, 2011
This thesis project chronicles the development and execution of a low-cost student written short play using Playmaking methods. The student centered rehearsal process took place over the course of seven weeks at St. John's Prepatory School in Danvers, MA.
Improbable players : creating shared power through personal narrative, 2008
The thesis focuses on the experiences and insights of members of the Improbable Players, an adult traveling theatre troupe that educates middle and high school students about substance abuse prevention. Troupe members discuss their addiction and recovery