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Emerson thesis -- Performing arts

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Theatre as a vehicle for change : "No more secrets", 2007

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Overview

This paper is a reflection on a show I performed in called 'No More Secrets.' Our cast performed at 28 schools with the intention of empowering children in sexually abusive situations, as well as educating them and serving as a means for the prevention of

Dates: 2007

Theatre education in the elementary school curriculum, 2005

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What is theatre education? The purpose of this document is to provide definition and application of this discipline and align it with the other foundational elements found in the elementary school curriculum. -- abstract.

Dates: 2005

Theatre for young audiences : a reflection on writing, rehearsals, and performance, 2007

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Overview

I created a project which turns popular children's story books in plays and combines with a high school theatre department from northeast Pennsylvania to put the shows on their feet. This project's work spans from conception to production and includes wr

Dates: 2007

Theatre Kids: Finding Affinity in a High School Theatre Program, 2022

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Identifier: te_2022spring_jabour_charles.pdf
Overview "This study explores the impact of participation in a critically engaged high school theatre program on the cultural identity development of its adolescent participants. Drawing from research on critical pedagogy, culturally sustaining pedagogy, models of cultural identity development, and from interviews with eleven participants of a high school theatre program in an urban district outside Boston, MA, the researcher explores the role of affinity in cultural identity development and...
Dates: 2022

Theatre of evolution : a theory and a practice, 1999

 Item — Item 0113501921879: [Barcode: 0113501921879]
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1999

Theatre of the liberal : contemporary political theatre in Boston, 1994

 Item — Item 0113502369136: [Barcode: 0113502369136]
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1994

Theatre of the oppressed pedagogy in antiracism education with white adolescents, 2016

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Identifier: te_2016summer_bachman_lynda.pdf
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"This study aims to examine and describe the experience of educators using Theatre of the Oppressed as a pedagogical methodology in antiracism education with white adolescents. The focus of this study was to understand both how educators use and adapt Theatre of the Oppressed to teach antiracism curricula to white adolescents, and what educators experience using Theatre of the Oppressed to teach antiracism curricula to white adolescents." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016

This is the way I work, 2004

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Overview

I wrote a play based on my interviews with tradeswomen in the Boston area -- abstract.

Dates: 2004

Three theatricalist plays by Thornton Wilder, 1990

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Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1990

Through the looking glass : cultural identity and teaching practice by Charles Jabour., 2015

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Identifier: te_2015spring_jabour_charles.pdf
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"Utilizing a combination of literature review, autoethnography, reflective practice, and interviews with practicing educators, the researcher explores the relationship between educators' cultural identity and teaching practice." --Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Tiger, 2011

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Overview

As the latest research suggests, 30% of students are either bullies or victims, and though many adults still see bullying as 'just part of being a kid,' bullying can lead to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Anti-bullying legislation h

Dates: 2011

Tis pity she's a whore, 2000

 Item — Item 0113502519938: [Barcode: 0113502519938]
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 2000

To the eyes of the audience, 1998

 Item — Item 0113501846944: [Barcode: 0113501846944]
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1998

Top hats and old standards : how theatre creates community, 2004

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Overview

Using the process of a play I wrote and revised, I will be exploring how theater creates community -- abstract.

Dates: 2004

Topeng : mask dance drama as a reflection of Balinese culture : a case study of Topeng/Prembon, 1996

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Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1996

Toward a Post-Pandemic Pedagogy: Coming to Grips with the State of Play, 2022

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Identifier: te_2022summer_lecuyer_timothy.pdf
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"This study discusses the devising of an online theatre piece, a totally unique project for the students involved, at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse Education Department in Meredith, New Hampshire. It is a first-person account of the motivations, insecurities, and growth inspired by this project for its director and participants. It looks forward to possible applications for a post-pandemic pedagogy." -- Abstract

Dates: 2022

Towards an acting coaching method, 2014

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This paper is a reflection on a six-month project in acting coaching, which I conducted with four actors of varying levels of training and experience beginning in April 2014 and concluding in October 2014. The goal was to identify a core group of strategi

Dates: 2014

Toxic Nostalgia, 2021

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Identifier: te_2021spring_burr_patrick.pdf
Overview "In the year since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, drag artists in Boston and across the country have continually adapted their craft to new digital mediums, even as the queer spaces in which they once performed and earned their living close under the economic pressures of the time. 'Toxic Nostalgia' takes place in this liminal space between an idealized pre-pandemic past and an uncertain future. Through elements of documentary, drag, one-woman show and cabaret, the film guides...
Dates: 2021

Trans Embodiments: Examining Casting Practices in Educational Theater Settings, 2022

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Identifier: th_2022fall_taub_han.pdf
Overview "This paper explores how casting practices in educational theater programs, and the resulting experiences, shape gender identity development for transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming adolescents. To examine this question, I interviewed four transgender and non-binary adolescents who participated as actors in educational theater programs. A two-part thematic analysis was conducted on the interview data; themes surrounding identity discovery, identity negotiation, and...
Dates: 2022

Transcending language and culture : the making of an ASL play by a hearing playwright, 2010

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Overview

This paper reflects on a project that was designed to explore the process of writing a one-act children's theatre play, translating it into ASL Gloss, rehearsing the bilingual play, and touring it to both Hearing and Deaf schools in Massachusetts. -- abst

Dates: 2010