Applied theater
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Amplifying narratives: First-Generation College Students Sharing Their Stories, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_tomas_kayla.pdf
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"Since our beginning, we have told and received stories to shape our understanding of the world around us. Still, it's not just the stories themselves that hold significance, but how they are shared, the spaces they encounter and who will listen. This thesis dives into the core of an applied theatre project that placed the stories and experiences of First-Generation College Students at the center. Within a singular institution, these narratives were amplified, shedding a light on their...
Dates:
2024
Combining Theories of Teaching and Learning And Reflective and Reflexive Practices In Devised Theatre With Youth, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_tasha_bella.pdf
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"This thesis discusses the intersections of theory and practice in applied theatre through an analysis of effective applied theatre projects, a review of literature, and the author's interpretation of her own professional experiences. The deliberate combination of theory and practice also explores some ways that devising theatre can promote a broader understanding of individual identity within the complex structures of oppression. The central question is: what are the benefits and challenges...
Dates:
2024
Create to Learn, Learn to Create: Devising a Curriculum and Lesson Plans Using Theatre for English Language Classes in Japan, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_matsushima_sora.pdf
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"Learning different languages is not an easy process for everyone and requires lots of time and effort. In Japan, English has been taught as a foreign language in schools for decades. However, most of the students cannot use English as a communication tool in practice because students are sitting at their desks and teachers just convey their knowledge, even though the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and teachers have been gradually changing their...
Dates:
2024
Delight and Carnage: A Clown's Exploration of Loss in Motherless Daughters, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_bushell_hillary.pdf
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"Mind-Body connection has been a long-studied practice, emphasizing the need for integrating the body in exploring traumatic issues and grief. For the purpose of this project, six participants were engaged in a series of interviews and workshops designed to explore our connection to body, loss, and mom through physical theatre techniques, such as clowning and Viewpoints under the framework of applied theatre, leading to the creation of a solo clown show. These workshops aimed to understand...
Dates:
2024
Hands-on Creative Projects in Youth Development: Benefits and Challenges of Engaging Youth in Puppetry and Climate Action, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_huggins_brenda.pdf
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"In this applied theater project and qualitative study, puppetry artist and community arts practitioner, Brenda Huggins, investigates the benefits and challenges of engaging youth in puppetry and climate action in partnership with middle school age students in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Findings include the capacity for creative thought and multidisciplinary hands-on learning to promote heightened engagement and focus, experimentation and the freedom to make mistakes during...
Dates:
2023
Money Talks: A Curriculum for Financial Wellbeing and Economic Advocacy Through Applied Theatre, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_smolinsky_carol.pdf
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"This MFA thesis project is a pilot qualitative research study on the impact of Applied Theatre techniques on self-confidence in learning and discussing personal finance topics. The project includes a suggested curriculum for personal finance and devised theatre for teenagers and young adults. Data was collected during three workshops and subsequent participant interviews with Emerson College undergraduate students and high school students in the EmersonTHEATRE program. While no definitive...
Dates:
2023
Navigating Teen Girl Identity in the Digital Age Through Applied Theatre, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_gitten_victoria.pdf
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"In the era of social media, Applied Theatre empowers adolescent girls through the #i-am project at a suburban middle school in Massachusetts. This thesis explores using theatre to delve into the intersection of social media and identity among girls. Through six workshops featuring activities such as creative writing, role work, and kinesthetic strategies, the project fosters face- to-face communication and encourages girls to challenge biased messaging, providing a safe space for...
Dates:
2024
Not Your Average Icebreakers: Incorporating Applied Theatre and Drama-Based Methods in College Orientation Programming, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_boldt_amanda.pdf
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"Through written research, interviews, observations, and workshops, this thesis project examines the role applied theatre, the arts, and drama-based methods can have on new student transitions to higher education. By examining general orientation experiences and student response to arts-specific programming, this study outlines considerations for higher education administrators looking to incorporate drama-based pedagogy and arts projects in new student orientation. Finally, this study...
Dates:
2024
Tell Me a Story: Using Story Circles and Applied Theatre to Foster Community, Connection, Empathy and Self-Expression, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021fall_bergstrom_melissa.pdf
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""You can see in people's bodies their...resistance at the beginning of a story circle. By the end, their bodies have released something." -Robbie McCauley "In times of crisis, "educators are 'second responders'—helping make sense of things as we go along and after." -Bob Colby This project explores how story circles and applied theatre exercises can be used to foster connection and community between a group of participants previously unknown to one another, and offer opportunities for...
Dates:
2021
The Power of Drama to Promote Joy and Community for Pediatric Patients, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_mcferren_kasey.pdf
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"The significance of the following qualitative research is to emphasize the vitality of joy in the pediatric healthcare field, specifically analyzing how drama-based pedagogy and applied theatre techniques can support creative and joyful moments for pediatric patients with chronic blood illnesses, such as sickle cell and hemophilia, and various forms of cancers. In an effort to evaluate how laughter, smiles, and community bonding can uplift patients both in and out of hospital settings, I...
Dates:
2023
The Way Out is in Community: Grief and its Impact on Community Building, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_casey_matthew.pdf
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"Applied Theatre practices are used to build community amongst populations of people in diverse settings with and without prior experience participating in the performing arts. This thesis reflection explores the impact Applied Theatre practices can have on building community with people who have experienced grief through the lens of loss. The creative process of building an Applied Theatre workshop is examined in a collegiate setting from building and designing curriculum, reflective...
Dates:
2023
ÙBÚNTÚ: An applied theatre Workshop for African immigrant students in United States Higher Education., 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_owokotomo_kofoworola.pdf
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"African immigrant students in the US Higher Education system frequently encounter various challenges while trying to navigate their studies such as marginalization, cultural adjustment, and lack of community. Recognizing the need for an opportunity to address these concerns, this capstone project outlines the framework and goals of a proposed applied theatre workshop designed to develop community and promote social justice among African immigrant students in Colleges and Universities." --...
Dates:
2024
Versus: Theatre Games, Competition, & Collaboration, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_crystal_paxton.pdf
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"Theatre games often contain competative dynamics, pitting players against one another individually or in team formats to focus their playing towards an unsharable. Throughout the last century, it has become a common practice to incorporate playing games into acting training and educational spaces alike. This competitive pressure can elicit strong reactions from players, and can have a significant impact on a player's ability to collaborate with others or feel invested in playing. Using a...
Dates:
2024
Zoo to You: Experiential Conservation Education for Performing Arts Undergraduates, 2024
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Identifier: te_2024spring_burgueno_celina.pdf
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"As the Climate Generation faces unprecedented loss of biodiversity and increasing levels of climate anxiety, undergraduate performing arts programs seek to understand how applied theatre can lead to globalized learning. Through qualitative study, this paper explores the experience of six undergraduates in a mixed-disciplinary acting studio course. In partnership with a local zoo, and with zoo community members as classmates, the undergraduates are systemically exposed to conservation...
Dates:
2024