Emerson thesis -- Performing arts
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Field research on the benefits of Shakespeare & Company's Fall Festival program, 1997
Fighting hate, teaching tolerance in the drama classroom, 2006
This thesis discusses strategies for approaching the teaching of social issues, such as homophobia, racism, prejudice, and stereotyping, in the classroom. Four major subject areas are addressed; English Language Arts, Social Studies/History, Health, and
Finding fantasy's voice in drama, 2003
Finding her light : a play, 2007
The main character, Rebecca, is transported from a time in her life that is quite real, fallible and rather unhappy to a dream-like and very surreal place. -- abstract.
Finding my own voice : an in-depth look at the creation of a one-woman show, 2004
This thesis will examine my process of creating and performing my autobiographical solo show, Sarah's Ghosts.
Finding the adolescent voice through the vehicle of theatre, 2000
Finding the bigger story : educating eighth graders through theatre, 2007
This paper is an account of the work that was done with an eighth grade drama class in Westwood, Massachusetts. The students in class shared personal accounts of stereotyping and discrimination. Through improvisation, the class created the play Acceptance
Finding their voice : a third grade adaptation of Stone Soup, 2004
Students in three third grade classrooms worked with improvisation and tableau techniques to create a dramatization of Jon Muth's Stone Soup. -- abstract.
First Day Jitters: The Demise of Joy in the Classroom, 2023
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.
Flowers in stone : a meeting place for theater and painting in education, 1986
Fortress Besieged?, 2020
Four Broadway choreographers : a study of jazz dance in musical theatre, 1930-1990, 1994
Four off-loop nonprofit theaters and their relationship to Chicago theater development in the 1970s, 1979
From knowing to understanding : drama illuminates the curriculum of a primary classroom, 2000
From stage to classroom : reflections on creating a primary curriculum guide, 2004
This guide for primary grade teachers illustrates how to incorporate the live performance experience into a curriculum. It provides guidelines for evaluating material and for ensuring that the developed lesson plans meet educational standards -- abstract.
From visibility to equality : forty years of protest dramaturgy in the gay rights movement, 2009
Since the beginning of the Gay Rights Movement in the early 1960s, activism in the form of public demonstrations has been a central device at disseminating the movement's social and political messages. This paper explores the work of five organizations fr
Fruits of my isolation, 2015
Discusses the author's journey of learning how to write a play. "The play, entitled 'Lark Resurrected,' is both a launching pad into the craft of playwriting and a symbolic echo of the author's holistic learning process." --Abstract.
Gaining independence, 2008
This thesis project is centered on a five-session drama curriculum designed for a boarding school. Its purpose is to use drama as a tool to aid in the transition of an incoming student into a residential program. Using process drama and playmaking techniq