Emerson thesis -- Performing arts
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We are here : rediscovering the past to move into the future utilizing the drama of August Wilson in the classroom, 2011
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Overview
The following essay is a culmination of theory, observation, and play analysis elucidating how best to engage classroom disourse concerning race, social structures, twentieth century history, and personal experience by utilizing a unit lesson plan for sec
Dates:
2011
Wellbeing in the Student Actor Experience, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_obrian_kelli.pdf
Overview
"This thesis examines the contributing factors to the wellbeing of student actors in undergraduate study. Literature is reviewed in the areas of actor wellbeing, trauma science, and potential areas of harm to the student actor. Qualitative interviews of current graduate students are examined to explore the real-life experience of former student actors. Their testimony speaks to the aspects that contribute and detract from student actor wellbeing inside and outside of the classroom." --...
Dates:
2023
What are the effects of Linklater voice training on teachers' vocal awareness?, 2020
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Identifier: te_2020spring_madden_valerie.pdf
Overview
"Research indicates that a student's ability to process spoken language can be hindered by vocal dysfunction in their teacher's voice. However, the importance of vocal hygiene is rarely a component of teacher training, despite a high rate of dysphonia among teachers. Research also demonstrates that a teacher's ability to connect emotionally with students has a direct impact on student learning. But educating teachers in vocal emotional communication is similarly broadly absent from...
Dates:
2020
What is a Family: Using the Addams Family musical as an entry point for exploration., 2020
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Identifier: te_2020spring_howard_james.pdf
Overview
"Using the Addams Family musical to develop and implement a performance assembly that explores the question, What is a family? In this social-emotional learning program students should recognize that all families are made from love and respect, no matter what they look like. This assembly was presented to the five elementary schools in Westwood, Massachusetts on March 3 and 5 of 2020." -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
What is evil in Shakespeare? : an examination of evil in Titus Andronicus and its characters, 2006
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Overview
This thesis examines Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus and its problem with a protagonist in its context through social thought of the time. Through a specific lens it looks at morality during the Elizabethan Age and applies those morals to the effects
Dates:
2006
What we lost along the way, 2012
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Overview
This family drama begins in 1939 London during the evacuation of almost two million British children and other vulnerable populations to the countryside to keep them safe from predicted German air raids on industrial centers. The play centers on 15-year-o
Dates:
2012
What's in the Heart of a Virtual Actor? Understanding Methods of Intimacy Direction for the Virtual Rehearsal and Performance Space on Spring Awakening, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_hancock_arlen.pdf
Overview
"This text is a reflection on the online rehearsal and performance process of 'Spring Awakening,' by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik at Emerson College in the spring of 2021. The goal is to examine how intimacy direction (ID) can be conducted over a virtual format, both for the purposes of implementation in the entertainment industry and for intimacy training. The window of observations in this text spans from pre-production in the Fall of 2020, the beginning of rehearsals in mid-February of...
Dates:
2021
What's up now? : directing This is our youth, 2014
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Overview
A study in directing Kenneth Lonergan's This is our Youth, which was written in 1996 and takes place in 1982. The paper details the process of researching and directing the play, culminating in a full production through a student theatre troupe.--Abstract
Dates:
2014
Where the heart is, 1951
Item — Item 0113502145247: [Barcode: 0113502145247]
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:
1951
Where the wild things went, 1996
Item — Item 0113501607395: [Barcode: 0113501607395]
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
Wiley and the hairy monsters : an inquiry-based learning and playmaking process, 2002
Item — Item 0113502587398: [Barcode: 0113502587398]
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:
2002
Will : a play based on Edward Fisher's novel Shakespeare & Son, 2002
Item — Item 0113502587364: [Barcode: 0113502587364]
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:
2002
Winter storm, 1951
Item — Item 0113501412275: [Barcode: 0113501412275]
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:
1951
With glittering eyes : a director's process, 2016
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Identifier: te_2016spring_jaffe_sarah.pdf
Overview
"This paper provides an in-depth reflection of the experience of directing a show with a high school theatre company. The paper reflects on the work, summarizes the experience, and includes a discussion of best practices as a director." --Abstract
Dates:
2016
Women in directing : profiles of Bogart, LeCompte, and Akalaitis, 1994
Item — Item 0113502418925: [Barcode: 0113502418925]
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
Wrestling Harold Pinter : directing Party Time and The New World Order, 2002
Item — Item 0113502587380: [Barcode: 0113502587380]
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:
2002
Writing a one-act play : a work-in-progress, 2007
Item — Item 0113502851703: [Barcode: 0113502851703]
Overview
This paper is a reflection on my process of writing a one-act play based on personal stories collected from an eight-week storytelling workshop. The workshop was conducted with six senior citizen women at the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as
Dates:
2007
Writing and rewriting The Quarterly, 2002
Item — Item 0113502635288: [Barcode: 0113502635288]
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:
2002
Writing book and lyrics for an original musical play, 1996
Item — Item 0113501650759: [Barcode: 0113501650759]
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
Yerma and The bug : approaching a script, 1999
Item — Item 0113501926928: [Barcode: 0113501926928]
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